Kathmandu, June 6 -- Hong Kong did not take the visitors Nepal lightly in the international friendly on Thursday. However, the hosts were unable to find the back of the net even once against Matt Ross' Nepal.

More than half of the players who played against Manchester United on May 30 figured in Starting XI against Nepal. Those who did not start against United were no less in their game either.

But the team that was able to score first against the 13-time Premier League winner could not deliver against Nepal.

Nepali fans almost equalled the number of Hong Kong fans at Hong Kong National Stadium, the same venue where Hong Kong lost 1-3 to United less than a week ago.

It was mostly thanks to the valiant efforts from Nepal's wall Kiran C...