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September 3, 2011, Saturday
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CHINA overcame a half-time deficit to beat Singapore 2-1 in its World Cup qualifier in Kunming, Yunnan Province, yesterday, giving new coach Jose Antonio Camacho a win in his first competitive game in charge.
Singapore took the lead in the 33rd minute through 41-year-old striker Aleksandar Duric and took that advantage to the break. China had to wait until the 69th minute to equalize, when Zheng Zhi scored from the penalty spot, and winger Yu Hai scored what proved the winner in the 73rd minute.
The second-half comeback would have come as a relief for former Spain coach Camacho, who is tasked with rapidly improving China's poor standing in the sport and to qualify for Brazil in 2014.
Elsewhere, Australia and Japan left it late as they began their bid to reach the 2014 World Cup with narrow home victories over lowly ranked opposition.
The pair received a bye in the opening two rounds of Asian qualifying after reaching last year's World Cup finals. Both were rusty in their first competitive match since contesting the Asian Cup final in January.
Japanese defender Maya Yoshida was the Asian champion's match-winner as his 94th minute header broke the resilience of the defensive-minded North Koreans in the battle of 2010 finalists at the Saitama Stadium in Japan.
In Brisbane, Australian striker Alex Brosque came off the bench to fire the winner in the 86th minute that sent the Socceroos to a 2-1 victory and deny Thailand an unlikely point.
"It feels like a loss, but the positive is we got the three points," Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said.
Singapore took the lead in the 33rd minute through 41-year-old striker Aleksandar Duric and took that advantage to the break. China had to wait until the 69th minute to equalize, when Zheng Zhi scored from the penalty spot, and winger Yu Hai scored what proved the winner in the 73rd minute.
The second-half comeback would have come as a relief for former Spain coach Camacho, who is tasked with rapidly improving China's poor standing in the sport and to qualify for Brazil in 2014.
Elsewhere, Australia and Japan left it late as they began their bid to reach the 2014 World Cup with narrow home victories over lowly ranked opposition.
The pair received a bye in the opening two rounds of Asian qualifying after reaching last year's World Cup finals. Both were rusty in their first competitive match since contesting the Asian Cup final in January.
Japanese defender Maya Yoshida was the Asian champion's match-winner as his 94th minute header broke the resilience of the defensive-minded North Koreans in the battle of 2010 finalists at the Saitama Stadium in Japan.
In Brisbane, Australian striker Alex Brosque came off the bench to fire the winner in the 86th minute that sent the Socceroos to a 2-1 victory and deny Thailand an unlikely point.
"It feels like a loss, but the positive is we got the three points," Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said.
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