On a warm, wet night in Yangon, early goals from Shoya Nakajima and Takumi Minamino paved the way to victory for Moiryasu’s charges, who avoided the type of slip up already suffered by several Continental powerhouses in the Second Round of the Asian Qualifiers.

With three points secured, Moriyasu – who led Japan to the AFC Asian Cup final in January – declared he was satisfied with his team’s win.

There were winning starts for Australia, China PR, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates while Saudi Arabia were held to a 2-2 draw by Yemen.

Bangladesh, the final team to open their campaign on Matchday 2, were edged 1-0 by Afghanistan.

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Early goals from Shoya Nakajima and Takumi Minamino proved decisive for Hajime Moriyasu’s side, who began their campaign with a minimum of fuss ahead of next month’s fixtures against Mongolia and Tajikistan.

While the four-time Asian champions were good value for their opening win, Myanmar’s defeat leaves them at the bottom of Group F, having also been beaten 1-0 by Mongolia in their opening fixture last Thursday.

Iskandar Dzhalilov’s sending off five minutes from time ensured a nervous finish for the Central Asian side, who sealed their second win in Group F having defeated Kyrgyz Republic in Dushanbe last Thursday.

The win means Tajikistan will sit on top of the group going into Matchday Three in October no matter what happens in the meeting between Myanmar and Japan later on Tuesday.

Singapore produced a wonderful team performance to defeat Palestine in their Group D qualifying tie for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, having opened their campaign with a 2-2 draw with Yemen on Matchday One.

A third minute goal by Shakir Hamzah gave Singapore the lead, only for Palestine's Yaser Hamed to cancel it out 10 minutes later. Safwan Baharudin, however, scored what proved to be the winner for Tatsuma Yoshida's side in the 38th minute.

Ansarifard scored his side’s second in the 2-0 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualifying match win at Hong Kong Stadium on Tuesday, doubling Iran’s lead following Sardar Azmoun’s opener in an impressive first competitive game under the former Belgium coach.

This was Marwijk’s first competitive game in charge of UAE since taking the role in March and he was given a reality check when Malaysia grabbed the lead inside the first minute.