
Hong Kong's transitional squad will play Cambodia in the Fifa Asean Challenge Cup final after a 2-0 win over Brunei, with coach Roberto Losada making nine changes from the Laos victory and veteran Matt Orr acknowledging the need for a new generation despite his 50th-cap goal.
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Hong Kong's team underwent significant roster changes ahead of the Fifa Asean Challenge Cup final, with the coach rotating players heavily in recent matches.
A Hong Kong team “in transition” will battle upwardly mobile and ambitious Cambodia on Saturday for the unremarkable honour of being crowned Fifa Asean Challenge Cup champions.
Although the city team copped some flak for their performance in a 2-0 victory over Brunei on Wednesday, having trounced the same opponents 10-0 three years ago, Roberto Losada and his players should be cut some slack after the head coach made nine changes from the 4-0 victory over Laos three days earlier.
Equally, Hong Kong created a bundle of chances and on another night would have won by five or six.
Still, Matt Orr, who marked his 50th international cap with a smart late strike, acknowledged that despite boasting a “strong core group”, Hong Kong needed “to find the next generation [of players] to come and support us, because we’re not getting any younger”.

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