Hong Kong got off to a shaky start in their Asian World Cup qualifiers, drawing 1-1 against a mainly under-23 Cambodia side in Phnom Penh on Thursday night.
Hong Kong coach Mixu Paatelainen was hoping for a rip-roaring start to the campaign – they have never lost to minnows Cambodia in five previous encounters – but they can count themselves lucky to have finished with a point in their group C opener played before a capacity 50,000 crowd at the National Olympic Stadium.
