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Ayvazov scored either side of the break with Sodmunkh Ankhbayar adding a late goal to seal Falcons’ passage into the Group Stage.
Falcons dominated proceedings from the start with Batkhishig Myagmar flashing his effort wide of the left post in the second minute, while Ayvazov just failed to find the target with a volleyed attempt from inside the box.
The deadlock was broken in the sixth minute when Thiago Tomais nodded the ball down nicely for Ayvazov to finish with a simple tap-in from close range.
Taichung came close to leveling the tie in the eighth minute but Falcons keeper Batmagnai Sereekhuu palmed away Kaoru Takayama curling free-kick.
Ayvazov almost doubled Falcons’ lead just before the half-hour mark with a headed attempt of Andre Ferreira’s cross, before the Uzbekistan forward sent a glancing header sailing over the bar.
Falcons maintained their dominance in the second half and could have taken the lead in the 52nd minute when a counter-attacking sequence left Myagmar clear but the forward could not get his shot on target.
Taichung’s patience was rewarded in the 59th minute when Lai Yi-Chiao broke free on the right before delivering a pin-point cross to Ryota Saito, who finished with a powerful header.
With the match seemingly headed for extra-time, it was Ayvazov who rose to the occasion to drill Ferreira’s cut-back into the back of the net in the 89th minute.
Ankhbayar then sealed the win for the Mongolian side with a clinical finish from inside the box in the third minute of stoppage time.
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