Head coach of Hong Kong: Iran is the strongest team in Asia, but today there was no difference between the two teams

According to Fars news agency, Yorn Andersen said in the press conference after the match against Iran: I have to repeat what I said after the previous match, that I am proud of my players after this match. We played against a strong team from Asia, which has a high position in the FIFA ranking. In the previous game, we played against a team ranked 64th in the world. We played 2 games where the difference between the teams was not that big and that’s why I am proud of my players.

*I am proud of the performance of my players

The head coach of the Hong Kong national football team continued: We did not see any difference between the two teams in this game. Football is a team game, yes there is individual performance as well, but our team had a proud performance today. We pushed them back, attacked them, pressed them, that too against a team like Iran. I am proud of this performance.

*We could get points from Iran

In response to Iran claiming the championship and the best team in Asia, he said: Iran is the main contender for the championship, along with Japan and South Korea, and we have to see what they do, how their great players perform, but today I saw that my team had a good performance. and performed a powerful performance. I am very happy with the performance of my team and we were unlucky. We had good chances and we could have scored.

* We have a chance to win against Palestine

Andersen also stated regarding the meeting with Palestine: We hope and as I said at the beginning, our last game is very important. It is our most important match and if we can win that match, we might be able to advance. Palestine is also a good team and has good energetic players and they are not at the level of Iran and UAE. We have a chance to win against them.

* I was surprised by the physical performance of my players

Regarding the fact that the players were really disappointed at the end and what he will do to recover his players, Andersen stated: At first, I must say that I was surprised by the physical performance of my players. We had very good trainings and now we see how much these trainings have hurt. We trained well and had a good performance against this strong Asian team. We are a physical team and we know how important this is.

He continued: We saw how fighting the Hong Kong players were today, how much they were able to push the Iranian team back and attack, and for this reason I am proud of my players. Our next game is on Tuesday and we have 4 days to recover. We will recover for 2 days and train for the last match against Palestine. Now we will focus 100% on recovery and physical training.

* Some of our players cannot play more than 60-70 minutes

The head coach of the Hong Kong national team said: “We will try our best.” Some of our players can’t play more than 60-70 minutes and that’s why we put our best players in the game. In this game some of our crosses and passes were not good and we were not good enough.

* There were 2 differences between our game against Iran and UAE
Andersen stated: There were 2 differences between our game against Iran and UAE. Today we showed a better physical performance. We showed today that we can fight against a team like Iran, send them back and press very well. That too for 90 minutes. We had a long journey in the first game. The training ground was not good and we could not prepare well. We conceded 3 goals in the first game and this affected our confidence.

The head coach of the Hong Kong national football team said: “I can’t say anything about the Iranian team.” Our difference was that we were better physically and tactically. We were able to press and put pressure on the opposing team. In that game, however, we could not prepare the players mentally, and I think this was the difference.

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