North District Football Club’s left midfielder Jordan Lam has continued to perform steadily after the Asian Games. He was selected as the best player by the broadcast agency on.cc in the Elite Cup match against Lee and Man. It was also the second time in his career that he became the best player of the tournament. players. Unfortunately, due to scheduling issues and the rescheduling of matches, NDFC will not have another match nearly a month after completing their FA Cup match against Lee Man.
“I’m a little disappointed and frustrated with the schedule. I played so many high-intensity games in a short period of time in Hangzhou, and my physical fitness and condition have improved quite well. But when I returned to Hong Kong and couldn’t play a game for almost a month, it was very difficult for myself and my family. It has a great impact on the team.”
Supplementary selection
Influenced by his father Ben Lam, who played for the Eastern youth team, Lam began to join the football school run by his father and Santos (later Chelsea Football School) for training when he was a child. When he was U16, he once had the opportunity to join the youth team of Bury Football Club in the United Kingdom. He later returned to Hong Kong due to work permit issues and signed with Pegasus FC. In 2017, he played for the Hong Kong Super League for the first time and played for many clubs. He also suffered from many injuries. Although he joined the North District this season, he had a chance to play but was not given a chance to play for Cocah Jørn. Andersen favored him and didn’t get the chance to be elected until just before departure.
“I didn’t miss out in the first game against Uzbekistan, I played in the main selection in the second game, I came on as a reserve in the next two games, and I started in the main selection again in the semi-finals against Japan… The whole journey of the Asian Games has been with me. The football career is very similar. From the coach not choosing me to giving me a chance to play, and then fighting back my position step by step, I feel that the whole journey has slowly changed the coach’s view of me.”
Lam admitted that he had always been concerned about whether Cocah Jørn Andersen would play in the game. Unfortunately, Cocah Jørn Andersen was not present in many events where he performed well, even giving him a chance to see himself: “Before the Asian Games quarterfinals against Iran, I went When I got to the court, I sat on the bench by myself. The coach came over to chat with me and talked about my feelings about playing in the wave. He asked me if I was still playing in Jinfeng. At that time, I was a little surprised. Then he asked me what position I played. , I answered that I was playing as a wing forward, but no one from Resources Capital FC kicked the ball to the left, so I kicked it. He smiled and said that he didn’t pay much attention to me at the time because he was focused on the Hong Kong team players. After returning to Hong Kong, Will pay more attention to my performance.”
Roller Coaster
Lam was interviewed by a magazine when he was 10 years old. He once boasted that he would become the first local player to establish himself in the Premier League. His development has not been too bad since then. Six years ago, at the age of 17, he was given the opportunity to play in the Hong Kong Super League and played for Pegasus against Oriental Landmark. His performance was outstanding. The clips of the game at that time were widely circulated on the Internet and attracted a lot of attention. Later, he hit a volley in the Canton-HK Cup that made the world wave even more popular. Later he moved to Dream FC and then to R&F, where he ruptured his cruciate ligament for the first time.
“After that, I played Southern and RCFC, and then got into trouble in Japan (during the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, nearly half of the Hong Kong team members violated quarantine guidelines, went out to buy alcohol and made drunken commotion. They were later banned from being called into representative teams at all levels by the Football Association. Years), he broke his foot many times after he came back. A lot of things happened one after another in the past two or three years, and many people no longer take him seriously, whether it is coaches or fans, I feel that he has been slowly forgotten by everyone. , and at the same time, I saw players of the same year or younger than me slowly come up.”
“Even when Pegasus FC went to Dreams FC, they had to make their own decisions. Dreams FC had no other choice when going to R&F because we were sold by the club for a transfer fee. We went to R&F to take a break and go to Southern. It felt like a professional One of the wrong decisions in my career. I was very unhappy every day in practice and games. It had nothing to do with the club, teammates, or boss. I just felt that I couldn’t perform at my best, and I couldn’t gain the trust of the coach. The most unhappy thing was trying to get off the field. There is actually no problem in playing right back or left back. Just like Sun Ming Him, who is already a Chinese striker, he occasionally wants to play left back because of tactics, but right back… that is not the case at all. unreasonable.”
“Leaving Southern and going to RCFC felt like a redemption. Maybe people rarely watched RCFC. Although they often lost big games, they were finally able to find their best position. After staying at Jinfeng for two seasons, I felt that it was time to accept it. There are some new challenges. There are other teams beckoning, because in the past I played with Leung Chi Wing in Dreams, and Ho Kwok Chuen who asked me to go to RCFC when Southern was most frustrated, both went to the North District, so because of them two North District. Until now, I feel it is the right decision.”
Gradually disappearing from the sight of the fans, Lam felt some changes firsthand: “In the past, no matter whether I played well or not, reporters would rush over and ask me if I played well. Now, it seems like I was in the 3:1 game between RCFC and Dongfang last year. The world was in shock, and no one came up to ask me what I thought about this break… At that time, I thought, I broke my foot for the second time, and I scored two goals in two months after coming back, but no one seemed to I don’t care. I don’t blame them, I know I’m starting from scratch in the game.”
“I think I’ve improved a lot now compared to when I played for Pegasus. Maybe people paid attention back then and it was amplified after the goods were delivered. Now maybe I’m playing well, but there are fewer spectators in team games, or they may have already preconceived the idea that I’m no longer good. …But this is not a bad thing. I am good at being myself, and I will never set low standards for myself. If I don’t play well, I will definitely admit it. I have experienced days when the camera is all about me, and to this day Even if no one cares about entering the wave, I will not resist either situation, nor will I change my nature.”
Cherish all the luck
“I have indeed been luckier than many others in my growth path. I have a father who lives in a house, I live in many famous places, I am from a famous school, and I have been to the UK, so I cherish all of this. Frankly speaking, we are all Chelsea people. The golden generation (1999) of the football school has obtained the best resources with limited resources, can go out for competitions many times, and has its own venue, but it is still far away from the world outside. Even in my capacity If you talk about it, you will feel that there is still room for the driving school to do better.”
“No matter how hard I work, even if I make a lot of progress in two years, I will never be better than the Japanese and Iranian players of the same year, and I will never catch up to their level. Many young players in Hong Kong are very talented. When they grow up, Because they have to go to school, they can only practice two or three classes a week, but others practice waves every day; other people’s youth teams play 50 quality games every year, while Hong Kong may only have 10-20 games every year, and quality and The intensity is so different, the difference is right here, even if you are 18-19 years old you can’t catch up.”
His youth career ended with the end of the Asian Games, and he also retired from the attention of fans. Through all the ups and downs, his family has become Lam’s strong support and motivation. At the same time, Lam also hopes to be a role model for his younger brother, RCFC left midfielder Jerry Lam: “He has encountered difficulties in his football career. I hope that my performance on the field can encourage him, and I can also follow him off the field. He said, your brother has never given up even when he has been through bad times and unsatisfactory times. Can you never give up even when you are at a low point? I hope you can give him some positive influence.”
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| 姓名 | 林樂勤 Lam Lok Kan Jordan |
| Pos. | LMF/LW/LWB/LB |
| 擅長腳 | Left |
| Birth | 1999/2/2 |
| Pro Team | HK Pegasus（2017-18） Dreams FC（2018-19） R&F（2019-20） KC Southern南區（2020-21） Resources Capital FC（2021-23） 均業北區（2023-） |