The dark age of Chinese soccer under the old state run system was the 1980s,most memorably a 1985 loss to lightweights Hong Kong,then a British colony,that led angry fans to smash cars and start fires.

• 旧的国有体制控制下，中国足球最晦气的年代是20世纪80年代，最难忘的是1985年败在当时还是英国殖民地的不起眼的香港队脚下，导致球迷砸车放火以泄愤怒。