Chinese Taipei beats Guam 10-0 in East Asian Football Championship

Updated：2007-06-17 From：Xinhuanet

MACAO, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Taipei team scored a convincing 10-0 victory over Guam in the East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition which opened here on Sunday.

Chinese Taipei opened the scoring in the fifth minute through apower shoot from Lo Chih-En from right side of the net.

The Chinese Taipei side, which ranked 167th in the world, performed more aggressively after their first goal and led into the second half with a scoreboard 5-0.

After the interval, Chinese Taipei extended the gap larger and larger and Lo Chih-En finished his hat-trick in the 90th minute and gave his side the 10-0 win.

There are six teams participating in the tournament, including Chinese Taipei, Guam, Mongolia, DPR Korea, Hong Kong and Macao. The winner of the tournament will qualified for the East Asian Football Championship in 2008.