Chinese Taipei wins third place of East Asian Championship qualifiers

Updated：2007-06-25 From：Xinhuanet

MACAO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Lo Chih-En scored a last-minute goal for the Chinese Taipei team here on Sunday, giving his team the third place of the East Asian Football Championship preliminary tournament.

Chinese Taipei grabbed a quick lead when striker Huang Wei-Yi scored from close range in the second minute and Feng Pao-Hsing made it 2-0 to help Chinese Taipei lead 2-0 into the second half.

Macao narrowed the gap after Cheung De Sousa opened the scoring for Macao in the 48th minute but only saw a more aggressive revenge from Chinese Taipei.

Kuo Chun-Yi, Chen Po-Liang, Lo Chih-En and his brother Lo Chih-An totally overwhelmed the Macao team with their goals.

Leong Chong-In kicked a counter-strike in from short range in the 78th minute for Macao, but Lo Chih-En answered with a header in the 90th minute to seal the victory for Chinese Taipei at 7-2.

After the match, Chinese Taipei won the third place of the tournament which has six teams involved and the host Macao fourth place.