AFC U17 Asian Cup
Yemen had earlier opened their campaign with a comfortable 4-1 win over Mongolia.
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Mongolia 1-4 Yemen
Mongolia ran into trouble in the 15th minute when Khanbileg Sainbileg handled the ball in the area, with Sadeq Ali Aziz converting his spot-kick by sending keeper Enkhmanlai Ankhbayar the wrong way as he side-stepped the ball to the right.
Ali Farea then sent a superb through ball in the 31st minute to Aziz, who found space in the centre but was flagged offside after he hit the left post with his first-time effort.
Mongolia ran into trouble in the 15th minute when Khanbileg Sainbileg handled the ball in the area, with Sadeq Ali Aziz converting his spot-kick by sending keeper Enkhmanlai Ankhbayar the wrong way as he side-stepped the ball to the right.
Ali Farea then sent a superb through ball in the 31st minute to Aziz, who found space in the centre but was flagged offside after he hit the left post with his first-time effort.
Qualifiers - Group F: Mongolia v Yemen
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Ankhbayar pulled off a save from Aziz’s low drive from the right in the 39th minute, the striker then finding the net a minute before the break only for teammate Elyas Al-Hemyari to be caught offside.
Farea finally put Yemen on the right track four minutes into the second half when he rifled his shot from inside the area past a sea of bodies and into the bottom left corner of the net.
Farea finally put Yemen on the right track four minutes into the second half when he rifled his shot from inside the area past a sea of bodies and into the bottom left corner of the net.
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Sainbileg, whose handball gifted Yemen their first goal, then compounded a bad day out when he turned in Farea’s cross from the left into his own net in the 61st minute.
Mongolia pulled one back in the 75th minute through Bold-Erdene Bat-Ochir, who, seeing keeper Ebrahim Al-Sanhani off his line, clipped the ball in from 20 yards after some good work on the right by Ugedei Byambajargal.
Aziz, however, sealed the match a minute before regulation time when he picked up Ankhbayar’s save from Ahmed Al-Yahri’s close-range strike and headed into an empty net.
Mongolia pulled one back in the 75th minute through Bold-Erdene Bat-Ochir, who, seeing keeper Ebrahim Al-Sanhani off his line, clipped the ball in from 20 yards after some good work on the right by Ugedei Byambajargal.
Aziz, however, sealed the match a minute before regulation time when he picked up Ankhbayar’s save from Ahmed Al-Yahri’s close-range strike and headed into an empty net.
Northern Mariana Islands 0-12 Kyrgyz Republic
Aldric Antonio’s handball gifted Kyrgyz Republic the lead in the second minute, skipper Ariet Abilov subsequently sending Zuriel Abejo the wrong way with a perfectly-placed spot-kick into the bottom left corner of the net.
They pulled further ahead in the 14th minute when Salavat Abdullazhanovich evaded his marker on the left and squared to an unmarked Alymbek Isaev, who stuck a leg out to direct the ball past a rooted Abejo.
Aldric Antonio’s handball gifted Kyrgyz Republic the lead in the second minute, skipper Ariet Abilov subsequently sending Zuriel Abejo the wrong way with a perfectly-placed spot-kick into the bottom left corner of the net.
They pulled further ahead in the 14th minute when Salavat Abdullazhanovich evaded his marker on the left and squared to an unmarked Alymbek Isaev, who stuck a leg out to direct the ball past a rooted Abejo.
Both Erzhan Askerbekov and Abilov skied their attempts before the former sent Baiel Mirlanoc through on the right, the striker netting in the 24th minute with a blistering strike that squeezed between the keeper and the post.
Mariana Islands fell further behind in the 39th minute when a composed Isaev booted in from close range in a packed goalmouth before an unguarded Askerbekov slammed the ball into the bottom right a minute later for goal number five.
Mariana Islands fell further behind in the 39th minute when a composed Isaev booted in from close range in a packed goalmouth before an unguarded Askerbekov slammed the ball into the bottom right a minute later for goal number five.
Qualifiers - Group F: N. Mariana Islands v Kyrgyz Republic
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Kyrgyz Republic picked up where they left off, Abilov securing their sixth in the 49th minute from inside the area after a weak clearance by Theo Joab and Isaev adding another from a packed goalmouth.
The beleaguered Abejo conceded again during yet another scramble in the area when Abdullazhanovich swept the ball past him in the 53rd minute, and stood rooted eight minutes later as Emir Emilev headed in from close range off a corner.
The beleaguered Abejo conceded again during yet another scramble in the area when Abdullazhanovich swept the ball past him in the 53rd minute, and stood rooted eight minutes later as Emir Emilev headed in from close range off a corner.
Mirlanoc made it double digits in the 73rd minute after he squeezed his shot between two defenders and past Abejo before Azizkhon Khodzhaev and Askerbekov finished off in the final minutes to give the home side a resounding start to their campaign.
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