Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: Bahrain scored two minutes from time to share the points with Chinese Taipei as the two teams opened their AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Group A campaign with a 2-2 draw at the Xinzhuang Stadium on Thursday.
Mohamed Abdulla opened the scoring for Bahrain in the second half, but the host nation rebounded with goals from Huang Tai-Hsiang and Lin Chih-hung, only for Ali Saleh to score the equaliser two minutes from time.
In a match between equals, Chinese Taipei’s first real chance came only 10 minutes into the match when a quick backpass found Chi Sheng-fa just outside the box but his shot struck the upright.
Bahrain showed that they were fearsome with their set-pieces, but the host nation were disciplined and safely guarded their goalmouth.
A minute into the second half, Chinese Taipei came close to taking the lead with Chi’s through pass into the box but Huang Po Chun failed to connect and the ball was pushed away by goalkeeper Sayed Mohamed.