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China finish strongly to beat Kuwait
Second-half goals from defender Zhang Linpeng and midfielder Deng Zhuoxiang gave China the perfect start to their Asian Cup campaign as they beat highly-rated Kuwait 2-0 at the Al Gharafa Stadium.
Kuwait, who won both the West Asian Championship and the Gulf Cup last year, started as the stronger side, but the dismissal of defender Mesad Nada after 36 minutes left them exposed at the back.
He was shown an immediate red card by Australian referee Ben Williams after sticking a foot into the groin of China striker Yang Xu as both fell to the ground by the touchline. Xu was carried off on the electronic cart, while Nada, after writhing on the ground for a while, walked off disconsolately holding his head in his hands.
The Kuwaitis were unlucky not to have taken the lead after 49 minutes when the ball appeared to cross the line from Bader Al Mutwa’s effort before being gathered safely by China goalkeeper Yang Zhi.
The result meant that China joined Uzbekistan at the top of Group A after the Central Asians beat hosts Qatar by the same score in Friday’s opening match.
China, the world’s most populous country, have never won this competition. They were runners-up in 1984 and 2004.
Coach Gao Hongbo though has seen his side steadily improve to win the East Asian title last year and this result will give them the belief they can make into the final stages.
Their opening goal came after they weathered a period of Kuwait pressure before going on to attack themselves. The ball fell to Linpeng whose sweetly struck shot with the outside of his left boot from the edge of the box took a deflection off a defender leaving Yaqoub Al Taher stranded in goal.
Zhuoxiang doubled the lead with a well-struck inswigning free-kick nine minutes later, giving China all three points.
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