China beats RI 5-1 in W. Cup ties<\/p>\n
BEIJING (AFP): China beat Indonesia 5-1 Sunday in a group nine
\nqualifier of the World Cup Asian zone tournament, which brought
\nChina to the lead in the group with nine points.<\/p>\n
China is followed by Indonesia, Cambodia and the Maldives.<\/p>\n
Indonesia had the lead in the first half, with unmarked
\nKurniawan Dwi Yulianto scoring in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n
But China snatched the victory by scoring five goals in the
\nsecond half.<\/p>\n
Key defender Li Weifeng unwittingly tapped the ball home in
\nthe 50th minute and Yang Chen headed home at the 62nd minute to
\nput China 2-1 ahead then Xie Hui scored at the 71st minute.<\/p>\n
Qi Hong scored in a goalmouth melee in the 82nd minute to make
\nit 4-1 and Xie Hui scored again in injury time to wrap up China's
\n5-1 victory before a packed home crowd of 50,000 at the Tuodong
\nStadium in Kunming city in southern Yunnan province.<\/p>\n
\"I am very glad that our team played a brilliant second half,\"
\nthe Xinhua news agency quoted Bora Milutinovic, head coach of the
\nChinese team, saying at the press conference.<\/p>\n
Benny Dolo, head coach of the Indonesian team, said his
\nplayers demonstrated they had made big progress having led in the
\nfirst half.<\/p>\n
\"The Chinese team is obviously stronger than our team, but
\nthey looked not as good as we expected in the opening 45
\nminutes,\" Dolo told Xinhua.<\/p>\n
The home team had a terrible first half, dominating the field,
\nbut it was the lowly Indonesia who opened the scoring in the 40th
\nminute.<\/p>\n
Striker Kurniawan received a low corner from the right in the
\nmiddle of the box and blasted a sizzling goal into the Chinese
\ngate.<\/p>\n
The Chinese bombed Indonesia's goal in wave after wave,
\nforcing eight corners in the first half, but they could not
\npenetrate their opponent's tight defense.<\/p>\n
After the break, the Chinese team, which had beaten the
\nIndonesians 4-0 at the Asian Cup last October, used their height
\nadvantage to launch many air attacks. Their efforts paid off
\nquickly when Li Weifeng touched a loose ball to level the score
\nin the 50th minute.<\/p>\n
Nine minutes later, Yang Chen put the Chinese team 2-1 when he
\ncaught a left corner with a header.<\/p>\n
Xie Hui added another goal for China 10 minutes later when his
\nclose shot deflected an Indonesian defender's leg.<\/p>\n
In the 79th minute, Qi Hong received a lob cross from Xie Hui
\nand netted it home. Xie Hui wound up China's shooting spree in
\nthe dying minute with another header.<\/p>\n
Indonesia team captain Sakti Bima was quoted by Xinhua
\nsounding unimpressed with the Chinese team.<\/p>\n
\"I think the two teams are at the same level. ... The Chinese
\nlike to score with their heads, but football is performed by
\nfeet, not by head,\" he was quoted by Xinhua saying.<\/p>\n
China will play against Cambodia in Guangzhou on May 20.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/china-beats-ri-5-1-in-w-cup-ties-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }