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The Delayed Start of the Hong Kong Premier Football League: Clubs Receive Draft Schedule

[Sports News]The new season of the Hong Kong Premier Football League was originally scheduled to start in the middle of this month, but due to the serious loss of personnel in the Football Association’s competition department, the progress of the schedule was delayed, and it has not been announced to the public. According to the investigation of “Tilu”, the clubs have received the draft schedule from the Football Association this week. The 2023-24 season Hong Kong Super League will be unveiled on the 19th of this month. In Mong Kok, they will host a home game against Tai Po; on the same day at Tsing Yi Stadium, there will be a topical battle, with Jinfeng fighting the newly promoted North District at home.

Recently, there have been media reports that the Football Association “jumped ship” due to the “jumping” of many important officials from the competition department, and failed to arrange appropriate manpower to compile the schedule internally, which made it difficult for the Hong Kong Super League club to prepare for the game, resulting in complaints. The Football Association CEO Tan Qiulang. According to the latest news from the investigation of “Tilu”, the clubs have received the draft schedule a few days ago. Orient coach Lubido told the media after leading the team to “beat” with Hong Kong U23 at the Tseung Kwan O Football Training Center (FTC) this morning: “We already know that the first league match will be held on the 20th of this month, and the opponent happens to be Hong Kong U23, but There’s nothing we can do about it, (this friendly match) we have already made an appointment.”

Asked if knowing the schedule two weeks before the start of the season will affect the team’s preparations, Rubido said, “I don’t really care about that, anyway, any opponent will meet sooner or later, and as far as I know, the schedule is not It has been changed more than 10 times; what I am more concerned about is that some Elite Cup events are scheduled to be held on artificial grass, which will definitely endanger the health of the players’ legs. Especially our team is short of personnel, and we can no longer afford these I have reported this to the Football Association.” It is explained that the artificial grass field that Rubido refers to is Kowloon Bay Park, because the Hong Kong Super League clubs have agreed to fully support the Hong Kong team in preparing for the Asian Cup final from December to January next year. This week, the remaining players in Hong Kong will continue to participate in the Elite Cup to maintain their game status. However, this period of time also coincides with the LCSD’s venue for winter grass planting, and the choice of venues is very limited. The relevant arrangements are yet to be confirmed by the LCSD.

Sun Mingqian (right) scored a goal today.

Du Guoliang (left) fights with Marcos.

Hong Kong U23 Yan Qizhuo (left) and Lin Zhifeng (right) flanked the new Eastern aid Daniel.

After signing Liu Zhicheng (from left), Daniel and Hall, the East still has to look for a center forward.

Dongfang currently has Zhong Le’an recovering from his injuries at his ancestral home, and he will not be able to return to the team for at least a month. In addition, Lee Man Lodigus injured his anterior cruciate ligament during a training camp in the Mainland. He is expected to rest for at least 6 months. South Korea’s defensive player Ryu Ji-seong, Scotland’s right-hander Calum Hall and Spanish defender Daniel Almazan, all three of them are in the main selection against Hong Kong U23 today. Daniel, who is 1.98 meters tall, scored a goal. Together with Marcos, Sun Mingqian, Huang Zihao and another recruit, Yu Zaiyan, they won a 5-0 victory before the league meeting.

Hong Kong U23 coach Situ Wenjun said that he did not hide his strength because the league is about to meet the East again. For the players’ multiple defensive mistakes in the game, it may be a good thing from a positive perspective. In response to the Football Association’s schedule for this time, he responded: “The season was originally scheduled to start on the 11th of this month, but now it has been delayed by a week. Enough to use the number of quarters, the team will switch to the Hammer Hill Road Stadium this season, and the details will have to be seen.”

Hong Kong team coach Anderson (white shirt) also paid attention to two friendly matches today.

In addition, Standard Rovers also “beat and dance” in the FTC and Guanzhong South District at the same time today, and won 2:0 with two goals scored by Cardano and Ibaqian. It is reported that Standard Rangers will move their home game to the Tsing Yi Stadium. In the first week of the league, they will meet Li Man, who also has the task of the AFC Champions League. If one of them enters the second qualifying round, the Hong Kong Super League will be postponed and changed to Mong Kok. According to reports, this is a new policy introduced by the Hong Kong Super League under the premise of “box office sharing”. In the first week of the Southern District, it happened to meet the underdog Sham Shui Po. The new coach Yang Zhengguang said that he would pay more attention to rehearsing offensive routines before the season, and the current progress is satisfactory. Next week, he will go north to play two games with Meizhou Hakka Friends to make a final review for the first game of the league.

Lin Jiawei (No. 10), who led the youth army out for training earlier, has returned to the team and lined up with Cai Lijing, who followed the training.

Hong Kong Super League first week schedule (to be announced by the Football Association)

August 19th
Kit Chi v Tai Po @ Mong Kok 15:00
Jinfeng v North District @ Tsing Yi Stadium 18:00

August 20th
Orient v Hong Kong U23@ Mong Kok 15:00
Sham Shui Po v Kwun Chung South @ Sham Shui Po Sports Ground 15:00
Standard Wanderers v Lee Man@Tsing Yi Stadium 18:00

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2023-08-04 10:38:17

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