Liu Wen Ling and Su Hui-Chi starred with braces in Chinese Taipei’s impressive win against Uzbekistan with head coach Hsieh Li-Chuan expecting his players to continue their momentum against China PR.

“We just did everything that we have prepared well for in this first game. The most important thing was to win this game and we performed pretty well,” said Hsieh. “We can improve in terms of communication, and we need to have more patience when we play against other teams.

“We have a professional futsal coach in our team who gives us a lot of information that is helpful, so we surprised everyone today.” said Hsieh, referring to assistant coach Jose Adil Amarante who won the AFC Futsal Club Championship title with Japan’s Nagoya Oceans in 2011.

“It is true that China PR will have home advantage, so for us, it is something we have to deal with and prepare for. Winning this game today does boost our confidence to do well in the next match as well as the remaining matches.”

China PR saw off a plucky Australian side, with head coach Hu Jie admitting that the win was the result of their disciplined approach.

“We prepared very thoroughly for this match and I told the team that I was impressed by their warm-up, as I felt that it displayed our confidence and determination, which meant that right from the start of the match, we were already at 100 percent in terms of condition and mentality,” said Hu Jie.

“Chinese Taipei are a very confident team as well, be it in defence or attack, so we need to go back and thoroughly analyse them.”

Venue: Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

Kick-off: 20:00 (UTC+8)

Despite seeing his side relinquish their lead against Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan head coach Farrukh Zakirov is optimistic about his team's chances against Australia.

“The first half ended 3-1 and that core performance gives us something to build on,” said Zakirov. “We gave them an opportunity to score and we made some mistakes while defending their attack."

“We believe we’ll come back stronger and aim for a better result against Australia.  We’ve played against Australia before and it was a very balanced match. Back then we had some key players available. However, I believe we can compete well against them.”

Australia head Miles Downie is confident his players’ mentality sets them apart from Uzbekistan.

"We played well in patches, but maybe not well enough overall today. I think we had our chances even though we didn’t keep possession well,” said Downie. “We played Uzbekistan in the Qualifiers and they have a new team here, maybe only six players or so from the qualifiers. I think they are not at the same level they were back then."

“I think I'm very lucky, because I coach Australia, and we have a very strong mentality. And so, you know, the girls will want to come out and perform. Generations have been wanting to play futsal and represent Australia, and this is the first generation that gets to (do it), and so they know the honour (of being able) to play for Australia. So, they will be up for it.”

Venue: Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

Kick-off: 17:00 (UTC+8)