A quick summary of action around the AFC preliminary round first legs on THU 12 MAR 2015.

• Timor-Leste 04-01 Mongolia: More than three years before the start of the tournament, the first qualifier for Russia 2018 saw Chiquito DO CARMO score twice in the first seven minutes. But Batmonkhiin ERKHEMBAYARI’s late goal gave the visiting Mongolian squad a glimmer of hope in the second leg.
• Sri Lanka 00-01 Bhutan: Tshering DORJI registered Bhutan’s first Men’s World Cup qualifying goal in the 84th minute.
• Chinese Taipei 00-01 Brunei Darussalam: Adi SAID’s headed goal in the first half earned an away win for the Wasps in the first leg.
• India 02-00 Nepal: Sunil CHHETRI scored both goals to take his total to 45, most in India’s history.