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Poon Pui-hin leads Hong Kong football team to historic victory over China in international friendly match

[Tilu News]The Hong Kong football team defeated China 2:1 in a friendly match last night (1st), defeating the opponent in an A-level international match for the first time in the past 40 years. While the performance of the national football team was severely criticized by the media and netizens, the Hong Kong football team’s forward Poon Pui-hin, who scored two goals, was also hailed as the “Hong Kong striker born in the 2000s”. The Jiezhi striker thanked his teammates and coaches for their help and hoped to take advantage of his good form to win a spot in the Asian Cup finals. Coach Anderson praised him but also reminded Pan Pei to be down-to-earth and not to be complacent.

Poon Puixuan (right) (Photo: Hong Kong Football Association)

(Photo: Hong Kong Football Association)

Although the Hong Kong football team was beaten by Tam Long to open the record early in the first half last night, after changing sides, Pan Peixuan scored twice, and the national football team had two players, Wang Shangyuan and Wu Shaoyuan, leading the charge. They took advantage of the numerical advantage to win 2:1. Counterattack. The last time the Hong Kong football team defeated the national football team in an international match was the famous “519 Incident” in the 1985 World Cup qualifiers. That year, the Hong Kong football team defeated the national football team by the same score for the first time in history at the Beijing Workers’ Stadium with goals from Cheung Chi-de and Gu Jinhui. , and shattered the opponent’s dream of advancing to the next round of the World Cup.

After the results of this closed-door friendly match came out, many Chinese media and fans expressed disappointment. There are many articles about this game on the football website “Knowing Football Emperor”, with titles including “Who else can lose?”, “Super outrageous closed game”, “What’s going on?”, etc. Some netizens left comments “Say To be honest, this team has no bottom line.” “What’s surprising? I have long since given up hope for this group of people.”

(Photo: Hong Kong Football Association)

(Photo: Hong Kong Football Association)

Pan Peixuan, who scored two goals for the national football team, was described by the Chinese media as the “Hong Kong striker born in the 2000s”, recalling the fact that he scored the winning goal to eliminate Iran in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games. Pan Pei has now scored four goals in seven games in international competitions. In addition, he also scored three goals against Kit Chi and Hong Kong U23 in local practice matches earlier. He is in a hot state. He revealed that the two goals in this game were scored in front of the goal with assists from Zhou Yuande and Chen Zhaojun respectively. He thanked his teammates for their contribution: “Apart from myself, the whole team’s condition and cooperation are actually very good. I also want to thank the coach for making me understand him better through the video. I hope to use my strengths and weaknesses to do better in the Asian Cup and help the team.”

Anderson (Photo: Hong Kong Football Association)

Michael’s injury has not fully recovered. Zuliano, who made his first appearance yesterday, also had to withdraw from the firing line at halftime due to hip pain. Pan Pei, who performed well again, said he has more confidence in fighting for the starting position: “I am always in the wave and in good condition. Both my performance and performance have improved a lot, but I know there are still many shortcomings in my game, and I hope to continue to improve and compete for the main selection.”

Hong Kong football coach Anderson also praised Poon Pei’s performance and said that replacing Zulianu with his opponent was the key to the victory in this game: “But while he gained confidence from scoring goals, he must also be down-to-earth and cannot be complacent and think that he is a big star. .” He admitted that the players were already very motivated when facing the national football team, and there was no need to motivate them before the game. He was also happy to see the training results during the game: “In the past three or four days, I have been practicing fast attacks on the front line, and I can really see it. Improvement, playing with the aggressiveness we want, and switching from defense to offense have all improved.”

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”[Asian Cup]Pan Peixuan defeated the national football team twice and competed for the main selection of Anderson. Father: Don’t be complacent.

2024-01-02 01:13:18

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