Taiwan Docs

On July 3rd, 2011, it is a prominent highlight of Taiwan football history. 15,335 spectators swarmed into Taipei Municipal Stadium to witness the debut of Belgian-born Taiwanese footballer Xavier Chen - his first match on behalf of Taiwan. It was a miraculous night imprinted in everyone’s hearts.

Xavier continued to contribute impressive scores at Taipei Municipal Stadium in the following seven years. Meanwhile, inevitable retirement age issue has finally approached him. He pondered on his identity as a Taiwanese child and decided to play his last career game at Taipei Municipal Stadium. However, awaited them is Bahrain whose world ranking is beyond higher than Taiwan.

Before the match, Xavier’s leg injury recurred thus missed out on the pre-game training. Xavier carried collective expectation to the match. Despite the pain, he faced the formidable opponent Bahrain unshakably.

With whistle lingering in the air, this is going to be the final match of his life.