Surprising Performance: Hong Kong Football Team’s Journey in the Asian Games

2023-10-04 11:53:33

[Sports Road Hangzhou Direct Attack]The much-anticipated “Hong Kong-Japan Battle” among the top four men’s football teams finally took place tonight (4th). The Hong Kong football team tried many times to attack at the start of the game, but unfortunately Japan was always superior and ended up with 0:4. Defeated and failed to advance further to the finals. However, before the expedition to Hangzhou, the army was unanimously looked down upon by the outside world. Later, it successively brought surprises to the fans and set the best results in the Asian Games in the history of Hong Kong football. Their performance has been explained. Moreover, the Hong Kong team will move to the third-place match to be held at 4 pm on Saturday (7th), and their hope of winning the medal is still not dashed.

Some fans went to Hangzhou to support Hong Kong football.

This time, the Hong Kong football team reached the semi-finals of the Asian Games for the first time. Fans in the city were overjoyed. The Football Association and Tai Po jointly launched a wave-watching activity, which was coordinated with live broadcasts on large TVs in major shopping malls in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, and was promoted by restaurants. Special offers and a “Night Colorful” battle atmosphere have been created before the game. Not only Hong Kong, but rarely even mainland netizens are talking regarding it. They even turned to support the Hong Kong football team following the national football team was eliminated from the top eight. The Japanese media also used a special feature to analyze the Hong Kong football team and asked the Japanese Asian Games team coach Oiwa Tsuyoshi to comment. The latter believed that : “The Hong Kong team was able to successfully win despite being at a disadvantage once morest Iran. This cannot be ignored.”

Sun Mingqian made a mistake in making a clearance.

Japan opened the record first.

The Hong Kong team fell behind by 1 goal in the first half.

In tonight’s game, the Hong Kong Football Team’s lineup has only slightly changed. With Poon Pui-hsuan, who won the previous game, suspended, the frontline will be replaced by Zhang Xiyan and Lin Lok-chin to support An Yongjia, while the defense will continue to be commanded by steel goalkeeper Xie Jiarong and big brother Li Yikai. As soon as the game started, even though the Japanese players were obviously more skilled, the Hong Kong team still tried to press forward and attack. However, when Zhang Xiyan and Lin Leqin on the other side continued to shoot to no avail, the opponent on the other side scored a penalty in the 23rd minute. Midfielder Hino Shota took the penalty kick into the penalty area. Arrow Ayukawa Jun took advantage of Sun Mingqian’s unsuccessful clearance and intercepted the ball and shot past Hsieh Kar-wing’s fingers, leaving Hong Kong FC trailing 0:1 at halftime.

After changing sides, Japan continued to dominate the situation and played more smoothly. On the other hand, Hong Kong Football Team, which was gradually showing signs of fatigue, stayed in the second half for most of the time. As a result, they conceded another goal in the 54th minute. A powerful shot, Xie Jiarong saved the ball not far away, but the rushing Hino Shota broke the net with his head. Later, the Hong Kong team successively replaced Lin Yinting, Japanese Zhao Nwu and Liu Jiaqiao in order to increase their vitality. However, they were still unable to break the ball. Later, they were scored twice by Omi Yota and Hino Shota. In the end, the Hong Kong team ended up with 0:4. Defeated.

However, the Hong Kong Football Team still has a chance to win the medal. They will participate in the bronze medal match with Uzbekistan at 4 pm (on the 7th) at the Uptown Sports Center Stadium.

Pictures and interviews: Mai Jingzhi, Li Zizheng
Text: Wang Jiahao

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”【Hangzhou Asian Games.Direct attack]Hong Kong football team lost to Japan 0:4 and will move to the third-place match on Saturday and is still expected to get on the podium.

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