Kitchee-Happy Valley face world's best forward line
The world's greatest strike force - Ronaldinho, Henry and Eto'o - is expected to lay siege to Hong Kong Stadium tonight against the might of Happy Valley and Kitchee in the Mission Hills Cup.
The mouth-watering prospect of Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o playing side by side leaves even Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard in gleeful anticipation.
'You have to be excited at this forward line-up,' said Rijkaard as Barca end their Asian Tour and look forward to the start of La Liga in two weeks. 'They are all wonderful players. But besides being wonderful players, they are all wonderful people. I'm sure they will all want to show something special this season.'
The trio are special. In 2005, all three - Ronaldinho, Henry and Eto'o - were voted in the top three of the World Player of the Year awards. The recent acquisition of Henry from Arsenal has given Rijkaard the luxury of having three of the best attacking players in the world in his line-up.
And if he chooses to start all three tonight, as he did on Tuesday against Japanese J-League team Yokohama Marinos, Hong Kong fans - and a combined Happy Valley-Kitchee XI - are in for a night to remember.
But even if they don't fire - Eto'o and Henry have still to score on the Asian leg of the tour, both failing to find the net in Beijing and Yokohama - Hong Kong can look forward to watching Giovanni dos Santos .