Xinjiang Story: Grapevine goalpost and the making of young footballers

URUMQI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- "Once you can walk, you can play football," is a saying originating from Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where football first arrived in the 19th century.

To this day, the phrase still rings familiar across this region and beyond.

In the neighboring city of Kashgar, Memetjang Mahmut has witnessed that passion firstha