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Monday, July 4, 2011

Goals galore in Asian World Cup qualifiers

It is a long road to Brazil 2014 for Asia's lesser sides.

Eight round one winners join 22 higher ranked teams - including Thailand and Iran - for home-and-away matches in the second round of the Asian qualifiers, to be played 23-28 July.


The 15 victors from those ties will join Asian giants Japan, South Korea and Australia as well as North Korea and Bahrain in the third round.
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/01/08/1225984/228440-qatar-asian-cup-soccer.jpgMalaysia scraped through despite going down 3-2 to Taiwan in Taipei, with the ASEAN champions squeezing through courtesy of away goals following last week's 2-1 triumph in Kuala Lumpur.

The Malaysians take on Southeast Asian rivals Singapore in the next round.

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Vietnam star Le Cong Vinh took his haul of goals in qualifying to eight in two games after the three-time Vietnamese footballer of the year followed up his first-leg hat-trick with five goals in the 7-1 hammering away at Macau.

Vietnam face a considerably more daunting tie against Asian Cup hosts Qatar next.

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Philippines meanwhile set up a second round meeting with ten-time Gulf Cup of Nations champions Kuwait after defeating Sri Lanka 4-0 in Manila to sail through with a comprehensive 5-1 aggregate win.

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And in Yangon, Myanmar overcame a first-leg deficit to defeat a resilient Mongolia 2-1 on aggregate. They face Oman in the next stage.

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Laos will play China next after overcoming a two-goal first-leg deficit to progress at the expense of Cambodia after scoring twice in extra-time for a remarkable 8-6 aggregate win over their neighbours.

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Nepal became the first side to book their place in the second round after an emphatic 5-0 win in Kathmandu on Saturday gave them a 7-1 aggregate victory over Timor Leste.

Results of Asian round one qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup (second leg):

Taiwan 3 Malaysia 2
(Aggregate 4-4, Malaysia win on away goals)

Philippines 4 Sri Lanka 0
(Philippines win 5-1 on aggregate)

Macau 1 Vietnam 7
(Vietnam win 13-1 on aggregate)

Myanmar 2 Mongolia 0
(Myanmar win 2-1 on aggregate)

Laos 6 Cambodia 2
(Laos win 8-6 on aggregate)

Palestine 1 Afghanistan 1
(Palestine win 3-1 on aggregate)

Pakistan 0 Bangladesh 0
(Bangladesh win 3-0 on aggregate)


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