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2007.04.26
The red-shirted Urawa supporters mingled freely with their Shanghainese hosts on the Pudong streets after the match



April 26, 2007
shanghaiist

Urawa Reds Supporters in Shanghai


Indeed, the most notable aspect of the afternoon was the relatively large number over 1,000 of Urawa Reds supporters who made the trip over the East China sea. Just watch this impressive clip. This figure is far bigger than the number of travelling fans normally seen at Chinese league games. It's only fair to point out though the economic advantages Japanese have when travelling to China. It was also clear that the Japanese consulate's warnings to the Urawa fans not to fly the Japanese flag or wear club colours had fallen on deaf ears. There wasn't any sign of trouble however and the red-shirted Urawa supporters mingled freely with their Shanghainese hosts on the Pudong streets after the match.

http://www.shanghaiist.com/archives/2007/04/26/early_afc_champ.php
As it is said there are some anti-Japanese feeling and there was a chinese riot at the final of Asia Cup 2004 in Shanghai, some Urawa supporters expected embattled situation, but the match was hold friendly. Shanghai Shenhua supporters are not organized (due to the marger of two clubs ?), they are respectful toward Urawa that some net media said they tried to exchange yells.
Urawa supporters delivered a culture to division 2 supporters in Japan when they played in J2 league in 2000, what will happen in Asia?

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