WUHAN ZALL have finally returned back home after three months following the coronavirus outbreak.
The football club were initially stuck in Guangzhou on January 5 before heading to Spain on a warm-weather training camp when they decided it was too risky to return.
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Wuhan’s football team have finally returned home after three months
The players had spent a large amount of time away from their loved ones
The Chinese Super League club remained in the Costa del Sol for just under two months before announcing they were going to return to China.
With Wuhan still on lockdown, the club were forced to stay in Guangdong and surrounding cities – around 600 miles south of their hometown.
But with lockdown restrictions eased in the epicentre of the virus, the players finally landed in Wuhan on Saturday.
Fans were at the city’s station to greet them wearing face masks and holding banners.
Fourteen players from the squad are originally from Wuhan and were forced to stay away from their families – many with young children.
It was reported that one of the players lost his grandmother to the virus while he was in Spain.
The coronavirus pandemic, which has caused over 2.2million cases and over 154,000 deaths globally, was reportedly started in a fish market in Wuhan last year.
Yao Hanlin, the team’s captain, spoke of the struggles the players have had to endure in lockdown.
He said: “It has not been easy for any of us players.
“We miss our friends and especially our families back in Wuhan because it’s them who are going through an extremely hard time. I hope they will persevere.”
Fans greeted the team upon their arrival
Lockdown restrictions have been eased in Wuhan
Chinese Super League club remained in the Costa del Sol for just under two months
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