China News Service, Meizhou, November 4th: The Hong Kong star football team held a friendly match in Meizhou, Guangdong to reminisce about the fate of football.
China News Service reporter Wang Jian
The Wuhua Huitang Stadium in Meizhou, the “Hakka Capital of the World”, was bustling with people on the evening of the 3rd, and fans cheered one after another. The atmosphere became more lively as Hong Kong star football team player Eric Tsang scored with a beautiful header in the first 3 minutes.
That night, a friendly match between the Hong Kong Star Football Team and Wuhua Changle Football Team kicked off at Huitang Stadium.Alan TamEric Tsang,Huang Rihua、He Jiajin、Hong Tianming、Li ZixiongThe team composed of Hong Kong stars finally defeated Wuhua Changle Football United 3-1.
Game scene. Photo by Wang Jian
Wuhua County in Meizhou City is the famous “Hometown of Football” and the hometown of “World Football King” Li Huitang.Hong Kong Star Football TeamIt is composed of a group of singers, filmmakers and famous football players who love football. Over the years, they have participated in charity and exchange events to promote football.
Hong Kong and Wuhua are connected because of football. “One of the important reasons for choosing Wuhua for this friendly match is toLi Huitangpay tribute. Secondly, Alan Tam’s fatherTan JiangbaiHe was once a member of the Hong Kong Nanhua team and was also a teammate of Li Huitang. This is why we chose Wuhua. “The event organizer introduced.
Li Huitang, whose ancestral home is Wuhua, is a famous football player in the history of modern Chinese sports. He was once elected as the vice president of FIFA. Li Huitang and Alan Tam’s father, Tan Jiangbai, were teammates of the Hong Kong South China Football Team. Tan Jiangbai was good at heading the ball and was nicknamed “Tan Bongtou” on the court. In 1936, Li Huitang also participated in the Berlin Olympics with Tan Jiangbai.
In this game, Alan Tam started the game and served as the captain of the Hong Kong Stars team. When he announced his home, the audience burst into warm cheers. “I’m very excited to come to Wuhua to play football. I’m here to feel the football atmosphere in my father’s old friend’s hometown.” Alan Tam thanked the fans for their support.
Zeng Zhiwei, whose ancestral home is Meizhou, is also active on the court. In the opening session, he directly greeted the fans at the scene with the Hakka dialect “I am one of my own”.
During the game, Hong Kong stars also sang classic Cantonese songs such as “Iron-Blooded Heart” and “Karaoke Forever OK”, making the football match a symbol and continuation of friendship.
It is understood that Wuhua not only gave birth to the country’s first county-level Chinese Super League team, but also demonstrated the unique charm of the “hometown of football” to the world by hosting a series of top events. In particular, the football town (hereinafter referred to as the “football town”) located in Hengpi Town, Wuhua County is full of football elements from roadside green plants, street lights to sculptures, and there are also football sports venues that make people feel before the game. The members of the Hong Kong star football team who visited here praised this place as the “ocean of football”.
“Wuhua football is really sharp (Cantonese, meaning powerful)! I saw their just plan. They have built 15 football fields, and there may be more in the future.” Hong Tianming said after visiting the football town, let the children It is very important to have a venue for young people to play football. The development of Chinese football needs such a place, and Wuhua has done it.
In the football town, Huang Rihua laughed and said that his youth was back after comparing skills with the young football players from the Hakka Elite Football School, and said that the young football players had good skills and quick reactions. He also hopes to take the 15th Sports Games of the People’s Republic of China as an opportunity to increase football friendship activities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promote the development of football in southern Guangdong. (over)
