China

Second half goals give Costa Rica win

Two goals in a spell of five minutes gave the Central Americans a 2-0 victory over China in group C.
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China makes it debut at the World Cup under the able guidance of Bora Milutinovic, the coach who has guided five different countries at previous finals.

While China may be blessed with tact, it is low on big match temperament. They are capable of playing well within their limitations, but should find the going tough against Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica.

Goalkeepers: Qi An, Jin Jiang, Chuliang Ou.

Defenders: Enhua Zhang, Pu Yang, Chengying Wu, Zhiyi Fan, Jihai Sun, Weifeng Li, Wei Du, Yunlong Xu.

Midfielders: Jiayi Shao, Tie Li, Mingyu Ma, Genwei Yu, Yao Gao, Xiaopeng Li, Hong Qi, Junzhe Zhao.

Forwards: Maozhen Su, Bo Qu, Chen Yang, Haidong Hao.

Qualifying campaign

First group stage W 10-1 Maldives (h) W 1-0 Maldives (a) W 4-0 Cambodia (a) W 5-1 Indonesia (h) W 3-1 Cambodia (h) W 0-2 Indonesia (a) Second group stage W 3-0 UAE (h) W 2-0 Oman (a) D 1-1 Qatar (a) W 2-0 Uzbekistan (h) W 1-0 China (a) W 1-0 Oman (h) W 3-0 Qatar (h) L 0-1 Uzbekistan (a)

June 13, 2002