[Sports News]The first week of the new season of the Hong Kong Super League will continue today (20th), with two games held at the same time. Among them, the East will face the Hong Kong U23 at the bottom of last season at the Mong Kok Stadium. In the first half, the East led 2-0 with the goals of Marcos and Huang Haojun. Yu Zaiyan, who played for the first time, switched sides and then handed over an assist. However, the head coach Lu Bidu is still not satisfied with the team’s performance, but pointed out that the two teenagers Xiao Zheng and Gao Minghao are playing positive news. Xiao Zheng also broke the record for the youngest player in the Hong Kong Super League at the age of 15 years and 3 months on 23 days.
Huang Haoran (left) defected in this battle. Daniel (right), who is 1.97 meters tall, and He Longhao, who is 1.61 meters tall, meet in the midfield.
This season, the East will continue to “adhere to the policy of training young players.” Center Lodigus has suffered a cruciate ligament injury before the season. Two famous Hong Kong footballers, Sun Mingqian and Huang Haojun, will lead the front line. The three newly joined foreign players are Liu Zhicheng and Daniel, who are the main candidates first, and the Scottish defender Hall, who suffered from heat stroke during the friendly match earlier, is temporarily in the reserve. The remaining main players Ye Honghui, Kosubayev, Margos and captain Liang Zhenbang are also in the main selection. It is worth mentioning that, except for the goalkeeper Liao Fuyuan, the other seven players in the East’s reserve bench are all “post-millennials”. Xiao Zheng and Gao Minghao are only 15 years old.
Last season, the Hong Kong U23, which was at the bottom of the list, experienced a large number of player changes. Among them, two newly joined overage players Zheng Jinhong and new captain Du Guoliang were elected to lead the team, but Lin Xuexi, Lin Zhifeng and Guo Ziyi all served as backups first. The average age of the 11 Hong Kong U23 candidates is only 20.5 years old, almost seven years younger than the opponent.
Li Aitao rushed to the reserve seat after a collision, but fortunately he was unharmed.
Margos
Although Orient had an advantage over Hong Kong U23, they did not see a clear advantage in the early part of the first half. Instead, they were once robbed of a lot of possession by opponents without foreign aid. However, even if Hong Kong U23 has possession of the ball, they are often successfully intercepted by Eastern players after a few passes in the frontcourt. Until the 17th minute, Marcos scored a corner kick with a shot in the penalty area, and then responded to Yu Zaiyan’s cross in the penalty area and scored unattended to open the record.
The Spanish midfielder was obviously pressing forward in the early stage, and he was almost at the forefront with Sun Mingqian and Huang Haojun. In 24 minutes, he also made a straight pass to Sun Mingqian, but the latter came a step late. After fellow countryman Daniel was transferred out due to injury, Marcos was arranged to step back a bit to the middle of the midfield. Dongfang scored another goal in 36 minutes. Huang Haojun easily scored in the penalty area and led by two goals at halftime.
Zeng Yixing, who played on a short-term contract, was replaced at halftime.
Kosubayev heads in. (second from right)
Gao Minghao (right) Xiao Zheng (middle)
The Hong Kong U23s replaced the striker Lin Xuexi and the backbone Zeng Yixing who joined on a short-term contract at halftime, but it did not have much impact on the situation, and the East continued to control the overall situation. In the 58th minute of the battle, Hong Kong U23 lost again due to a dead ball. At that time, Yu Zaiyan cooperated with Huang Haojun’s short corner kick. Hong Kong’s U23 defense was weak in dealing with crosses from both sides. After 6 minutes, it swayed Margos, but the latter responded to Hall’s cross with a header and passed by.
At the end of the East, two 15-year-old young players Xiao Zheng and Gao Minghao were replaced. Together, they broke the record of the youngest player in the Hong Kong Super League set by Li Cheng last season. Xiao Zheng, who was born two weeks later, locked the new record at 15 years old March 23rd. With Sun Mingqian’s semi-single-handed high, Hong Kaizhi of Hong Kong U23 was “cheat” because of offside, and the East finally maintained a 3:0 victory to the end.
Ruby Du Gao Minghao (left) and Xiao Zheng
The new striker of the East is also a guest. Yu Zaiyan (right), who handed over two assists, pointed out that although the team won the wave and came back, the offensive and defensive organization also needs to be improved.
Orient coach Rubido sat on the bench after the game and did not celebrate with the players. He also admitted that the scene of this game was worse than expected: “Winning waves is always a good thing, but I expect to play better. I understand that the first game will always be better. It’s all a bit difficult, but there are many mistakes that I haven’t seen before this season, and some players have not been able to do what I want.” However, he said that the two 15-year-old teenagers playing are more positive news, and he believes that they should be played at the right time. Sending these young players to the battle: “The two of them played very well in the U15 league and have high quality. I like “Xi Ma” (Gao Minghao) very much. They and Zhang Wenhao must continue to improve, but at least we can give them a chance They grow.”
While the teenager got the chance, Rubido also revealed that he will sign new players to replace the long-rested Lodigus. The striker from Spain also entered the field today. Lubidu laughed and said that the opponent may not have the ability of his player era: “But he is a very good player. I believe he can help.”
Situ Wenjun
Two of the goals conceded by Hong Kong U23 came from corner kicks. During the other corner kick after the first goal was conceded, even though the coaching staff kept pointing players to grab points, Marcos finally scored successfully. Coach Situ Wenjun pointed out after the game that when he took over last year, he already knew that the team’s defense against dead balls was inferior. “Tried zone defense and man-marking to no avail.” One, the two goals conceded came from dead balls, but the first goal this season was a corner kick, which was beyond my expectation, because those marking methods, aerial battles and spot grabbing had already been taught.”
Daniel was bleeding from his right foot when he was replaced.
Picture and text: Mai Jingzhi
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2023-08-20 11:11:49
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