Australia ease past China in World Cup qualifier

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Australia's Harry Souttar (L) vies with China's Wu Lei during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Asian qualification football match in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 2, 2021. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

Australia beat China 3-0 on Thursday in their opener of the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying tournament.

Awer Mabil opened the scoring with a right-footed shot from very close range in the 24th minute.

Assisted by Tomas Rogic, Martin Boyle added a goal in the 26th minute with a shot outside the box.

Mitchell Duke sealed the win at 3-0 on 70 minutes with a left-footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.

China have been drawn into Group B of the final round with Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Vietnam. The top two will qualify for Qatar 2022 directly. The third finisher will play a home-and-away playoff with its counterpart in Group A, and the winner will go into a continental playoff.

Elsewhere on Thursday, Saudi Arabia rallied to beat Vietnam 3-1, Oman stunned Japan 1-0 with a late goal in Osaka.

Australia's Martin Boyle (L) vies with China's Wang Shenchao during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Asian qualification football match between Australia and China in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 2, 2021. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)


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