HONG KONG : India’s Sunil Chhetri scored twice to preserve close his international tally to 82 needs in a 2-0 choose over Cambodia on Wednesday in Kolkata as Igor Stimac’s aspect made a a success originate to the third round of qualifying for next three hundred and sixty five days’s Asian Cup.
The 37-three hundred and sixty five days-extinct India captain struck from the penalty space within the 13th minute sooner than powering a header past Cambodian goalkeeper Hul Kimhuy 14 minutes after the restart to present his staff a a success originate in Community D.
The team hosts take a seat stage on three aspects with Hong Kong following the first round of fits as Jorn Andersen’s staff held on to pick out 2-1 against Afghanistan.
Entirely the winners of every of the six groups within the third round are assured to solution to the finals next three hundred and sixty five days, the place they are going to be joined by the five runners-up with the best files.
In Community B, Oday Dabbagh’s penalty five minutes from time earned Palestine a 1-0 choose over Mongolia to place them on high of the early standings after the Philippines and Yemen shared a 0-0 plot.
Uzbekistan, Asian Cup semi-finalists in 2011, cruised to a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka of their opening sport in Community C to affix Thailand, who defeated the Maldives 3-0, on three aspects at the tip of the table.
Malaysia picked up a surprise 3-1 choose over 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers Turkmenistan in Kuala Lumpur to take a seat on high of Community E on aim difference from Bahrain, who earned a 2-0 victory against Bangladesh.
Shervoni Mabatshoyev scored twice as Tajikistan secured a comfy 4-0 choose against Myanmar in Community F whereas Singapore slipped to a 2-1 loss against Kyrgyzstan despite taking the lead by device of Tune Ui-young.
Valeri Kichin levelled for Aleksandr Krestinin’s aspect from the penalty space with 13 minutes final and, five minutes later, Viktor Maier earned the aspects for the central Asian nation.
Twenty-four groups will play in next three hundred and sixty five days’s match, with the 12 countries that certified for the final round of Asia’s preliminaries for the World Cup already securing their areas at the finals.
A contemporary venue for the competition has yet to be obvious after China withdrew from hosting the event attributable to the country’s ongoing pursuit of a nil-COVID method.