2024-01-15 19:32:10
The goal of Hong Kong player Philip Chan Siu Kwan became the 1,000th goal in the Asian Cup, and the player had scored it against our national team, during the winning match in the first round.
Sharjah 24:
The Asian Football Confederation announced that the goal scored by Hong Kong national team striker Philip Chan Siu Kwan against the UAE national team during the match held yesterday, Sunday, in which the national team won 3-1, is the 1,000th goal in the history of the tournament.
Philip Chan scored the goal in the 49th minute of the match held at Khalifa International Stadium in the first round of Group C.
The 1,000th goal in the history of the tournament came 67 years after the first goal, which was also scored by a Hong Kong player, O Chai Yin, when he scored 12 minutes after the start of the opening match of the 1956 edition.
The Continental Confederation reported on its official website that Philip Chan’s goal was the 13th goal in the current edition of the Asian Cup, making him the ninth player from Hong Kong to succeed in scoring during the finals of the continental tournament, during its fourth participation in the tournament, as Hong Kong returns in this edition after… An absence of 56 years since the 1968 edition.
According to the AFC, the 100th goal in the history of the finals came in the 1972 edition, when Republic of Korea player Lee Hui-taek scored the second goal in the match in which the team won over Cambodia 4-1, in the second group at the National Stadium in Bangkok. On May 10th.
On the other hand, the 500th goal came from China’s Qi Hong in the match in which China tied with Japan 1-1 in the semi-finals of the 2000 edition in Lebanon, on October 26 at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut.
The last edition of the Asian Cup in 2019, which was held in the Emirates, witnessed 130 goals scored, with the total number of goals exceeding 100 for the first time in the history of the tournament, bringing the total number of goals before the start of the current edition to 987 goals.
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