ZZ's beautiful cross, Gao Lin's run and then the well-taken PK. And the ballast called Lippi. China through with a tough 2-1 win over Thailand.
Well-deserved win by China. But it's saddening to see how we struggle to win teams like Thailand, Kyrgyzstan when we could beat them easily 10 years ago. And totally outclassed by South Korea. The young players are also disappointing, e.g. Shi Ke, Liu Yang. When Zheng Zhi retires, Chinese NT going to enter a dark age... don't know when we will revive