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The result meant both sides ended with a point each, with Chinese Taipei’s Tainan advancing due to a superior goal difference. Borneo FC Samarinda topped the group with a maximum six points.
Yangon threatened in the 10th minute when Aung Myo Khant sent a weighted through ball into the box for Than Paing, who only had the goalkeeper Pan Wen-chieh to beat but the forward sent his grounded effort just wide of the left post,
The Yangon captain spurned another chance three minutes later when he surged into the box, only to send his effort wide.
Tainan began to threaten as the half progressed, with Wilker’s header comfortably saved by Sann Satt Naing in the 24th minute, while Isreal Opoku then had a shot from outside the area blocked.
Yangon came close again late in the half, with Min Kyaw Khant picking out Thiago Tomais inside the box in the 42nd minute, but the forward’s heavy touch allowed Kim Sung-kyum to clear the danger
Group D: Tainan City FC (TPE) v Yangon United FC (MYA)
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The Myanmar side started strongly after the break and broke the deadlock in the 56th minute when Moustapha Enok Djidjiwa finished from close range after Than Paing nodded the ball into his path from a set-piece situation.
Tainan tried to respond but Sann Satt Naing was equal to the task at the hour mark when he denied Matheus Porto’s header, while Djidjiwa came close to doubling Yangon’s lead seven minutes later, only for his effort from the left side of the box to sail narrowly over the bar.
The Chinese Taipei’s persistence was finally rewarded in the 74th minute from a swift counter-attacking move, with Wilker setting up Opoku who outpaced his markers before calmly slotting past Pan with the goal enough to take them through.
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