China beats Kuwait in AFC Asian Cup 2011

China gets their first three point in Group A by beating Kuwait in the AFC Asian Cup 2011 by 2-0 score. It was in Al-Gharafa Stadium in Doha, Qatar. In the first half, both team didnt have any chance to make a goal. There are alot of fouls made, and three cards were given by the referee, Ben Williams, from Australia. He gave yellow cards to Yaqub Al-Taher when the game was still in 11 minutes. And directy, the red card was given to Mesaed Al-Enezi after he did hard tackle to Xu Yang in the 35th minutes of the first half. Qu Bo got the yellow cards also in the 33th minutes.

Though Kuwait dominated the game in the first half, but they couldnt make any shot on goal at all. There was a chance, when Bader Al-Metwa placed half of the ball inside the gall by freekick. But the referee didn't say it as a goal. The Kuwait protested the decision, and the referee still considered it as not a goal.

Zhang Linpeng shot from out of the box, and it was goal at the minutes 59'. After the first goal, China played more aggressive with the attack from their both flank. Deng Zhuoxiang got his name on the score board at the minutes 67'.

China got the same result with Uzbekistan's, 2-0. Both of them are in the top of Group A now. Next game will match China against Qatar, and Uzbekistan against Kuwait on January 12, 2011.


Kuwait: 22-Nawaf Al Khaldy; 4-Hussain Fadhel, 13-Musaed Neda, 2-Yaqoub Al Taher, 6-Amer Al Fadhel; 18-Jarah Al Ataiqi, 14-Talal Al Amer, 15-Waleed Ali Jumah (Abdulaziz Al Enezi, 72'), 20-Yousef Naser (Fahad Shaheen, 37'); 7-Fahad Al Enezi (Hamad Al Enezi, 85'), 17-Bader Al Mutwa.

China: 1-Yang Zhi; 5-Du Wei, 4-Zhao Peng (Liu Jianye, 59'), 20-Rong Hao, 17-Zhang Linpeng; 21-Yu Hai, 7-Zhao Xuri (Yu Tao, 77'), 11-Qu Bo (Hao Junmin, 46'), 19-Yang Hao; 10-Deng Zhuoxiang, 9-Yang Xu.

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