Yesterday Evergrande Club announced in Guangzhou that Lang Ping will lead players like Feng Kun and Zhou Suhong, etc. to form “EWVT” and play a match against the US team. The date of the match is set on February 2, and this is also EWVT’s reciprocation to fans before Spring Festival.

Robert Palladino, Press and Culture Consul of Consulate General of the United States Guangzhou, described the game as “another close transmission of friendship between China and US”. He said that Lang Ping is the real sports ambassador “to connect the Chinese and US people together.”

Now “EWVT” outshines in League B. If it smoothly enters League A, then players like Feng Kun and Zhou Suhong probably will come back to their own original team in next season. Therefore, this game may be their farewell performance. The visiting US team’s strength is not weak. Its chief coach is the Hugh McCutcheon who led US men’s volleyball team to win the champion of Beijing Olympic Games. Among the 13 players, three of them have taken part in the Olympic Games. Lang Ping thought these players will be the main fore of the team in 2012.