As footballing mismatches go, there aren’t many bigger. Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States with a population of 170,000, versus China, population 1.4 billion.
It is Asian football’s largest member association against its smallest, and when the two met on Sunday in a World Cup Qualifier in Suzhou, the game pitted Guam’s group of students, US-based semi-pros and Guam-based players who juggle their footballing commitments with full-time jobs against China’s well-paid Super League stars.
And as if the balance needed tipping any further in China’s favour, their coach Li Tie had a few aces up his sleeve. As the favourites romped to a 7-0 win, three of his standout men were Ai Kesen, A Lan and Jiang Guangtai, better known to most readers as Elkeson, Alan Carvalho and Tyias Browning.
Read the article at Planet Football.
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