Son-Heung min set up both goals as South Korea overcame China 2-0, with both teams still booking their place in the Round of 16.
After failing to find the all-important winning goal against Jordan, Palestine must wait to find out their Asia Cup fate.
Tom Rogic’s injury-time winner over Syria confirmed Australia’s place in the Asia Cup knockout rounds.
After an opening Asia Cup defeat to Jordan, Australia looked much more comfortable in a 3-0 win against Palestine.
Uzbekistan prevailed 2-1 over Oman in their 2019 AFC Asian Cup opener courtesy of Eldor Shomurodov’s late winner.
South Korea have Son Heung-min, and China have Wu Lei. The two may not be at the same level in terms of talent or renown, but the Chinese attacker is as important to Marcello Lippi’s side as Son is to Paulo Bento’s. This was made all the more clear on Wednesday when the teams met in their final group game at the Asian Cup.
The Chinese were always going to find it tough against South Korea in Abu Dhabi. But without Wu — sidelined by a shoulder injury — it was almost mission impossible as they sank…
China celebrate after an own goal gave them victory over Kyrgyz Republic.
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Relive all the updates as India held China to a goalless draw at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre at Jiangsu. (Please wait for a few seconds for the blog to load, refresh if it doesn’t at the first go):
Former Real Madrid and Netherlands coach Guus Hiddink has been tasked with ensuring China qualify for the finals of the 2020 Olympic Games football tournament after being appointed manager of the country’s under-21 team on Monday.
Barely a month goes by without Lionel Messi sending some goal-scoring record tumbling, but never has the Barcelona star matched the incredible feat achieved by Wang Shanshan this week.