Citizen vs SCAA: Some Shocking Moments

It wasn’t a quiet night at the Mong Kok stadium on Friday. Citizen was there to take on South China, and the match ended with a lot of noises.

Carreiro scored at the 3rd minute for Citizen to give them an early lead. Citizen kept pressing throughout first half which gave them plenty of chances. At 32 minute, SCAA Yeo Jeehoon was sent off after receiving his second yellow. Later, Yuto Nakamura managed to scored another goal before the end of the first half. Giving Citizen a two goals lead into half time and SCAA was a man down. It all looked like Citizen had the upper hand, but things started to get complicated when 2nd half began.

Hong Kong Wins the Cup after Rare Penalty Shootout

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Although we were unable to follow the team to China, we were supporting them in front of our computers during the game. We are glad that Hong Kong team managed to bring home the trophy after 120 minutes and a rare penalty shootout.

Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1st Leg: Hong Kong 2-2 Guangdong

Although Hong Kong stadium wasn’t full last night, the atmosphere was awesome. Hong Kong fans never stop cheering for their team and when the team scored, a lot of people stand up and applauded. The atmosphere had made my friend who entered the stadium for the first time, feeling warm and excited. For me and other friends who didn’t watch Hong Kong football for quite some times, we felt the excitements and were cheering with everyone else as well.

What Did We Miss?! Suspensions, New Twitter Account and more…

Yes yes, internet connection was downed for so long which kept us away from important football news!

1. Luis Suarez Suspensions

Apparently everyone was talking about Suarez’s suspensions lately and no, we are not too late. The racism incident has led to 8 matches suspension but Liverpool is appealing, so Suarez could still play in the previous game. However, the middle finger incident has given him an additional one match ban with immediate effect, so you will not see Suarez in the upcoming Liverpool game. If the appeal fails, there will be total of 9 matches suspension for Suarez, and I am sure this will give Dalglish some headaches.

Nicolas Anelka to Shanghai Shenhua FC

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No, you won’t get to see this scene any longer, as Anelka has confirmed to leave Chelsea.
The club already confirms that Anelka will leave Chelsea next month and joins Shanghai Shenhua FC for a two years contract.

Feature: Dear AFC, Time for Some Changes

I didn’t try to hide my shock and disappointed face when I heard all Japanese and Korean players who were running for AFC player of the year were unable to attend the event. Because it means that these four players would be ineligible for the award. Why is that? Well, AFC has this rule that player must attend the annual awards ceremony to win the trophy. With this rule, a lot of questions arose.

Inside AFC Annual Awards Ceremony

Yes, this was the table for media. We were lucky to be able to attend this ceremony with Rene from Eito Arena, along with many other media representatives from around the world. Although the absence of Honda, Kagawa, Homare Sawa and so on is a big disappointment for us, we are happy to be able to witness this event.

Sepp Blatter Emphasizes Zero Tolerant in Racism

FIFA president Sepp Blatter was in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to attend AFC Annual Award ceremony, and we are delighted to be able to attend this press conference.

Honda Lost in AFC Player of The Year Race

The nominees of AFC Player of the Year award have arrived in Malaysia. As you can see, Honda, Kagawa, Koo Ja- Cheol and Yeom Ki-hun are not able to attend the award ceremony due to club commitments. In other word, the winner will be either Hadi Aghily or Server Djeparov as player must be able to attend the event to win the award.

2011 AFC Player of the Year award: Last 10

Former winner, Server Djeparov
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This year, the AFC Player of the Year award ceremony will be held on November 23, 2011, which is really soon, at the Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur. AFC has just announced the second shortlist today: