China crushes Jamaica in warm-up for Olympic qualifiers

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China crushes Jamaica in warm-up for Olympic qualifiers

Forward Yan Song headed home a goal in each half as the Chinese under-23 soccer team cruised to an impressive 3-0 win over Jamaica in an international friendly in Chengdu on Feb. 17.

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Forward Yan Song headed home a goal in each half as the Chinese under-23 soccer team cruised to an impressive 3-0 win over Jamaica in an international friendly in Chengdu on Feb. 17.

Yan opened the scoring on 25th minute when he headed home from a free kick by teammate Sun Xiang.

China could have doubled its lead in the 40th minute but forward Gao Ming's shot from close range went wide of the goal.

Five minutes after the interval, Yan was on target again with a header. The home side then went close to extending the lead on several occasions but missed all the chances.

Second-half substitute Cao Yang made it 3-0 in the 86th minute when he fired home a sizzling shot after dribbling past several Jamaican defenders.

Chinese head coach Shen Xiangfu expressed guarded satisfaction with the victory.

"Today's match is a good exercise for our team," he said. "The Jamaican players are agile and skillful, though they lost the match," he added.

This is the last warm-up of China's Olympic team for the upcoming Olympic soccer Asian qualifiers. Head coach Shen Xiangfu will now go into the opening Olympic qualifier against South Korea with great confidence on March 3rd.

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