Huang Bowen of China’s Guangzhou Evergrande (left) is challenged by Kwon Kyung-Won of Al-Ahli during the second leg of the AFC Champions League finals in Guangzhou on November 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO
GUANGZHOU: When Kin Chai was a boy in 1990s China, his rural school had no football team. Or pitch. Or even a ball. Instead, the children kicked an empty plastic jug around in the street.