Now 21 months on, the East Asians are again the first to act as the continent's qualifying resumes this week. The team, under new boss Rastislav Bozik, take on hosts Tajikistan on Thursday before facing Group F leaders Japan five days later.
Having seen the qualifying fixtures postponed for a year due to COVID-19, the team are hungry to embrace the return to action according to Bozik. .....
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