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AC Milan superfan makes 24,000km round trip to Hong Kong for Liverpool clash

AC Milan superfan makes 24,000km round trip to Hong Kong for Liverpool clash

AC Milan superfan Andy Yang travelled from Los Angeles to spend three days in Hong Kong just so he could watch his beloved Rossoneri in action.
The Serie A giants face Liverpool at Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday in their first visit to the city in more than 20 years.
And Yang has taken a 24,000km (15,000-mile) round trip to ensure he would be among the 50,000-strong crowd taking in the action.
'I got here on Thursday and I'm leaving on Sunday,' he told the Post. 'I came just for the game.
Milan fan Andy Yang (right) got to meet his hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
'I'm from China but I live in Los Angeles. The flight was about 10 hours, so not bad.'
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