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Second half strikes from Sung Chi-Chan maintained Chinese Taipei’s perfect record with Singapore claiming second place.
Bhutan registered their first win after sailing 7-0 past Macau to finish third in the standings.
Chinese Taipei 2-0 Singapore
Both teams came into the tie on the back of wins against Bhutan and Macau, but it was Chinese Taipei who threatened early, with Cheng Chao-Hsiang seeing his effort on the turn from inside a packed box blocked in the 11th minute.
Both teams came into the tie on the back of wins against Bhutan and Macau, but it was Chinese Taipei who threatened early, with Cheng Chao-Hsiang seeing his effort on the turn from inside a packed box blocked in the 11th minute.
Lai Yi-Chiao then went close four minutes later, his low effort taking a deflection before sailing over the bar as Singapore kept the East Asian side at bay for the remainder of the half.
Chinese Taipei continued to look more dangerous after the restart and almost broke the deadlock in the 51st minute when Cheng Yu-Chen latched onto a through ball and surged past his marker inside the box, only to see his curling effort beat Singapore goalkeeper Ilhan Hady and graze the right post.
Their persistence finally paid off in the 63rd minute when Cheng Yu-Chen delivered a perfect cross into the box for Sung Chi-Chan, who volleyed past Ilhan and into the bottom right corner.
Chi-Chan sealed the win for Chinese Taipei in the 82nd minute when he slotted home Lai Yi-Chiao’s cutback, finishing a neat team move.
Qualifiers - Group J: Chinese Taipei v Singapore; Bhutan v Macau
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Bhutan 7-0 Macau
Bhutan took the game to Macau from the start, with Rinzin Dorji drilling a low effort into the bottom right corner inside the first minute before Kelden Dorjee doubled their tally in the fourth minute, finishing off Tandin Tshewang’s layoff inside a packed box.
Bhutan took the game to Macau from the start, with Rinzin Dorji drilling a low effort into the bottom right corner inside the first minute before Kelden Dorjee doubled their tally in the fourth minute, finishing off Tandin Tshewang’s layoff inside a packed box.
Macau continued to live dangerously and conceded their third two minutes later when Rinzin Dorji curled his free-kick over the wall and beyond the fully stretched Macau custodian Alex Ao.
Bhutan's aggressive approach yielded their fourth just after the half-hour mark, with Rinzin Dorji completing his hat-trick, finishing off a counter-attacking move from inside the box.
Tshewang then made it five in the 35th minute, nodding home at the far post after Dorji’s deflected effort fell kindly into his path.
Rinzin Dorji added his fourth in the 66th minute off a set-piece situation with Sonam Dorji, setting the captain to drill home from just above the box before substitute Thinley Yezer got on the scoresheet with a brilliant free-kick to seal the deserved victory.
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