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Capping a dramatic evening for Baena, he was sent off in the dying moments.<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong champions&#8217; exploits were all the more remarkable because their preparations were badly disrupted by a Covid outbreak that took off in January and largely closed down the city of about 7.5 million people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_315189\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/05\/5a56705774ff80f552e3795838f56490459d8fef.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/05\/5a56705774ff80f552e3795838f56490459d8fef.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/05\/5a56705774ff80f552e3795838f56490459d8fef-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-315189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raul Baena pursues Lionel Messi during a Spanish league match in 2012 \u00a9 <b>AFP \/ JOSEP LAGO<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I still think of it every day despite being on vacation,&#8221; Baena told AFP from Spain, where he is taking time out because football in Hong Kong is suspended due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That goal was a very important moment for me. I know (also) what it means for Kitchee, for Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a historic goal that helps us to continue to grow, continue to improve and continue to put Hong Kong in a very good place in Asian football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kitchee play Thailand&#8217;s BG Pathum United in the last 16 in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8216;You can&#8217;t do anything&#8217; &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baena&#8217;s career started in Barcelona&#8217;s youth teams alongside Busquets, who has gone on to win the World Cup with Spain and three Champions League titles.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi was also coming through the ranks at the Camp Nou at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Baena did not follow them into the first team, instead moving to city rivals Espanyol, where he made nearly 100 appearances and became a mainstay under now Paris Saint-Germain boss Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>From there followed moves to fellow Spanish sides Rayo Vallecano and Granada, with stints also in Australia and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>And then in December 2020, Kitchee, who in pre-Covid times played in front of a few thousand fans and once had former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan, came calling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I liked the fact of playing in the Asian Champions League, being in a strong Hong Kong team and fighting for the titles which I had never won as a professional,&#8221; said Baena.<\/p>\n<p>But life and football have not been easy in Hong Kong since an Omicron variant-fuelled surge in coronavirus infections sent the city into a semi-lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions are loosening but last season&#8217;s domestic competitions were cancelled midway through &#8212; a new season is supposed to start in August &#8212; and the group stages of the Champions League took place in neutral countries.<\/p>\n<p>Kitchee played in Thailand but prior to that had not been able to practise together properly in Hong Kong. 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