A quick summary of action around the AFC third round on the weekend of SAT 07-SUN 08 JUN 2008.
» China PR 00-01 Qatar: A foul by GAO Lin led to an early penalty in Tianjin. Sebastian SORIA converted it, and it ended up the only goal as the Maroon stormed to a tie atop Group 1 with Australia.
» Uzbekistan 01-00 Singapore: With his first goal of the qualifiers, Alexander GEYNRIKH sealed Uzbekistan’s place in the fourth round. His side have now won all four of their Group 4 matches.
» United Arab Emirates 00-01 Iran: The pressure on Ali DAEI and Team Melli finally eased as they defeated the UAE. Ferydoon ZANDI scored eight minutes in...
» Kuwait 04-02 Syria: ...but Ahmed AJAB’s hat trick served notice to all other Group 5 teams that Kuwait are still in the running.