Kitchee rallied for a 1-1 tie against Crownity North District in the JC Sapling Cup group stage at North District Sports Ground on Saturday (November 16).
Head Coach Edgar Cardoso made a few changes to Kitchee’s starting line-up that saw Tuscany Shek, Kam Chi Kin Jason, and Chen Ngo Hin such U22 players started for this match along with Helio who also started for the first time this season.
Kitchee opened the scoring just 15 minutes into the first half actions when Jordan Lam and Cheng Chin Lung’s corner line-up troubled Cheung Kwai Wa, who couldn’t keep hold of the ball. Welthon followed in and headed home on the rebound over the desperate stopper.
North District were desperate to mount a response, and they found the equalizer 7 minutes later courtesy of Matheus Chalupa.
Kitchee started the second period with intensity after making a few second half substitutions including Diego Bardanca, Ruslan Mingazov, Yeung Cheuk Kwan, and Wesley Yuenho Chan, and that forced North District to defend during the entire exchanges, but Kitchee failed to score the winner that two teams split the points.