The Hong Kong team does not participate in many competitions, and there are even fewer international competitions. As a third-rate team in a third-rate football region in Asia, the Hong Kong team, ranked 143rd in the world, basically acts as a foil in various international competitions.
, the popularity that football king Li Huitang brought to this city from the last century to the 1930s has long since disappeared.
The reason why Huo's Group takes the sports industry as its key investment direction is also closely related to football. Mr. Yingdong, the founder of Huo's Group, loved football when he was young. He was born in 1923. During his childhood and adolescence,
It was during the period when Li Huitang dominated Asian football that Mr. Huo invested in building professional teams in Hong Kong, including the entry of Chinese football into the AFC and the creation of the Provincial-Hong Kong Cup, all of which were inseparable from Mr. Huo.
Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Although Hong Kong football currently ranks very low in the international rankings, it has laid a solid foundation in all aspects. A small special zone actually has four professional football leagues: A, B, C and D.
There are also women's football teams and youth teams of all ages starting from U13. The Hong Kong Football Association also has the "Seedling Project", "Young Seedling Project" and so on for young people from 9 to 19 years old who have a certain football foundation.
All in all, it took a lot of effort and thought.
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Chen Zhuo will also play two games on behalf of the Hong Kong team in June and July. The "Hong Kong and Macau Cup" held in Macau on June 3 will be Chen Zhuo's debut game, as well as the "Xtep Cup" on July 18.
A commercial match against Birmingham City at the Hong Kong Stadium.
In the next series of international competitions in the second half of the year, except for the Asian Games, Chen Zhuo does not have to participate. For example, the trip to India in October, which has been scheduled, is actually to test each other's reality before next year's Asian Cup.
There is also the "10-Year Longsheng Cup" in the next 10 and mid-term, against the Philippines, Macau and **, which is a warm-up for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November.
The Provincial-Hong Kong Cup on January 1 and January 4, 2011 happened to be during Chen Zhuo's winter break. As a warm-up match for the Asian Cup, Chen Zhuo was included in the calculation in advance, and then there was the Asian Cup in 2011.
, that’s next year’s schedule.
After soliciting Chen Zhuo's opinion, the Hong Kong Football Association gave Chen Zhuo the No. 10 jersey and ordered a No. 10 goalkeeper uniform. It is very likely that Chen Zhuo will be needed as the goalkeeper in the Asian Games and Asian Cup.
One position.
It's just a bit harder to travel between Europe and Hong Kong, just to be able to have dual citizenship and solve the problem of European labor certificates, just because I am older, and I don't have much value to the future Chinese team... Chen Zhuo feels very uncomfortable about giving up participating in the Chinese national team.
When I got the chance to join the team, I also had some ideological struggle.
When he put on the Hong Kong team's jersey with the five-star red flag and the bauhinia regional flag, Chen Zhuo thought there would be a lot of abuse from fans who didn't understand it. Unexpectedly, the majority of them were applauding. Regarding Chen Zhuo's behavior, Chinese fans
They all said that this is called "a good bird choosing a tree to roost in", and some fans thought that it would be more nb to find a way to represent a European country or Germany instead of representing Hong Kong...
Chen Zhuo did not feel relaxed about this reaction. Instead, he felt an indescribable feeling, like a thorn stuck in his throat.
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The "Hong Kong and Macau Cup" is held every year in June every year. The original planned date was June, but during the World Cup, it was changed to June 3rd two weeks in advance to make up for Chen Zhuo's time.
Chen Zhuo has already booked a flight to Germany on June 5th to go through the formalities of German naturalization application and four weeks of international coach training in Germany. The game on July 18th already requires Chen Zhuo to attend a coach training class in Italy.
It would be bad to take two days off, and then take off for the competition in June. Besides, there are still "schedules" in November and January next year...
The history of the Hong Kong and Macau Cup dates back to 1937. It has been held in Hong Kong every odd-numbered year and in Macau every even-numbered year. It has lasted for more than 60 years, except for the pause during World War II from 1942 to 1946 and the renovation of the Macau stadium in 1962.
, the rest of the years never stopped.
An event with such a long history has to be rescheduled because of one person. This has made the middle-aged and elderly fans in Hong Kong and Macao who have been following this event for a long time very dissatisfied. Some people in Hong Kong and Macao even submitted applications for demonstrations to protest against the Hong Kong Football Association.
This revised decision is an area governed by the rule of law. It is normal to have demonstrations and protests.
The Hong Kong team participating in the competition was the team that defeated South Korea, North Korea and Japan to win the championship in the 2009 East Asian Games. It also drew 0:0 at home with Yemen in the last Asian Cup preliminaries on March 3 this year and entered Asia with a slight advantage.
Cup finals teams.
"The match on the 2nd is against the Hong Kong Olympic team. It was originally scheduled for the Olympic team to play a cup match with Macau. Because of you, it was adjusted, so a match was arranged..." Emma explained.
Chen Zhuo scratched his scalp and asked: "Just a day of joint training and a competition!"
Emma said: "Two days, there is still one day before the game on the 3rd, don't take it to heart, you are now a big-name star of a powerful team in the world, don't take it so seriously..."
Chen Zhuo smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was in the world and couldn't help himself!
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"Everyone, everyone!" Chen Zhuo greeted the members of the two teams with clasped fists and said, "I'm not a big name. Just like you, I'm just a little lucky..."
Pointing to a few familiar-looking members of the Hong Kong team, Chen Zhuo said: "In the 2009 Provincial-Hong Kong Cup, it seemed like you, and you, and there seemed to be you, right! I was the substitute for the Guangdong team at that time
Well..."
During the two years in Guangzhou, Chen Zhuo has been able to communicate smoothly in Cantonese. He is not restrained or unobtrusive with the players and coaches of the Hong Kong team. Chen Zhuo also pays attention to his words and deeds. No matter what, he cannot be criticized for "showing off".
Isolated and left in the cold for nearly ten years, Chen Zhuo understood that the players did not like to see people with their nostrils turned upward.
Hong Kong's A-League and B-League each have 12 teams, which are leagues with relatively low standards and business atmosphere. Currently, the champion of Hong Kong's A-League is not yet qualified to participate in the AFC Champions League. With the efforts of Mr. Huo Zhenlin,
The AFC Champions League will be restructured and expanded in 2014. The league champions and cup champions from Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, and Singapore will have the opportunity to participate in the AFC Champions League qualifying rounds.
The head coach of the Hong Kong team, Tsang Wai-chung, is also the technical development director of the Hong Kong Football Association. He retired in 1994 and just took over as the coach of the Hong Kong football team. The 50-year-old is a forward, and the two assistant coaches Wendi Poon and Yang Zhengguang who work with him are also
Both are former members of the Hong Kong national team. Wendi Poon is 35 years old, and Yang Zhengguang is 34 years old. They are both players who play as defensive midfielders. Both of them serve as assistant coaches in the Hong Kong League A. They have only transformed in the past two years.
Goalkeeper coach Fan Junye, some mainland fans may still remember him. In fact, Wendi Pan, Yang Zhengguang and Fan Junye all participated in the World Cup qualifying match that lost to the Chinese team 0:7. Fan Junye also made a save in that game.
Zheng Zhi's penalty kick was missed, and the Chinese team failed to enter the quarterfinals with a goal difference.
The 34-year-old Fan Junye is now the goalkeeper coach and goalkeeper of the Hong Kong South China team and the chief goalkeeper of the Hong Kong team. The two 1989 goalkeepers will play in some warm-up matches and receive guidance from Fan Junye.
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Among the players, player No. 7 is last year's "Hong Kong Footballer" Chen Zhaoqi. Born in 1985, Chen Zhaoqi has a height of 1.88 meters. He stands out among the generally short Hong Kong team and Hong Kong league. A year and a half ago, Chen Zhaoqi stood out.
Chen Zhuo and Chen Zhaoqi have played against each other in the Provincial and Hong Kong Cup. Basically, this player's technical ability can make him a main force in the Chinese Super League.
Another "jumping" forward made Chen Zhuo feel bright. Lin Xuexi, who was born in 1991 and is 1.78 meters tall, is not yet 19 years old and has already served as the main forward for the Hong Kong First Division team Standard Rovers. This young man
The speed is okay, but compared to Sun Xingmin and Gasson, it is still a bit worse. This is not only a matter of talent, but also has a lot to do with the level of the systematic training platform he received from the age of 13 to 18!
The Hong Kong team's style of play is a typical "southern" style. In the former English colony of Hong Kong Island, the style of play is far from that of the British, but it is not like the European Latin style of the adjacent former Portuguese colony of Macau. Basically,
, the overall level of the Hong Kong team is comparable to that of the middle and upper reaches of the Chinese Super League. If the Hong Kong representative team participates in the Chinese Super League and does not invite foreign aid, it is estimated that it will be ranked among the top 8.
For now, even if Chen Zhuo joins, it will be difficult to substantially and rapidly improve this team, just like Maradona did for Argentina and Naples. Chen Zhuo is not yet that high.
Skill.
In terms of tactics, coach Zeng Weizhong and the two assistant coaches are willing to listen to Chen Zhuo's opinions. After all, Chen Zhuo is different now from half a year ago.
Chen Zhuo also has another idea, that is, Chen Zhuo is considering looking for some talented young people in the Hong Kong team between the ages of 13 and 18, and using Spangwitz Company as an agent to help them find suitable young people in Europe.
On the training platform, Chairman Huo and Chairman Liang also agreed with this idea.
Regarding the selection and transportation of these teenagers, Chen Zhuo proposed the method of registering a subsidiary in Hong Kong and investing in shares. Spanwitz also agreed, and Spanwitz Company will also work with Chen Zhuo to find through this Hong Kong company.
Suitable partners to invest in establishing youth training football bases in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
These all require a period of preparation. Chen Zhuo's current focus, in addition to the summer coach training, is to report to the new club as soon as possible and meet with the new coach Allegri to prepare for the next season.
