What is the reason for Wanda to return to the football circle?

What is the reason for Wanda to return to the football circle? While attending the groundbreaking ceremony of the Dalian youth football training base today, Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin announced that Dalian Wanda will return to Chinese football after 20 years and hopes to vigorously revitalize Dalian football and Chinese football.

Wang Jianlin was at the groundbreaking ceremony It was revealed on the Internet that Wanda Group is about to sign a contract with Dalian City to support the construction of campus football in 10 primary schools. After 20 years, Wanda Group has returned to Chinese football, focusing on youth training. He also said that the Dalian football team uses a neutral name to conquer supermarkets. The corporate name is no longer used.

Dalian Wanda was once the most familiar name to Chinese fans. In 1994, Wanda Group and the Dalian Municipal Sports Commission jointly established the Dalian Wanda team, which conquered the first League A and won. Since then , Dalian Wanda was once the dominant player in Chinese football. After losing to the Shanghai team in an away game on August 13, 1995, the Dalian Wanda team began to write a legend and completed an unbeaten record of 55 league games spanning three seasons. Until December 1997 On March 21, the audience was inferior to the Shanghai team 2 to 4. From 1996 to 1998, Dalian Wanda won the A-A championship for three consecutive years. In 1997, the Dalian Wanda team went to the Asian Arena and won the Asian Cup (the predecessor of the Asian Championship). Champion.

In the second round of the Football Cup semi-finals held on September 27, 1998, the first round between Dalian team and Liaoning team ended with a score of 1-1. In the second round, Dalian Wanda won 120 Within minutes, they drew 1-1 with the Liaoning team, but lost to the opponent 6-7 in the point shootout and were eliminated. This game was subject to controversial penalties many times, which caused great dissatisfaction among the generals of the Dalian team. Wang Jianlin also expressed his dissatisfaction after the game. Suddenly appeared in the press conference room and said: There is too much darkness on the court. With the current league situation, it is impossible to do well in football. After the league ends this year, Wanda will permanently withdraw from Chinese football. One day later, Wanda held a press conference , published the 98 black whistle madness in the football world. Wanda Group, which has lost confidence in Chinese football, hopes to withdraw. Leaders in the Chinese football world and fans across the country are paying attention to Wanda Club. After the league ends, Wanda Club’s shares are transferred to the country. Wanda Group is as enthusiastic as usual. Public Welfare.

The Chinese Association later issued an "Open Letter from the Dalian Football Association and Dalian Wanda Club", admitting that the game was wrongly judged, and the trial committee severely punished the chief judge of the game in accordance with regulations (stopped a period of league law enforcement qualification), but Wanda decided. In 1999, Wanda Group transferred 30 shares of the club to Dalian Shide Group. In early January 2000, Shide Group purchased all the shares of the club, and the club and team were renamed Dalian Shide.

What is the reason for Wanda’s return to football? The goal is to revitalize Dalian football.

After withdrawing from Chinese football for many years, Dalian Wanda made its debut in the Chinese Professional League again in 2018 - news of Dalian Wanda taking over Dalian at the beginning of last year. The team and club in 2019 It is invested and managed by Wanda, but the team has not changed its name. This is because the Chinese Association stipulated a neutral name in 2020, and Wanda has actually come to the forefront.