MYANMAR 0-2 INDONESIA

Mandalay: Indonesia fought hard to defeat Myanmar 2-0 at the Mandalarthiri Stadium on Monday as new head coach Simon McMenemy savoured his first victory.

The Scot took over the helm from Bima Sakti last December while Myanmar, who drew 0-0 with Chinese Taipei last week, have not registered a win in their last three matches.

THAILAND 0-4 URUGUAY

Thailand had to concede to Uruguay's superiority as the South Americans took the lead just six minutes into the tie with Matias Vecino Falero rising high to head home the ball.

Thailand did their best but Uruguay doubled their advantage seven minutes before the break, when a defensive lapse allowed an unmarked Gaston Pereiro to direct Cristhian Stuani's pass from the left flank into the goalmouth.

The last time the two sides met was in 1999 in Honiara, in a match that ended in a 2-2 draw.

Chinese Taipei, who boasted an attacking line-up of Li Mao, Chen Hao-wei and Onur Dogan, raced off the blocks at the start of the game.

Solomon Islands suffered a scare in the 15th minute, when against the run of play, Dogan made a defence splitting run to fire a low drive to the back of the net but Chinese Taipei’s celebration was short-lived as the goal was ruled offside.

Singapore defeated Malaysia 1-0 in their semi-final courtesy of a solitary goal from Faris Ramli while Oman breezed past Afghanistan 5-0 to set-up the final.

The win for Oman is a welcome boost for Erwin Koeman who took charge of the coaching duties less than a week before the start of the tournament.

Korea Republic 1-0 Bolivia

Ulsan: Korea Republic defeated Bolivia 1-0 with midfielder Lee Chung-yong coming off the bench to break the scoreless deadlock late in the second half.

Lee's 85th-minute header gave Korea Republic their first win over Bolivia in three meetings. The two previous matches ended in scoreless draws.

This was Korea Republic's first match since losing to Qatar in the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup in January and also their first action at home in 2019.

Thailand will meet the winners of the second semi-final tie between Uzbekistan and Uruguay, while China will play in the third-place play-off on Monday.

China began brightly despite playing without ace striker Wu Lei but Thailand showed resilience as the game saw an aggressive start by both teams.

The United Arab Emirates FA announced his appointment late on Wednesday and the Dutchman, 66, is expected to watch the friendly against Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The UAE will also play Syria on Tuesday.

Van Marwjik succeeds Alberto Zaccheroni, who left following the UAE’s elimination in the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup.