Hong Kong Football Association Faces Fan Backlash Over New Coach Appointment
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Hong Kong football fans have reacted negatively to the appointment of Roberto Losada as the new head coach, with many expressing dissent online and criticizing the FA for choosing a perceived "company man" over other candidates.
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At least the more reactionary Hong Kong supporters waited one match before turning their guns on Ashley Westwood.
Roberto Losada did not get that long.
“Welcome Chino,” read the local football association’s social media post on Friday, confirming the coronation of their new head coach, who is universally known by his nickname.
“Not welcome” was among the kindest of a rush of negative replies, which comfortably outnumbered those wishing Losada well.
“Chino out” typed multiple posters, introducing Losada, metaphorically at least, to the modern phenomenon of fans booing a coach in, rather than booing him out.
The crux of the dissenters’ argument was that the Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) had taken the easy option in plumping for a perceived “company man” over installing a potentially disruptive outsider from among more than 300 candidates.
