bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Jeremy Walker

IT is easy to be wise after the event, of course, but you can't help wondering how much better South China would have fared in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup final if they had played their overseas goalkeeper in both matches rather than just the away leg, by which time the contest was as good as over.

 South China - and, for that matter, Eastern in the Asian Club Championship - decided to fill their three-strong overseas quota with outfield players, putting their local Chinese 'keeper in goal.

 To be fair to Leung Cheuk-cheung, South China's perennial reserve, he played exceptionally well in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup, keeping a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory over Dalian at Mongkok Stadium and then turning in a heroic, courageous display in the 1-0 second-leg defeat in Liaoning province, where he took a rare old battering in a hostile atmosphere.

 Leung was called on again for the quarter-final tie with East Bengal, keeping another clean sheet in a 1-0 win in Calcutta and conceding only one in a one-sided 4-1 victory in the return game at Mongkok.

 Given this background, South China's decision to play Leung in the home leg of the final against Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadisiyah at the Hong Kong Stadium on March 19 was understandable.

 Unfortunately for Leung and South China, the 'keeper's nerves failed him on the big night and he chose the wrong time to have what surely must have been the worst game of his career.

 A 4-2 defeat left South China with little chance of a comeback in the return leg but it meant a call-up for Dutchman Werner Kooistra at the expense of Leung.

 Although beaten twice, Kooistra won the ''MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award'' and a cheque for US$1,000.

 If South China were confident in Leung's ability - and Eastern in Tong Tak-kin's - then why are they not both first-choice 'keepers in the First Division?  The fact that they are not means they have very few competitive matches because league games are always preceded by reserve team games, in which the third-choice 'keeper plays because the number two 'keeper must sit on the substitutes' bench during the senior match to cover for the number one.

 Working on the premise that every team starts at ''nil'' - and if you can keep the ''nil'' you have a chance - then surely the most important player in the line-up is the goalkeeper.

  Even if you field three brilliant outfield players as your overseas quota, a nervous 'keeper creates indecision throughout the team.

 This is why an experienced goalkeeper, who knows his defence, provides a tried and trusted base for the team to build on.

 As I said at the start, it is easy to say what is right in hindsight but hopefully it will be a lesson for the future as the two AFC competitions grow in stature.

  Colour change shows who's simply the best EVERYWHERE you turn these days there's a Manchester United fan . . . even in the desert wastes of Saudi Arabia.

 Wandering around the car park of the Al-Raka Stadium in Dammam last Monday evening, a group of home fans began to chat with this particular visitor.

 The leader of the pack stood out from the crowd because his traditional Arab dress of crisp white thobe, red and white check khutra and Italian leather sandals was rounded off with a striking green and white football scarf.

 ''Why are you wearing green and white when Al-Qadisiyah play in red and yellow?'' I asked.

 ''I don't support Al-Qadisiyah,'' he replied. ''I support Al-Ahli from Jeddah. The flag of Saudi Arabia is green and white, though, so this scarf is okay for this match. And who do you support?''  ''Newcastle United,'' came the reply.

 ''They're having a good season aren't they? Sixth or seventh in the league.''  ''Third actually . . . and only 14 points behind Manchester United.''  Mention of the four-letter word - ManU - earned instant approval.

 ''We all support Manchester United,'' beamed the fan with the green and white scarf, 23-year-old Mutab Mohammed Al-Shehri.

 ''Before it was Liverpool but now we've changed. We only like the best, like our Italian leather sandals.''  So if you happen to be strolling through the Al-Raka Stadium car park next season, among the dusty Chevrolets and Mercedes (no Bedford mini-vans with 23 mates packed inside here), look for Mutab and his pals.

 They'll be easily recognisable by then because of their blue and white football scarves . . . the blue and white of Blackburn Rovers.

  HONEYGHAN JUST A SOFT CENTRE AT HEART News that Herbie Hide, Britain's Nigeria-born World Boxing Organisation heavyweight champion, will be visiting Hong Kong this week brought back memories of an amusing meeting with Lloyd Honeyghan.

 The former undisputed world welterweight champion came to Hong Kong in October 1989 on a promotional tour and his agent arranged a lunchtime interview in Honeyghan's room at the Hilton Hotel.

 Honeyghan arrived late - from a wine-tasting session it appeared - and was a little groggy on his feet, slumping in his corner and proceeding to devour the chocolates and basket of fruit in between rounds of questions.

 Ding-a-ling, round one: ''So when did you first dream of being a world champion?'' Honeyghan's reply was slow.

 Round two: ''Were you as surprised as everyone else when you beat Donald Curry in 1986? '' Honeyghan's reply was slurred.

 Round three: ''How much harder will it be to win the world title for a third time?'' Honeyghan's reply was . . . Z Z Z.

 Honeyghan, the great Lloyd Honeyghan, a Jamaican from the backstreets of Bermondsey in London to national hero, was out for the count and at peace with the world . . . covered in fruit and chocolate from head to toe.

SPORTS PERSON OF THE WEEK: ENGLAND cricketer Alec Stewart, for his two morale-boosting - and record-breaking - centuries in the fourth Test against the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados. He is the first Englishman to score back-to-back centuries in a Caribbean Test match.

SPORTS QUOTE OF THE WEEK: ''BE patient. Let the others fold. You are the best player in the world.'' - A note from Seve Ballesteros to compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal before the final round of the US Masters. Olazabal did not let Seve down and went on to win a coveted Masters green jacket.



Name of the game is to learn lesson