MATCH REVIEW
The EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2 HONG KONG Men’s tournament continued on Wednesday with Hong Kong winning 4-2 over Chinese Taipei at Mong Kok Stadium.
The opening stages saw entertaining end-to-end football from both sides, with FERREIRA LEONARDO Alessandro immediately tested Chinese Taipei goalkeeper Chiu Yu-Hung in the first minute of play.
After spurring off attempts by KARIKARI Godfred and AKANDE Alexander to penetrate their final third, Chinese Taipei responded when striker WU Chun-Ching muscled his way past two defenders in the ninth minute before his effort on goal was cleared.
AKANDE drew first blood in the 21st minute with a close-range shot inside the left post when MCKEE Jaimes Anthony settled AFFONSO JUNIOR Roberto Orlando’s high pass in front of him.
He missed a chance to make it 2-0 just one minute later when he failed to connect with a well-aimed cross from a teammate.
In the 29th minute, Chinese Taipei striker CHEN Hao-Wei forced Hong Kong goalkeeper YAPP Hung Fai to make a fine save with his well-targeted free kick.
After being handed another free kick near the Hong Kong penalty area in the 37th minute, WEN Chih-Hao’s attempted curved right and teammate WANG Ruei was quickly dispossessed of the ball in a flurry of activity.
Leading by just one goal at the interval, Hong Kong made it 2-0 in the 48th minute when AKANDE was given plenty of time to prepare a gorgeous right-footed shot that curled inside the far post.
CHEN Po-Liang cut the deficit in half in the 62nd minute when he rose to head in WEN’s corner kick past a helpless YAPP.
In the 70th minute, an unmarked AKANDE completed his hat trick when substitute XU Deshuai delivered a perfect cross to head into the net.
The Nigeria-born striker was not finished, however, delivering his fourth and final goal of the night just one minute later on a nearly identical play, this cross too provided by XU.
With two minutes remaining in regulation, Chinese Taipei midfielder CHEN Chao-An delivered a superb strike from the edge of the penalty area with YEN Ho-Shen making the assist.
Three minutes of added time were not enough for Chinese Taipei to erase the two-goal deficit, however, leaving them with no points and Hong Kong needing just a positive result from their match against DPR Korea on Saturday qualify for the December 2017 final tournament in Japan.
STATS
GOAL | |
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21' AKANDE Alexander Oluwatayo 48' AKANDE Alexander Oluwatayo 70' AKANDE Alexander Oluwatayo 71' AKANDE Alexander Oluwatayo | 62' CHEN Po-Liang 88' CHEN Chao-An |
REPLACEMENT | |
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46' LAM Ka Wai > XU Deshuai 8 66' KARIKARI Godfred > CHAN Siu Ki 7 74' FERREIRA LEONARDO Alessandro > LEUNG Chun Pong 16 | 52' WANG Ruei > LI Kai-Jie 13 66' WEN Chih-Hao > LEE Hsiang-Wei 19 76' CHEN Hao-Wei > CHEN Chia-Chun 7 |
BOOKED / SEND OFF | |
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55' AFFONSO JUNIOR Roberto Orlando | 45' WANG Ruei |
LINEUPS | |||||
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GK | 1 | YAPP Hung Fai | CHEN Ting-Yang | 3 | DF |
DF | 3 | BAISE Festus | HUNG Tzu-Kuei | 5 | MF |
DF | 5 | GONCALVES Helio Jose De Souza | YEN Ho-Shen | 6 | MF |
MF | 9 | FERREIRA LEONARDO Alessandro | CHEN Hao-Wei | 9 | FW |
MF | 10 | LAM Ka Wai | WU Chun-Ching | 11 | FW |
FW | 11 | KARIKARI Godfred | WEN Chih-Hao | 12 | MF |
MF | 12 | LO Kwan Yee | CHEN Chao-An | 14 | MF |
DF | 15 | AFFONSO JUNIOR Roberto Orlando | CHEN Yi-Wei | 15 | DF |
FW | 17 | LEE Hong Lim | WANG Ruei | 16 | DF |
FW | 22 | MCKEE Jaimes Anthony | CHEN Po-Liang | 17 | MF |
FW | 26 | AKANDE Alexander Oluwatayo | CHIU Yu-Hung | 18 | GK |
SUBSTITUTES | |||||
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DF | 2 | FONG Pak Lun | PAN Wen-Chieh | 1 | GK |
MF | 6 | HUANG Yang | HUANG Wei-Min | 2 | DF |
FW | 7 | CHAN Siu Ki | LEE Jian-Liang | 4 | DF |
FW | 8 | XU Deshuai | CHEN Chia-Chun | 7 | DF |
DF | 14 | SEALY Jonathan Jack | LIN Chieh-Hsun | 8 | MF |
MF | 16 | LEUNG Chun Pong | LI Kai-Jie | 13 | MF |
DF | 20 | CHENG King Ho | LEE Hsiang-Wei | 19 | FW |
GK | 30 | TSANG Man Fai | TSAI Shuo-Che | 22 | GK |
LIU Sheng-Yi | 23 | MF | |||