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Qualifiers - Group B: Iraq 3-2 Chinese Taipei

Qualifiers - Group B: Iraq 3-2 Chinese Taipei

Chonburi: Iraq secured their first win at the AFC U17 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2027™ Qualifiers with a 3-2 defeat of Chinese Taipei in their Group E encounter on Saturday. 
Thailand take on Maldives in the later match.
 Iraq 3-2 Chinese Taipei
Iraq seized control from the starting whistle but Hayder Al-Mhanawi, Murthada Al Nayayes and Ali Al-Behadili all wasted chances in the opening 15 minutes. 

Chinese Taipei, on their part, saw Zhang Yi-Lie’s free-kick in the 20th minute easily collected by Sihad Hussein, Lay Min-En then steering his header wide of the left post eight minutes later.   

Qualifiers - Group B: Iraq v Chinese Taipei

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Keeper Yang Cheng Han dived to his left to parry Mustafa Hamzah’s set-piece in the 34th minute while Sajjad Al-Hilfi’s attempt was narrowly off target 10 minutes later as the West Asian side closed the half with little to show despite their dominance. 
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Substitute Rasool Al Nidawi broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute when he intercepted a weak back-pass from defender Wang Cheng to Yang and, with the keeper coming way off his line, slotted the ball into an empty net. 
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Zhang, however, leveled five minutes later when he connected to a lofted cross from Weng Shou-En from the left and headed from outside the six-yard-box past a lunging Hussein. 
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Kareem Al-Jubainawi again put Iraq ahead in the 75th minute, the midfielder robbing Lai Han-Wei off the ball near the centreline and exchanging passes with fellow substitute Ahmed Shllha before curling the ball past Yang from the edge of the area.
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The Chinese Taipei keeper pulled off a fine save to deny Al-Jubainawi in the 86th minute but was beaten for the third time three minutes later when Al-Hilfi came down the middle, shrugged off defender Lin Mu-Yang and drove his shot into the bottom right. 

The East Asian side secured their consolation in the third minute of time added on when  Hussein was penalised for collecting a pass from Al-Mhanawi inside the area, with Zhang successfully converting his spot-kick but failing to prevent his side from their second defeat in three outings.

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