AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup
The hosts’ reward will be a quarter-final against either the third-placed side from Group B or C while Thailand will have to wait to see if they progress after Vietnam beat Myanmar 2-1 to finish second in the group.
China PR offered a glimpse of what Thailand could expect within the opening seconds with Wang Chenxi slaloming her way in from the left flank and firing a shot that had to be pushed away by Pimlapat Aeewong.
The hosts took the lead four minutes later after Yang Lan’s corner delivery came back to her and with her second attempt, looped the ball beyond Pimlapat to land in the far top corner.
The second came in the 20th minute when Cheng Wandi’s shot was blocked by Arisa Tamsakul but the ball flew kindly into the path of Li Qixian, who slid it home at the back post.
A struggling Thailand went further behind three minutes later as Cheng powered home a header from Xu Yue’s cross.
Head coach Thidarat Wiwasukhu changed two players at the half hour mark with Suracha Tanawat and Kawinthida Kikuntod brought on, with Thailand displaying more defensive resilience as China PR could not add to their haul going into the break.
Group A: China PR v Thailand
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China PR maintained their superiority after the interval as Thailand were caught cold, conceding three goals in the space of six minutes.
Li grabbed her second in spectacular fashion, volleying Xu’s pinpoint cross from the left to make it 4-0 in the 54th minute.
Then came second-half substitute Huang Qinyi’s show, getting her first in the 58th minute when Pimlapat let her stinging shot from outside the box slip through her grasp.
Huang produced a stunning effort two minutes later, using her speed and power to burst away from two Thai defenders before firing the ball high into the roof of the net.
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