[Sports Road Hangzhou Direct Attack]The Hong Kong football team made its first appearance in the Asian Games men’s football bronze medal match this afternoon (7th), returning to the Shangcheng Sports Center Stadium where they upset Iran in the top 8, and competed with Uzbekistan, who met for the third time this year, for the award. tower. It rained heavily at the start of the game, but Hong Kong team’s top eight goal scorer Pan Puixuan returned from serving his sentence and continued to try to press forward. Unfortunately, the threat was limited, and the Uzbek army opened the gap before half-time. In the end, the whole game They lost 0:4 and still finished the tournament in the best 4th place in history.
Looking back on the promotion history of Hong Kong Football Team this year, although they lost two games to Uzbekistan in the group stage, they benefited from the early exit of Syria and Afghanistan and still entered the knockout round in second place. As a result, the army began a magical journey and defeated Palestine 1:0. It went straight to the top four with traditional powerhouse Iran. After the 2009 East Asian Games and the 2015 World Cup Asian qualifiers, Hong Kong football fever has once again stirred up the popularity of Hong Kong football in Hong Kong. Even though the top four teams lost to Japan 0:4 and fell into the bronze medal match, the fans continued to support the Hong Kong team this afternoon through various occasions such as the FA wave viewing party and the live broadcast at the open venue of Happy Valley Racecourse.
Talking about the lineup of the Hong Kong team this afternoon, Poon Pui Xuan and Kan Jiaheng returned from serving their sentences. The two were immediately reinstated as main players by coach Anderson. Lam Yin Ting, who was injured earlier, also returned to the main 11 players. As for the defense line led by steel goalkeeper Tony Hsieh. The original team strikes out. It was raining at the scene and the temperature was only 19 degrees. In the first half, the Hong Kong football team chose to attack from the downwind direction. During the period, they intercepted the ball from the Uzbek defender several times and counterattacked, but unfortunately they did not pose much threat; on the other hand, the Uzbek army The offensive gradually gained momentum. For example, in the 26th minute, Mahmoud Zionov from the left gate made a pass from the left. The ball crossed the entire defense line of Hong Kong Football Team and went straight to the back post. Fortunately, no one rushed to respond; in the 30th minute, forward Nochayev In response to the cross, his header was tilted close to the goal, but the alarm sounded.
Pan Peixuan returned from prison today.
At the 41st minute, Uzbekistan received a penalty kick in the penalty area of Hong Kong Football Team. Midfielder Ibragimov’s direct shot was saved by Xie Jiarong, but the ball fell to the feet of the former. As a result, he passed the ball to the striker Odiluf in the penalty area. , even though this player was closely watched by Li Yikai and other Hong Kong team defenders, he still relied on his personal ability to dunk a shot with his left foot. The ball went straight to the goal. Xie Jiarong was suspected of having his sight blocked and did not react. As a result, the Hong Kong team led 0:1 at halftime. Behind.
Odiluf opened the scoring for Uzbekistan.
After changing sides, Uzbekistan further accelerated the pace of the game, causing the Hong Kong team to have fewer and fewer chances to attack. Even if they tried to attack, it was difficult. In the 50th minute, the Uzbek army even took advantage of the empty Hong Kong team and launched a quick counterattack. As a result, Nochaev easily scored from a pass from Mahmouddjonov, taking the lead to two goals. Later, he added Shige in the 59th minute, and defender Dashenov received a corner kick in the 75th minute as the icing on the cake. On the other hand, the Hong Kong team even substituted Zhang Xiyan and Lin Leqin in the second half to change the situation, but in vain. They lost 0:4 and still finished the tournament in the best 4th place in history.
After completing the Asian Games journey, An Shuai, together with Sun Mingqian, An Yongjia and Pan Peixuan, will return to Hong Kong non-stop to rejoin the AFC team. On Thursday (12th), they will play against Bhutan in the first round of the World Cup at the stadium.
Pictures and interviews: Vincent, Mak King-chi, He Ziyuan
Text: Wang Jiahao
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “【Hangzhou Asian Games．Direct attack]Hong Kong football team lost to Uzbekistan 0:4 and finished the match ranked fourth, the best in history」
2023-10-07 09:51:29
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