The insufficient quality and intensity of the local league has had Andersen tearing his hair out since his appointment in December 2021. HKFA chairman Eric Fok has yet to commit to an overhaul of the local league. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Talking on stage at the AGM, Andersen issued a series of withering comments about the …
Hong Kong head coach Jorn Andersen wished Srecko Katanec a speedy recovery after the Uzbekistan boss fell ill and returned to Slovenia, ahead of the teams’ Fifa World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Assistant coach Ales Ceh, a Slovenia international under Katanec at the 2002 World Cup, will take charge of the hosts at the 34,000-capacity …
Udebuluzor attributed his improved condition since the January Asian tournament in Qatar, where he was “low on form and confidence”, to regular action since training and playing exclusively with Ingolstadt’s second stringers. His three senior appearances this term amount to six minutes on the field, and he has not featured for Ingolstadt’s first team since …
But a partisan crowd of 6,263 was briefly silenced four minutes after the break when Shomurodov tapped into an empty net. The visitors extended their lead with 24 minutes remaining when centre-back Rustamjon Ashurmatov capitalised on uncharacteristically lax defending to head home from a corner. This was Hong Kong’s first competitive match since their Asian …
“I met him at the weekend, and I am very happy with [the appointment],” Andersen said. “He has the same situation as Carlos [Anton, technical director until July 2023], who focused on many other things, and not too much on the first team. “He has good experience from England … and I think he can …
The FA have not moved to secure the 61-year-old on longer terms, despite his transformation of their representative team over a 27-month reign. Norwegian Andersen is focusing only on his team’s two World Cup qualifiers against Uzbekistan. Photo: HKFA Andersen said the governing body had not spoken to him about its plans and he was …
Bereft of ideas, a lacklustre Indian football team’s woes were compounded by its defensive lapses, resulting in a 0-3 drubbing by a dominant Uzbekistan in the AFC Asian Cup here on Thursday. This is India’s second successive defeat in Group B, having started their campaign with a 0-2 loss to title contenders Australia, in which …