There are still two hours left before the World Cup qualifying match between the National Football Team and Hong Kong Island Team.
The area around Mong Kok Stadium is already very lively. Many Chinese fans and Hong Kong fans wearing red jerseys have arrived here early. There are also many vendors selling fan supplies around the stadium. However, there are not many scalpers scalping tickets, because for
To prevent game tickets from flowing into the hands of away team fans, fans need to prove that they are residents of Hong Kong Island when purchasing tickets, and must present their ID documents during ticket verification before they can enter. This is an arrangement that has not been heard of in recent years.
19:00
There is still one hour left before the game starts.
Mong Kok Stadium is almost full. Most of these fans are fans of the home team.
The fans put up slogans such as "Hong Kong Island Power", "Hong Kong Football Team Becomes Talented", etc. The large screen at the scene was also playing videos of Hong Kong Island Team's past games and player interviews.
Under the leadership of the on-site DJ, the fans kept shouting "Hong Kong Island Team" to cheer for the home team, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Indeed, the Hong Kong team performed well in this World Cup qualifier and even hopes to steal a spot from the Chinese team to advance to the top 40. This is the happiest thing for Hong Kong team fans who have a strong sense of superiority.
19:20
There were still 40 minutes left before the start of the game, and players from both sides came out to warm up. As soon as the Hong Kong Island team walked out of their three goalkeepers, the scene became excited, and the atmosphere became feverish again.
Then the national football players came out collectively to warm up. The atmosphere completely changed, and a burst of strong boos broke out from the audience.
The fans of the home team are obviously not very friendly to the national football team. Of course, this is also normal in football matches. Visiting teams often hear boos from home team fans during games.
Then the on-site host introduced the players of the Hong Kong Island team. Every time the host called out a name, the Hong Kong team fans on the scene burst into warm applause, even the planning players were no exception.
However, when the host introduced the lineup of the Chinese national team, the fans of the home team immediately changed their faces and burst into strong boos again. Especially when the host introduced Zhao Yang, the booing decibels reached the highest peak.
There are many Chinese fans coming to watch the away game, but less than 500 people can enter the stadium.
These five hundred people have been fighting against the home team fans, but their number is too small, and their applause and shouts are drowned in the voices of the home team fans.
After the warm-up, the national football team returned to the locker room amid boos from the home team's fans.
The players were in a bad mood because the stands were too close to the stadium and the boos could be clearly heard, and there were even sporadic curses.
The players were really intolerable to being booed and scolded even when they were warming up, even on the soil of their own country.
"Kick it hard in the next game!"
"I can get into 4, but I won't get into 3!"
"I almost gave them the middle finger just now!"
"Stop making trouble! Do you still want to play?"
"If people don't treat us as compatriots, let's not be so sentimental and kick their butts hard."
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The players quickly turned their anger into passion and were gearing up to take on the Hong Kong Island team.
With five minutes left before the game, under the leadership of Bahrain referee Shukla, the players from both sides entered the Mong Kok Stadium.
Players from both sides shook hands and took photos. Captains Zheng Zhi and Li Zhihao exchanged team flags and emblems, then lined up and waited for the game to start.
During this process, the fans of the home team seemed to have forgotten that they should cheer for the Hong Kong team when they came to the stadium. Instead, they kept booing the national football team, especially Zhao Yang.
CCTV commentator He Weidao, who was responsible for the on-site commentary: "It seems that the fans of the Hong Kong team are too afraid of Zhao Yang. They want to influence Zhao Yang by booing. This is the first fierce battle of the national team. I hope Zhao Yang will not be affected.
The tough tasks of the national football team are all on him today."
20 o'clock
As the referee Sukra from Bahrain blew the whistle, the World Cup qualifying match between the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team finally kicked off.
The first to kick off is the Chinese team playing away from home.
After Yang Xu and Wu Lei reversed their kicks in the center circle, the ball passed to Zhao Yang's feet.
Zhao Yang was playing as a winger today. He did not dribble. After passing the ball to Zheng Zhi, he quickly moved forward along the wing.
Zheng Zhi organized in the backcourt very steadily, waiting for the Hong Kong team players to come over and press.
The Hong Kong team's offensive players quickly passed the half-court. At this time, the ball was passed to Zheng Zhi's feet. Zheng Zhi immediately made a long pass to the frontcourt, looking for Zhao Yang.
Zheng Zhi's pass was very accurate, but the Hong Kong team was very tight on Zhao Yang, who scored 8 goals in his debut. When Zheng Zhi passed the ball, two Hong Kong team players came to double-team Zhao Yang, preventing him from letting go.
He got the ball.
However, Zhao Yang was not prepared to get the ball. He rushed over quickly, headed the ball a little, passed it to Yang Xu in the middle, and quickly cut inside to meet Yang Xu.
Yang Xu did not stop the ball. He headed the ball and passed it to Zhao Yang who was cutting inside.
This is a routine used by the Chinese national team in training.
The purpose of this routine is to allow Zhao Yang to get the ball in the frontcourt.
Sure enough, Zhao Yang suddenly gave up cutting inside from the wing, causing the Hong Kong team's defensive players to lose their minds and fail to keep up with Zhao Yang in the first place.
Zhao Yang stopped the ball with his chest when no one was guarding him, then took a step laterally to avoid the attacking defender. He also adjusted his footing, and then fired a "tiger style" explosive shot.
In the past two days, Zhao Yang had had enough of the anger of the home team's fans on Hong Kong Island. This kick was almost out of anger. The shot was extremely powerful and the ball was extremely fast. It was like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the goal.
When Zhao Yang took the ball, the Hong Kong fans kept yelling and cursing. Seeing Zhao Yang suddenly shooting from a long distance, the Hong Kong fans shut up instantly and were so frightened that their heartbeats almost stopped.
Zhao Yang's shot was almost thirty meters away. Hong Kong Island goalkeeper Ye Honghui knew that Zhao Yang had the ability to shoot from long range, but he did not expect that Zhao Yang's shot was so crisp and powerful. When he reacted, he made a save.
In one move, the ball flew past his fingertips.
"It's too late! This goal is going to be scored!"
When Ye Honghui's body fell to the ground, his heart went cold and he thought he might lose the ball.
At this moment, Ye Honghui heard a bang, and then saw the ball bounce back at a faster speed.
It turned out that the ball hit the post.
"ah!"
The Hong Kong fans' heartbeats almost stopped for a beat, and now they finally let out a breath of air.
The Chinese football fans also held their breath just now. When they saw the ball hitting the post, they all hid their faces and sighed, lamenting their bad luck and missing out on a fantastic start.
Zhao Yang saw the ball pop out and was about to run to grab the ball, but the ball was kicked out of the sideline by the shocked defender.
Zhao Yang couldn't help but shake his head. He tried his kick and found that he was a sure-shot goal and hit the goal post. It seemed like today was not going well.