Both teams battled valiantly. The defence proved unbeatable. Ernie Strange wasted a fine opportunity after he had dribbled past the Chi ness defenders and with only Loh to beat.
From a corner kick shortly before the interval, Gosano beat Loh with a nice header, but the point was disallowed by referee Sun because the Portuguese was caught for pushing before he headed the ball.
Upon the resumption the Chinese goal nearly fell when Gosano drove a low shot to the wrong side of the far post following a centre from Strange.
In the 25th minute Fox broke his way through. He came into the back area and shot at Loh. The goalie stopped the drive, but Meng was penalized for charging the shooter. Gosano, taking the 12-yard kick sent a body-high drive next to the post and gave Hongkong the lead.
The Chinese rallied strongly. But it was with barely a minute left that Waung tallied from Traces centre. The scorer streaked through to beat Moxham with a grand rising shot into the top commer of the net.
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