[Sports in Doha]Hong Kong football team will usher in a life-or-death battle in the 2023 Asian Cup group stage tomorrow (23rd). They will face Palestine, which has a one-point lead before the game, at the Abdullah Khalifa Stadium. They must win to have a chance to win. The best third place team advances to the top 16. Head coach Anderson said that he will not put extra pressure on the team and will prepare for the game as usual. However, the whole team knows the significance of tomorrow’s game and hopes to make Hong Kong people proud with victory. “Other countries may want to enter the finals, but Tomorrow is already our final, and everyone will do their best for Hong Kong.”
(Hong Kong Football Team vs. Palestine will kick off at 11:00 pm on January 23, Hong Kong time, and will be broadcast live on HoyTV 77)
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Hong Kong Football Team lost to the United Arab Emirates 1:3 in the last two games and lost to Iran by one goal. There is still a chance to qualify for the top 16 as one of the four best third-place teams.However, in order to qualify, in addition toExcept for the remaining groups that meet the conditions, the first thing is to defeat Palestine in the final group match tomorrow. Hong Kong football and Palestine have only met twice in the 2001 World Cup qualifiers. At that time, Hong Kong football only scored one draw and one loss. However, in September last year, An Yongjia defeated Palestine in the top 16 of the Asian Games.
Head coach Andersen and one of the team captain’s stalwarts, Lawrence, attended the pre-match press conference this morning. The former first shared the status of the injured players in the team. He revealed that two midfielders, Hu Jinming and Chen Junle, who did not participate in training yesterday, are still under observation. The former is believed to be able to resume training today, while the latter injured his ankle in the last game: “But I have been a player and I know that ankle injuries require painkillers. That’s fine, so I think both of them can play tomorrow.” As for Zulianu’s situation is still improving, although he told the coaching staff that there is no problem, but because there is still not enough practice, it depends on today’s status Then decide who can enter the 23-man army list.
Anderson once again said that he was satisfied with the team’s performance in the first two games, but was not satisfied with the lack of points: “We have studied the opponent’s playing style and can see that they are very hard and clean. We need to be more dangerous on the front line because the opponents on the field are Iran had three or four opportunities but failed to seize them.” Although this battle is a life and death battle, Anderson said that he will not put too much pressure on the entire team and will prepare for the game as usual: “It is normal to have pressure, but in fact, every game has pressure. , because I want to win every game. I will not put pressure on the team and prepare as usual, because everyone knows that if you want to stay low, you must win.” Lawless also said that pressure is more or less a good thing for players. , can turn it into driving force.
Although it has been predicted that the game against Palestine is the most important game in the group stage and the one with the best chance of winning, Anderson did not deliberately pay attention to the past two games and only made two changes to the main lineup. He said that the team will give everything they have in tomorrow’s game and treat it as the last game: “Other countries may want to enter the finals, but tomorrow is already our finals, because reaching the top 16 is a big achievement. . Becoming one of the 16 best teams in Asia can make Hong Kong people very proud, especially when local players have represented Hong Kong for a long time. It is even more amazing to be promoted in the competition. This extra motivation makes everyone do their best for Hong Kong. Although we have to wait for other groups You can’t celebrate until you have a chance, but I hope you get the chance.”
Before the press conference ended, the host specifically asked the two if they had any message to send to the fans. Anderson recalled the fan gathering at the hotel two days ago and thanked a group of “red shirts” for coming all the way: “I haven’t tried this since I coached. However, fans can see us during the competition. I guess not many teams can do this. I am very happy to see them and I hope they can support us until the last minute.” Laures also said: “The support of the fans It’s very important, especially hearing their cheers in the stands has a lot of energy, I really need them and I’m grateful to have them here.”
Coach Da Bao (left) and winger Tan Ma
Palestine, which was under siege for most of the last half and was only 1:1 with the United Arab Emirates, attended the press conference with coach Makram Daboub and winger Tamer Seyam, who missed a 12-yard field goal. Ta Bao repeatedly praised Hong Kong Football Team for their substantial improvement at the press conference. They also showed their quality in the past two games: “They like to press their opponents very much and try to make them follow their rhythm, and the dead ball is also good. But we have no other options. “We must win. If we are as calm as we were in the second half against the United Arab Emirates, we will win.” After the last game, Dabao said that he wanted to qualify for the nationals, and today he once again mentioned that historic advancement would bring a lot of success to the Pakistanis. Joy: “Tomorrow will be a historic day, and the Pakistanis deserve to be happy about the victory.”
During his speech, Ta Bao took the initiative to mention Everton, saying that the Hong Kong Football Team winger is very threatening. However, Everton missed a golden opportunity early in the game. When Anderson was asked if he expected the other side to do his homework, he admitted that Everton’s offensive and defensive performance was already very good: “I won’t criticize him because he did what he did for the team. A lot, and the same goes for defense. Playing in the Hong Kong Super League is very different from the Asian Cup. There won’t be many open spaces here, but I know he has this quality and I hope he can use the opportunities he gets to help the team advance.”
Pictures and text: Mai Jingzhi
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