Urawa Red Diamonds stars warmed up for the defence of their HKFC Philips Lighting Soccer 7s title by joining a skills clinic for students from Po Leung Kuk schools yesterday.
About 100 students took part in the session at Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC). Former English Premier League stars who will be competing in the Soccer 7s Masters tournament (for veteran players) were also present.
The one-hour clinic included fun training drills, skills competitions and seven-a-side matches. The students also received football shirts from Philips Lighting, sponsors of this weekend's tournament.
The annual 7s competition kicks off tonight at HKFC, with the opening games in the Masters event starting at 6pm.
The main Cup action runs all day tomorrow and Sunday, and features 16 teams, including Premier League sides Manchester United and Aston Villa, Scottish clubs Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic and Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven.
In their debut appearance at the 7s last year, Urawa, from Japan's J-League, knocked out United and Rangers, before beating PSV in the final. Lorenz All Stars won the Philips Lighting Masters Cup.
Urawa have been drawn in the same group as Hong Kong University League champions, the Institute of Vocational Education. Rangers and Hong Kong First Division club Kitchee make up the group.
