Frantic, ferocious and more than a little farcical; this was an international football match Lebanese style. Thousands of fans descended upon Beirut’s Municipal Stadium on Saturday to see minnows Lebanon take on the might of China in a qualifying match for the 2011 Asian Cup. With China having roughly 300 players at their disposal for every one Lebanese, the odds looked stacked against the Cedars. That Lebanon was rock bottom of Group D before Saturday’s clash, with zero points, did little to dispel the pre-match feeling of impending annihilation. As dusk fell over the Al-Baladi stadium, Lebanon’s fans – flanked by police trussed up like extras from Robocop, sub-machine guns and tear gas canisters at the ready – adopted an intriguing tactic: abuse the…