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MATCH REPORT

Nov 9 wed, 2016 20:00 KICK OFF

HONG KONG

HONG KONG

4

2

1 - 0

3 - 2

Mong Kok Stadium@HONG KONG

MATCH REPORT(PDF)

CHINESE TAIPEI

CHINESE TAIPEI

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.



By Cesare Polenghi (twitter)

STATS

GOAL
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
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
card_y 55' AFFONSO JUNIOR Roberto Orlando
45' WANG Ruei card_y
LINEUPS
GK1YAPP Hung FaiCHEN Ting-Yang3DF
DF3BAISE FestusHUNG Tzu-Kuei5MF
DF5GONCALVES Helio Jose De SouzaYEN Ho-Shen6MF
MF9FERREIRA LEONARDO AlessandroCHEN Hao-Wei9FW
MF10LAM Ka WaiWU Chun-Ching11FW
FW11KARIKARI GodfredWEN Chih-Hao12MF
MF12LO Kwan YeeCHEN Chao-An14MF
DF15AFFONSO JUNIOR Roberto OrlandoCHEN Yi-Wei15DF
FW17LEE Hong LimWANG Ruei16DF
FW22MCKEE Jaimes AnthonyCHEN Po-Liang17MF
FW26AKANDE Alexander OluwatayoCHIU Yu-Hung18GK
SUBSTITUTES
DF2FONG Pak LunPAN Wen-Chieh1GK
MF6HUANG YangHUANG Wei-Min2DF
FW7CHAN Siu KiLEE Jian-Liang4DF
FW8XU DeshuaiCHEN Chia-Chun7DF
DF14SEALY Jonathan JackLIN Chieh-Hsun8MF
MF16LEUNG Chun PongLI Kai-Jie13MF
DF20CHENG King HoLEE Hsiang-Wei19FW
GK30TSANG Man FaiTSAI Shuo-Che22GK
LIU Sheng-Yi23MF