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Shenyang, Qinhuangdao stand test in Beijing Olympic rehearsal (2) |
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08:18, July 11, 2007 |
The two venues, Qinhuangdao''s Olympic Center Stadium and Shenyang''s newly-completed Wulihe Stadium, were highly praised by the participators and visitors.
"It''s perfect. We all felt lucky to have a chance to play on such beautiful pitches," said Mexico''s team manager Lepe Villarreal Gerardo.
He was echoed by his counterpart of the Italian side. Elide Martini told press: "The stadiums both look gorgeous and the pitches, my players told me, felt so good. It''s maybe two of the best stadiums I''ve seen."
The Qinhuangdao''s competitive and training pitches had been washed by rain for two days before the tourney unveiled on July 1, but it seemed that the drainage system worked efficiently and no complaints were heard from the team.
"We did not feel any thing uncomfortable about it. It''s not affected by the rain at all," said Italian coach Pietro Ghedin after last Sunday''s opener.
To mock an Olympic formulary, the tourney was carried out on four competition days and all participators had to twice take a shuttle race between the two cities during a ten-day period.
In solving travel problems, the organization committees reserved on non-competition days a special carriage for the teams at the China Railway High-Speed (CRH), so-called the D-capital train, which was voted confidence by all the exciting soccer staff.
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