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" SOCCER- JAPAN GET LUCKY WIN, CHINA IN SURPRISE DEFEAT.\n",
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" Japan began the defence of their Asian Cup title with a lucky 2-1 win against Syria in a Group C championship match on Friday.\n",
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" China controlled most of the match and saw several chances missed until the 78th minute when Uzbek striker Igor Shkvyrin took advantage of a misdirected defensive header to lob the ball over the advancing Chinese keeper and into an empty net.\n",
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" Oleg Shatskiku made sure of the win in injury time, hitting an unstoppable left foot shot from just outside the area.\n",
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" The former Soviet republic was playing in an Asian Cup finals tie for the first time.\n",
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" Takuya Takagi scored the winner in the 88th minute, rising to head a Hiroshige Yanagimoto cross towards the Syrian goal which goalkeeper Salem Bitar appeared to have covered but then allowed to slip into the net.\n",
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" It was the second costly blunder by Syria in four minutes.\n",
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" Defender Hassan Abbas rose to intercept a long ball into the area in the 84th minute but only managed to divert it into the top corner of Bitar's goal.\n",
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