Martins plays a computer soccer game. [Photo by Yangteng Geer/Xinhua]

Ordos city has long and extreme cold winters with the temperatures usually dropping to-20 C, which brings a real challenge to football training and teaching, he added.

Through unremitting efforts, Martins has cultivated a group of outstanding football teenagers. In the 2020 "Sports Lottery Cup" Inner Mongolia autonomous region Youth Football League and Youth Football Championship U14 and Group 13 competitions held on Aug 24, two outstanding players from his club were selected to represent Ordos.