TASHKENT, March 6 (Xinhua) — China beat defending champions Saudi Arabia 2-0 within the group stage of the AFC U20 Asian Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan right here on Monday.
Mutellip Iminqari put China forward within the sixty fourth minute when he transformed Afrden Asqer’s cross from the left, earlier than Xu Bin doubled the lead eight minutes later from the identical place.
China couldn’t make an try on purpose till the forty fourth minute and had lower than 30 % possession all through the primary half, whereas Saudi Arabia missed a number of probabilities to interrupt the impasse.
The Saudi attackers’ momentum was shattered by China goalkeeper Li Hao’s two saves within the fiftieth minute, and China started to struggle again with substitute look of Mutellip, who additionally assisted Xu’s purpose.
After the win, China at the moment are second in Group D behind Japan and can face Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.