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AFC Seoul (July 28, 2013) China finished their East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Cup campaign unbeaten after edging Australia 4-3 in a high scoring thriller played at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
In the last-round match of the round-robin format competition, Yu Dabao, Sun Ke, Yang Xu and Wu Lei scored a goal apiece for the Chinese who are the only finalists amongst four nations involved in the qualifiers of the AFC Asian Cup 2015.
China, fielding a strong side in the competition, went ahead against Holger Osieck side as early as in the 5th minute through Dabao after Sun Xiang released an ideal cross at the centre.
Western Sydney Wanderers attacking midfielder Aaron Mooy brought the score at 1-1 level in the 30th minute but the relentless Chinese dominated the proceedings in the second half when Ke put China 2-1 ahead in the 56th minute.
The dramatic final four minutes produced the remaining of the goals as when Xu and Lei scored goals respectively in the 87th and 88th minute to make it 4-1 for the Chinese, it looked like that the game was over but Australia responded with two goals in the death from Adam Taggart and Mitchell Duke. It was too little too late for the Socceroos as they went down 4-3 in a highly entertaining match of the competition.
Australia qualified automatically in the AFC Asian Cup 2015 which they will host while China have managed a win in two matches of Group C of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers so far.
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