The Palestinian team made the most of its rare homegroundadvantage Sunday, advancing to the second round of Asian World Cupqualifying after a 1-1 draw with Afghanistan gave them a 3-1aggregate victory.One of the few FIFA members which is not a U.N. recognizedstate, the Palestinians face Thailand in the next round.Palestinian defender Hasam Wadi scored in the 11th minute,before Balal Arezou equalized in the 63rd for Afghanistan.The Palestinian team defeated Afghanistan 2-0 in the first legof their World Cup qualifier, played in Tajikistan because of thesecurity situation in Afghanistan.In other first-round qualifiers: Malaysia scraped through onaway goals despite losing 3-2 in Taiwan; Laos advanced 8-6 onaggregate after scoring twice in extra time against Cambodia for a6-2 home win; Vietnam thrashed Macau 13-0 on aggregate; Philippineswon 4-0 at home to advance 5-1 over Sri Lanka; Myanmar scored twiceat home to advance 2-1 on aggregate over Mongolia; Bangladesh heldPakistan 0-0 away to progress 3-0 on aggregate; and Nepal advanced7-1 on aggregate over Nepal.The World Cup qualifier was the highest profile football matchon Palestinian territory to date.”This is the most important game ever in Palestine,”Palestinian Football Federation chief Jibril Rajoub said.Rajoub is a former Palestinian security chief who spent 17 yearsin Israeli prisons. He… Read full this story
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