Fifa Asean Cup: Gianni Infantino jeered but trophy cheer for Hong Kong - South China Morning Post
Paul McNamaraPublished: 10:28pm, 3 Oct 2026Updated: 10:52pm, 3 Oct 2026More than 30,000 Hong Kong fans gave Gianni Infantino their raucous verdict on his leadership of world football on Saturday, before and after watching the city team beat Cambodia 2-0 to be crowned inaugural Fifa Asean Challenge Cup champions.
Infantino, the Fifa president, was lustily booed when he delivered the trophy to the pitch alongside local football association president Pui Kwan-kay before kick-off. When he returned to present the spoils to Hong Kong, the stadium PA was raised to an offensive, ear-splitting volume to drown out the jeers.
In between, Matt Orr adroitly turned home a 41st-minute Sun Ming-him delivery, and Everton Camargo converted from the spot shortly after half-time as Hong Kong handsomely avenged an insipid 2-0 defeat by the same opponents four months ago.
A substantial number of the 31,374 Kai Tak Stadium crowd chanted about a βFifa mafiaβ, the words emblazoned on one banner, among other insults aimed at the global governing body.
