Hong Kong will be lifted by fans’ presence, coach Jorn Andersen says after return to home action vs Myanmar
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Jorn Andersen wants Hong Kong football fans to come out in force for his team at Hong Kong Stadium on Saturday after his side made a winning return to playing on home soil with Wednesday’s 2-0 victory over Myanmar.
The first friendly between the teams at Mong Kok Stadium was held behind closed doors, but for the second, supporters long starved of the sight of the city’s representative side will finally be able to watch Andersen’s outfit in the flesh.
The Norwegian, appointed last December, has already qualified Hong Kong for next year’s Asian Cup finals and is hoping Wednesday’s win will be a springboard for further success for his team, only this time with supporters present.
“I think it was very important that we won because we can see that we have potential in this team, the way we want to play is good and the players like to play this way and want to get better and better from game to game,” he said of a win that came courtesy of first-half goals from Sun Ming-him and Law Tsz-chun.
“We have to rest and prepare for Saturday and hope there will be a lot of spectators to support us and then it can be an interesting game. It will be great to play in front of our fans again.