Amman: China PR began their bid for a ninth AFC Women’s Asian Cup title with a comfortable 4-0 Group A win over Thailand as the competition’s 2018 edition kicked off at the Amman International Stadium on Friday.

Song Duan’s second half brace along with strikes from Wang Shuang and Li Ying proved the difference as head coach Sigurdur Eyjolsson’s charges claimed the opening day victory they had craved and pole position in the group ahead of the Philippines who defeated host nation Jordan in the day’s later fixture.

Despite their eventual capitulation and a bout of early Chinese pressure, it was Thailand who were the first to threaten thanks to Suchawadee Nildhamrong’s fifth minute shot from distance that fizzed narrowly wide of Peng Shimeng’s right hand post......

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