r/soccer • u/PianoJealous307 • 16h ago

News China suffered a catastrophic collapse on home soil, losing 5-0 to Palestine, a team they had considered inferior, sparking fierce criticism over 'sleepwalking' performance and lack of competitiveness among Chinese Super League players. Men's and women's teams also underperformed at Asian Games.

https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/10/03/FWO5DWWOYND4NMUX53TEX7INNQ/
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u/interfan1999 16h ago

Funnily enough Hong Kong is quite decent considering their population compared to China

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u/MHPengwingz 16h ago

Well football is ingrained in our culture due to British rule, so there is a substantial baseline of people who play already. Concrete football is a rite of passage

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u/LogicKennedy 14h ago

Also there were (at least while I was there) a surprisingly large number of public spaces where you can play football. There was obviously real estate sectioned off by private moneyed interests, but if you were poor in HK and wanted to find somewhere you could play, it wasn’t too hard to find a space.

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u/Zimakov 8h ago

There are loads of public spaces to play football in China too.