{"id":36023,"date":"2019-04-09T17:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=36023"},"modified":"2019-04-09T17:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:17:18","slug":"afc-womens-olympic-qualifiers-iran-beaten-by-chinese-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/04\/09\/afc-womens-olympic-qualifiers-iran-beaten-by-chinese-taipei\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers: Iran beaten by Chinese Taipei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tehran Times – DOHA, Chinese Taipei cruised past Iran to seal their ticket to Round 3 of the AFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Qualifiers on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A powerful first-half display ensured any pre-match nerves for Chinese Taipei quickly disappeared, as Kauzo Echigo’s side reached the last eight with an emphatic victory at Grand Hamad Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three teams were still in contention going into Matchday Three, but a draw or better was all Chinese Taipei needed, and they made life easy for themselves with a fast start, which removed any danger of final day disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran knew a win would give them a more than even chance of reaching the last eight, but, not for the first time in Doha, Chinese Taipei’s Michelle Pao played a starring role to help her side to victory, the-afc.com reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pao had come off the bench to jumpstart Chinese Taipei in their stunning come-from-behind win over the Philippines on Saturday, but this time she was in the starting 11, and wasted little time in giving her side a 12th-minute lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chen Yen-ping added a second just three minutes later, and the likelihood of an Iranian recovery looked paper-thin when Tseng Shu-o converted a penalty to make it 3-0 in the 36th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese Taipei’s fourth – which was Pao’s second for the match, third for the week and ninth in Tokyo 2020 qualifying – extended the lead in the 47th minute, before Iran captain Zahra Ghanbari pulled one back to provide them with the slightest glimmer of hope 15 minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while Chinese Taipei had shown on Saturday that four-goal turnarounds are possible, no such heroics were forthcoming from Iran, who were left to settle for third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Chinese Taipei, attention now turns to the third round, where they will rub shoulders with some of the best sides in Asia, and the world, in pursuit of a first ever ticket to the Olympic Games.
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