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Chapter 606: The Rise of Hong Kong Men's Football Team
The New Territories Rebirth Stadium had more than 45,000 seats, which were basically fully occupied, and was filled with people at a glance.

A careful observation shows that the occupancy rate of the more than 1,000 VIP boxes is as high as 60%.

People of all races can be seen, yellow, black, and white. There is no distinction between skin colors here, and everyone basically wears the same two types of clothes.

One is mainly purple with red and blue as secondary colors, and the other is white clothes with purple stripes.

For football fans, these two colors of clothes are not unfamiliar, because they are the pride of Hong Kong Island, the home and away jerseys of the Hong Kong Island men's football team.

In the 1992 Asian Cup, although the Hong Kong men's football team was defeated by the island team in extra time in the final, allowing the opponent to win the coveted Asian Cup championship for the first time on home soil, it was an honorable defeat.

This is the best record in the history of Hong Kong men's football team, surpassing their best result of third place in the Asian Cup in 1956.

Moreover, the Hong Kong men's football team has the youngest average age in this Asian Cup, far lower than other Asian teams.

This age represents a promising future, and everyone is optimistic that this team can achieve greater success and write a future of its own.

"Hi, little Nunez, I heard that you like football very much? This jersey looks so handsome today."

In the north stand of the Rebirth Stadium, Bill greeted his good friend and buddy Nunez first when he saw him arrive with his son who was very obsessed with football.

"I think so too, Uncle Bill. In the future, I will also be like these predecessors, wearing the Bauhinia jersey and fighting for Hong Kong Island."

Seeing the other party's righteous and high-spirited speech, Bill touched his head and praised him, "You are ambitious. When you become a professional player, you must give me a ticket to the game. I will go to the scene to support you then."

"It's a deal, Uncle Bill."

"Haha" Seeing his 7-year-old son acting like a little adult, Nunes was happy and did not forget to show off.

“This kid has a very high talent for football and the coaches at Oxford United’s Hong Kong Island training centre have spoken well of him.

We have signed a contract with Oxford United and he can choose to train with Oxford United when he turns nine."

This is a project in which Oxford United is unique in the world and is highly praised by all European media, that is, the Oxford United training schools established all over the world at a huge cost.

This school only accepts children under the age of 12, including talented and well-respected public-funded students, which means they are free, and self-funded students who are willing to spend money on their children.

For example, when little Nunez was four years old, his father paid to send him to the Oxford United Training Center in Hong Kong Island, but no one expected that he would show his talent in just half a year.

So now, not only does he receive free training, he also gets free nutritious meals and free jerseys, sneakers and other equipment every day.

After the age of nine, if you go to Oxford Union to formally sign an apprenticeship contract, not only will your food, accommodation, and school be arranged, but you will also be given one or two hundred pounds in pocket money every month.

"By the way, Nunes, the competition will be held in June soon. Have you found a venue?"

The first Sunday of March, June and September every year is the competition day between Far East Town and Asia Village. There is still one month left until the golf competition in June.

What was originally a competition between two villages has unexpectedly become a part of Hong Kong culture.

The players are no longer just people from the two villages, and both sides have stipulated that each team can invite foreign players, but there are restrictions.

Firstly, the number of foreign players cannot account for half of the players in the game, and secondly, the foreign players must not be currently employed professionals.

"This time may be a little different."

"What's wrong?" The competition between the two sides has been going on for so many years and has always been the focus of Hong Kong. Even TV stations will broadcast it live.

The annual increase in advertising revenue means they have no shortage of money to organize events, so it is definitely not a cost issue.

“Don’t worry, I don’t know if this is a good thing or not.

Lantau Island Private Resort contacted us and said that they would provide venues, catering, golf equipment and other facilities for our competition free of charge.

But they also have a requirement, which is to join a team composed of their members."

"The world's top private resort? It seems that they want to use our fame to serve their members.

Playing tennis is very popular in Hong Kong Island. There is no businessman from Southeast Asia who comes to Hong Kong Island to do business who doesn’t know this sport.

But this would go against the original purpose of our competition, which is a competition between our two villages.

Don't forget why the media and the audience are chasing us, it's not because of our skills but because of our attitude.

Not for profit, friendship first and competition second.

It is this purity that touches everyone, so now we have become part of the cultural symbol of Hong Kong Island, and people from other places come to watch every year."

“We, the organizing committee, understand what you said, so we rejected the other party and came up with a compromise plan.

That means giving the other team four places, two for each team.

Anyway, we are playing a team competition and we still have two rounds to go.

There are eight people in a group, and it is not a problem for each group to give the other side two places."

Seeing Bill frown, Nunes knew what he meant.

"Are you wondering why we have to add the other party? The other party promised to donate money to build three elderly activity centers in the New Territories.

You should have noticed that many parents of people who have settled in our two villages in recent years often come to visit, or even live here permanently.

We are still young, but they need their own entertainment space.

Not only us, many places in the New Territories need it, so this is a good thing to help people, it is charity.

This is consistent with our purpose.”

"Okay, I thought too much."

The two were about to say something else, but at this time there was a huge cheer from the audience. It turned out that the players came on the court.

It’s not that there are any players in the stadium. In fact, there is no game in the stadium today.

The reason why there were so many people was entirely because of the 1994 United States World Cup Asian qualifiers.

The Hong Kong Island team won the runner-up in the last Asian Cup, which makes the Hong Kong Island men's football team a strong contender for a place in the World Cup finals.

The Hong Kong Island men's football team did not disappoint the fans, and was placed in Group C as the number one seed along with Indonesia, Qatar, Temasek and Vietnam.

The team won all the first four games and took first place in the group.

Today is the second round match against Qatar, the second in the group with three wins and one loss. As long as Hong Kong Island wins this game, they will basically advance to the second round.

In view of the ever-increasing enthusiasm for watching football, the Chongsheng Stadium decided to open to the public so that fans can cheer for the Hong Kong men's football team together.

So the fans who came here today are not watching the live action, but the big screen.

“Well, the players from both teams came on the field and we saw our young captain Cafu leading our boys with full confidence.

Even though the match was held in Doha, Qatar, we were the dominant side in this match.

We have advantages both in terms of team strength and psychology. We will be basically safe as long as we get a draw.

Head coach Milu obviously understood this, so he replaced Dolzio with He Yuxin in this game, playing as a double defensive midfielder and focusing on defensive counterattacks.

Compared to Dolzio, who is better at offense, He Yuxin's defensive ability is definitely better.

We all know that he has the title of Iron Lungs, and he can run defensively over a large area of ​​the field in the defensive midfielder position.

I heard that several European clubs have extended olive branches to him, it depends on what he chooses.

As long as he can develop his offensive ability in Europe, he will definitely be able to play as a starter in an upper-middle European team.

The young man is only 21 years old and still has room for improvement and growth. He is now the pride of Tiu Keng Leng."

The commentator on the scene was making pre-match introductions, mixing in some gossip when talking about certain players.

Flip a coin to choose your side and the game begins.

Qatar pressed hard at the start. For them, a draw was the same as a loss, because only the group leader could advance to the second round of the semi-finals. Qatar pressed hard, but there was no dangerous attack. The first dangerous attack came from Hong Kong Island.

"He Yuxin accurately predicted the ball and passed it to Carlos who made the first run on the left without hesitation.

The pass was a bit long, but it went in and out incorrectly, allowing Carlos to use his speed to shake off the opponent's defender.

With three against four in the frontcourt, forward Faustino has already tied down the defense of two defenders, and attacking midfielder Wang Xing chooses to slow down, which not only allows Carlos to have an extra point to pass the ball but also allows him to wait for captain Cafu who has already made a run on the right.

We see Carlos has arrived at the front of the opponent's penalty area, one-on-one.

The ball was passed, Wang Xing followed up and made a straight pass, and Cafu shot.

Ah~, the opposing goalkeeper Adami made a perfect world-class save."

The passionate commentary of the commentator at the Rebirth Stadium and the excellent opportunities of the Hong Kong Island men's football team made most of the fans in the stadium stand up.

"Oh~".

The Qatari goalkeeper's heroic performance made the Hong Kong men's football team miss a great start. Not only was Cafu holding his head in disbelief on the big screen, but the fans in the stadium also felt regretful.

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“Although it’s a pity, our thinking was correct. I have to say that Wang Xing’s through ball just now was really beautiful and didn’t waste any time.

Many people say that Wang Xing has no stamina and no speed. Many times, the two full-backs rushed up, but Wang Xing couldn't catch up.

But it makes sense that Milu can keep Wang Xinglei in the starting position. His basketball IQ, his precise short passes and his dispatches are his real killer moves.

He does not have the physical advantage, but he is like a frontcourt commander, controlling the offensive players and being able to attack according to the coach's deployment, which is what all coaches like.

Just as captain Cafu said in an interview after losing the Asian Cup championship, Wang Xing is our brain. Although he is relatively thin and cannot be the first line of defense in the frontcourt, the brain is more important than the body.

We have also seen his efforts this year. He has focused on strengthening his physical strength in Leverkusen, and his upper body is obviously a little bigger than it was during the Asian Cup last year."

The yellow race cannot become top football stars. Is it because our physical fitness is not good enough?
This is an issue that does not need to be discussed. It is just an excuse for people who want to drink beer and eat kebabs every day.

Just like this group of Chinese players in Hong Kong, many of them were sent to Europe for training when they were in their teens, and several good players have emerged and are playing for European clubs.

Coupled with the plans, Hong Kong's players are absolutely strong in Asia and can compete with the top teams in Europe or South America.

Losing the Asian Cup is seen as a stain by Hong Kong people but it is not unacceptable.

The stain is that as of now, Hong Kong Island is definitely the strongest team in Asia and should win the championship.

Rather than being unacceptable, it is due to many factors.

First of all, in the final against the island nation, the Hong Kong team had all the advantages, but they were unlucky and hit the post three times without scoring.

Moreover, the opponent's goalkeeper really performed like a god on that day and made many world-class saves.

Another point is about the coach. During the overtime, when both sides' physical strength and attention were declining, the head coach at the time actually made substitutions to strengthen the offense, which gave the opponent a chance to steal a goal.

If the game goes to a penalty shootout, Hong Kong Island's stars will definitely have the advantage. The only problem is that Hong Kong Island's goalkeeper Jorge Campos did not experience much testing from the opposing players throughout the game.

This Mexican goalkeeper, one of the three crazy goalkeepers, is the current goalkeeper of the Hong Kong men's football team.

It’s not that there aren’t better ones, but people with better ones are unwilling to become citizens.

Just like Ronaldinho, although his family was in financial difficulty, his brother had become a professional player, which reduced the burden on the family.

He had already demonstrated his talent and firmly believed that he could make a lot of money, but due to his family's opposition, he did not become a naturalized citizen.

But Campos is different. This Mexican, whose real height is only 1.73 meters, has the biggest dream of becoming a football player and is determined to become a goalkeeper.

But with his height, which team would want him? He himself had no illusions about the national team's World Cup.

But Hong Kong Island gave him such an opportunity, so in 1988, Campos and his family moved to Hong Kong Island and successfully became naturalized, becoming the main goalkeeper of the Hong Kong Island men's football team.

The goal lost by Hong Kong Island team in the Asian Cup final had little to do with him. The back line pressed too high and the opponent found a perfect opportunity to score a one-on-one goal.

Campos had done his best, but the opponent's ricochet goal into the upper right corner of the goal frame still left him powerless.

Afterwards, the head coach took the blame, and he should have taken the blame.

Then Hong Kong Island paid a penalty to poach Milu, who was the head coach of the United States women's national football team, and Milu accepted the invitation and took office.

As the game continued, Qatar began to fear Hong Kong Island's counterattack and spent most of the time passing the ball ineffectively in the midfield and frontcourt areas.

The Hong Kong Island team is not in a hurry at all. If you don't attack, we will just waste time like this. Anyway, I can accept a draw.

Moreover, the Hong Kong team has many players playing in Europe, and their physical strength is definitely not as good as that of the Qatar team.

In the 21st minute, the dull scene was broken and Qatar, unable to hold back, began to approach.

However, when the opponent wanted to pass the ball at the front of the penalty area, it was He Yuxin who predicted the ball path and completed the steal.

Cafu made a high-speed run, took a step forward after receiving the ball and passed it to winger Hank.

When Hank saw the opponent's full-back return to defense in time, he passed the ball back directly, and Wang Xing, who followed up in the middle, made a straight pass.

The pass was amazing, with the precision of a surgical knife, directly tearing through Qatar's defense, and Faustino, who had been arguing with the opponent's central defender in the front, used his speed to get a one-on-one chance.

The entire New Territories Rebirth Stadium was filled with cheers and applause. Even though they knew the other party couldn't hear them, they didn't save their voices.

"Wang Xing made a through ball, Faustino went to the match alone, the opponent's goalkeeper rushed out and shot into the right corner.

The ball went in and Faustino became the hero of Hong Kong Island, but the biggest credit for this goal went to Wang Xing.

His through ball was just out of reach of the opposing defender, giving Faustino a great chance."

"Boom~" The entire New Territories Rebirth Stadium was like a pot of boiling water.

The ATV Sports Channel, which was broadcasting the game live, was also very considerate. Not only did it give a shot to the fans at the scene, it also switched to the New Territories Rebirth Stadium.

Especially in the VIP box, all kinds of celebrities and rich young men were cheering.

Alan Tam, Natalis Chan, Andy Lau and many others were here, as were many female stars, such as Anita Mui, Liza Wang and others who were watching the game here.

With a one-goal lead, the Hong Kong Island team performed more easily.

In the 44th minute before the half-time break, there was another counterattack. This time Carlos made a wild cross from the wing, and Faustino got the first point to complete his second goal.

In the 68th minute of the game, the opponent tripped Hank in the penalty area, and an interesting scene occurred after the referee awarded a free kick.

The player who took the penalty for the Hong Kong Island team was actually goalkeeper Campos, who did not have many shots in this game.

This is not to humiliate the opponent, but Campos does have good footwork and excellent shooting skills.

The result was that Campos scored steadily and the score became 3:0.

It was after Campos scored the penalty that Milu replaced Carlos and Cafu, the two most famous players in the team, the Oxford United wingers.

Milu is very clear that the performance of these two players is crucial to how far Hong Kong football can go in the future. It is also a kind of protection for other players while training them.

Now that the Premier League is in its final stages, Oxford United, who are ranked first in the league, are in the midst of a tough time. In addition, the long journey still requires more rest for the two players.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the Hong Kong Island team was playing conservatively in this match and they gave up many good opportunities to attack.

This also shows the difference in strength between the two sides, and is why more and more people in Hong Kong like football now.

“Okay, the game is over, Hong Kong Island beat Qatar 3:0.

In this way, we have won all five games and have 15 points. With three rounds left, we are 6 points ahead of second-placed Qatar. We only need to win one more game or the opponent lose one game to ensure our promotion.

Let us look forward to the next game in three days."

(End of this chapter)