A quick summary of action around the AFC first group phase on FRI 02 SEP 2011.
» Australia 02-01 Thailand: Teerasil DANGDA gave the unfancied visitors an early lead, but the Aussies went top of Group D with an equaliser from Josh KENNEDY and a late goal from Alex BROSQUE.
» China PR 02-01 Singapore: Just minutes after coming on for China PR, ZHENG Zhi was called upon to take a penalty. His goal, and YU Hai’s later in the second half, earned the Chinese a winning start in Group A.
» Iraq 00-02 Jordan: The Iraqi squad and their new head coach ZICO were handed a losing start to their Group A campaign. Hassan Abdel FATTAH and Abdallah DEEB were on target for Jordan.
» United Arab Emirates 02-03 Kuwait: The UAE furiously fought back after going down 3-0 at home. But Ahmad KHALIL scored one for the UAE in the 84th minute, and Ismail AL HAMMADI pulled them within one five minutes later. The equaliser was not to come, and Kuwait now share the top of Group B with the Korea Rep.