The Hong Kong national football team defeated Bhutan 7-0 in the FIFA World Cup qualifying match yesterday evening.
The game was held at Mong Kok Stadium at 8pm, with the stadium completely sold out.
Our team scored their first goal after 19 minutes with British-born, Hong Kong-raised Jaimes McKee scoring a goal with a header. The ball was passed to him by Hongkonger Cheung Kin-fung, who himself scored a goal only four minutes later, reports Apple Daily.
Two more goals were secured before half-time with Dalian-born Jung Yingzhi scoring 30 minutes in, and a second one only 12 minutes later.
The team scored three more in the second half, with Hongkonger Lam Ka-wai scoring a penalty kick at 49 minutes, and McKee taking an easy shot at 68 minutes.
The final goal was clinched at 68 minutes by Godfred Karikari, from Ghana.
Before the match, spectators jeered throughout the enire duration that the Chinese national anthem was played.
Check out this Passion Times video from the match:
According to Apple Daily, Chinese netizens who got wind of this rather unpatriotic behaviour responded by calling Hongkongers “dogs”, and “England’s slaves”.
The jeers and backlash come after the Chinese Football Associaton released a racist poster about Hong Kong’s national squad, warning the Chinese to “not estimate any opponent”, like Hong Kong’s team, which the poster said has “black-skinned, yellow-skinned, and white-skinned players”.
“We must be cautious against a team with so many colour layers,” it urged.
Hong Kong’s national head coach, South Korean Kim Pan-gon, said he appreciated the support from the fans and hopes to see a similar turnout for Tuesday’s home game against the Maldives, reports Apple Daily.
He was satisfied with his team’s performance (which, let’s be honest, can only be described as a “whooping”) and hopes to see more goals in the future, he said.
The upcoming game on June 16 has already pre-sold 4,000 tickets.
Photo: Screenshot via AppleDaily.com
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