Chinese Taipei took a 1-0 lead going into the break before overwhelming their opponents in the second half to leave Timor-Leste with a mountain to climb heading into Tuesday’s return leg.
🚨 FT | Chinese Taipei 4️⃣-0️⃣ Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
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Chinese Taipei take a commanding lead into their Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 second-leg against Timor-Leste! #AsianQualifiers pic.twitter.com/cLpgGwcfKq
With the game approaching the fifth minute mark, it was Samuel’s deft passing that led to the first goal with the forward saying it was due to the time spent perfecting the move during training. .....
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