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Sunil Chhetri scored goals to increase his international record to 82 goals in India’s 2-0 win against Cambodia on Wednesday in Kolkata, when Igor Stimac’s team made a victorious beginning to the final round of qualifiers for next year’s Asian Cup.
Sunil Chhetri skipper scored from the penalty mark with in 13th minute prior to actually slamming a header between Cambodian goalkeeper Hul Kimhuy 14 minutes soon to give his team a 1-0 lead in Group D.
Following the first round of fixtures, the group hosts are tied on three points with Hong Kong after Jorn Andersen’s squad won 2-1 over Afghanistan.
the winners of each of the 6 categories in the third round would be entitled to advance to the finals this year. And they will be accompanied by the 5 runners-up with the strongest teams.
In Section B, Oday Dabbagh’s penalty five minutes from time gave Palestine a 1-0 triumph against Mongolia, putting them leading the initial rankings just after Philippines and Yemen drew 0-0.
Uzbekistan, Asian Cup semi-finalists in 2011, strolled to a 3-0 victory against Sri Lanka in its first Group C game, joining Thailand, which defeated Maldives 3-0, on three points at the top of the standings.
Malaysia defeated Turkmenistan 3-1 in Kuala Lumpur to take the lead in Group E on goal difference over Bahrain.
Tajikistan defeated Myanmar 4-0 in Group F, with Shervoni Mabatshoyev scoring a goal, whereas Singapore fell 2-1 to Kyrgyzstan after leading the way via Song Ui-young.
Valeri Kichin equalised for Aleksandr Krestinin’s team from the penalty spot with 13 minutes on the clock, and Viktor Maier secured the points for the Central Asian country 5 minutes.
Twenty-four nations will compete in next year’s competition against 12 nations who advanced for the last round of Asia’s World Cup preliminaries already secured their spots in the finals.
A replacement location for the tournament has yet to be identified after China declined to host the event owing to the country’s continuous pursuit of a zero-COVID agenda.
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