[Outside the World Cup]Iranian media unexpectedly refused to stick to Lam Yen-ting’s landmark as a guest of Hong Kong football team to see the level of Europe

[Tilu News]The Hong Kong football team visited Iran on Thursday (16th) for a World Cup qualifier. They conceded two goals in the early stages of the game and before the end of the game, and ended up losing 0:4. However, the team method adopted by the Hong Kong Football Team in Tehran was praised by the local media. Midfielder Lam Yin-ting, who played for the team for the first time, also performed surprisingly. He bluntly said that the experience of facing a strong team after winning a “cap” for the first time was very rare.

Lin Yin-ting was called up to the final list of the Hong Kong Football Team for the first time in this round of international competition. Three days after the start of training, he immediately got a seat in the main selection. He formed a three-defense team with Chen Junle and Wu Jinming to face the “second brother in Asia” Iran. However, the 23-year-old standard wandering midfielder did not behave impolitely. He also disrupted the opponent’s offensive in the midfield many times while playing football. Especially when facing stronger Iranian players, he was able to protect the ball with his body many times.

Lin Yanting said after the game that he was satisfied with the performance, but there were details that could be improved: “For example, how to use waves after physical fitness declines needs to be better. Playing for the first time is a good experience for a strong team.” He described the Iranian players’ speed, play The speed of the ball and other factors are completely different from those in daily games: “It’s rare to see the European level and compete with Premier League players on the same field.”

In addition to Lam Yin-ting getting his first chance, the backbone Lawrence also served as the captain of the Hong Kong football team for the first time. Lawless, who plays for Dalian in the Chinese Super League, described wearing the captain’s armband as a proud moment in his career: “Thank you coach for trusting me and giving me the opportunity to captain the Hong Kong team in the World Cup qualifiers.” He said that all the players have tried their best, but Iran It is one of the teams in Asia with many players playing for top European clubs. The team should also learn from each other: “These are the opponents I want to face most so that I can challenge myself and continue to improve.”

Hong Kong team at the top15Already conceding two goals in 1 minute, he kept conceding no more goals until the end.2Minutes later, Iran scored again. Lawless pointed out that it was not easy to play in a game that conceded an early goal, but the team quickly found a rhythm and kept up with the speed of the game: “When you face a strong team, there are1Losing concentration for a second will cause the opponent to join the wave. Unfortunately we conceded two avoidable goals at the end, but we will learn from the experience. “

Coach Anderson also believed that the first two goals conceded were too early and too easy, and the two at the end were unnecessary, but pointed out that0：4The results are still acceptable.Some local reporters noticed that the Hong Kong football team did not adopt the policy of staying away from guests like other East Asian countries.1His scoring style of play not only praised Hong Kong Football Team, but also raised questions.Anderson said he took office two years ago and tried to change Hong Kong football’s rigid style of play and make the team more aggressive: “As a result, we advanced to the Asian Cup and also achieved good results in the Asian Games. However, the gap between Iran and Hong Kong is too big, and there are5、6Players did not join the team for different reasons. However, we will learn from experience and our performance will be different when we meet again in the Asian Cup finals or the World Cup. “But he also admitted that Iran and Uzbekistan, who are in the same group, are too strong. At best, they can only hope to force a draw if they exceed the standard at home. The goal is to score points in the two games against Turkmenistan.

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”[Outside the World Cup]Iranian media unexpectedly refused to stick to Lam Yen-ting’s landmark as a guest of Hong Kong football team to see the level of Europe」