Iraq hit Indonesia for six and will look for more goals against
SingaporeOpening-day winners Kyrgyzstan and Iraq will seek to
virtually seal their places in the next round of the 15th Asian
Games football tournament as the second games of round 1 take place
later today, Tuesday 21 November.
Kyrgyzstan crashed seven goals without reply past Macau, China
in its Group A opening game at the Al Wakra Sports club on Saturday
18 November – with six goals coming in a second-half in which Macau
faded badly – and will look for a similar stunning performance in
the 18:00 (Qatar time) kick-off against Jordan, which drew 0-0 with
Tajikistan in its first game.
Jordan dominated the encounter though and Kyrgyzstan coach Boris
Podkorytov, wary of a potential slip up, views Jordan as a real
threat to his team’s qualification to the second round. A win,
however, would virtually see Kyrgyzstan go through, having clocked
up such an impressive goal difference in the opening game.
The other Group A game, scheduled for a 16:00 kick off at Al
Wakra Sports Club, will see Tajikistan take on Macau, China. A
Tajikistan victory would keep its hopes of qualification to round 2
alive regardless of the result in the later group game.
In Group B Iraq will look to build on the three points it took
in its opening game 6-0 thrashing of Indonesia against a Singapore
team which drew 0-0 in its first game against Syria.
The Syrians will fancy their chances in the earlier 16:00 game
against Indonesia, which seeped six goals against Iraq. Another
convincing win for highly-fancied Iraq in the later game at 18:00
should virtually secure its entry into round 2.
Both Group B matches are being played at Al-Ahli Sports
Club.
All round 1 group games finish on Friday 24 November.
(dohaasiangames.org November 21, 2006)