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As a part of the Hong Kong football team's preparations towards the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar on January 14, the team excelled over the Chinese team in a friendly match in Abu Dhabi on Monday and this winning over their counterpart has made it the first time in 29 years.
Hong Kong's football team had earlier qualified for the continental finals for the first time since 1968.
In Monday's game, the Hong Kong team kept all hope alive despite the frustrative open score by Tan Long of the Chinese team within the first nine minutes of the game.
In a surprise return, Poon Pui-hin for the Hong Kong team began his wonder by firing two goals within the first 8 minutes of the second half which made the Hong Kong team a 2-1 victory at Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
It was reported that the match was an official Fifa fixture, but both teams’ football associations chose to stage it behind closed doors and limit information about the action.
The last time that the Hong Kong team would win over China was in 1995 when the team was victorious by a penalty shoot-out in the now-defunct Dynasty Cup.
This is the latest achievement of Andersen who was appointed as the head coach in 2021. He praised his team for performing proactively according to the style he has pushed them to adopt.
“They are doing it better,” he said. “I don’t have to motivate the team against China, he said.
香港足球隊近30年來首次在友誼賽中擊敗中國隊
為備戰1月14日在卡達舉行的亞足聯亞洲盃，香港足球隊於週一在阿布達比舉行的一場友誼賽中以優異的成績擊敗中國隊，這是香港足球隊首次戰勝對手。快30年了。
香港足球隊早前自1968年以來首次晉級大陸決賽。
在周一的比賽中，儘管中國隊的譚龍在比賽前九分鐘就取得了令人沮喪的開局得分，但香港隊仍然抱有希望。
香港隊潘沛軒出人意料地回歸，在下半場前8分鐘內連進兩球，幫助香港隊在阿布扎比巴尼亞斯體育場以2-1獲勝。
據報道，這場比賽是國際足總的正式比賽，但兩支球隊的足協都選擇閉門進行，並限制有關比賽的資訊。
香港隊上一次擊敗中國隊是在1995年的王朝盃上，當時球隊透過點球大戰獲勝。
這是2021年被任命為主教練的安德森的最新成就。他稱讚他的球隊按照他推動的風格積極主動地表現。
“他們做得更好，”他說。 「我不需要激勵
球隊對抗中國，」他說。
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