China Wins Title of Four-nation Women's Soccer Tournament

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China Wins Title of Four-nation Women's Soccer Tournament

China beat Russia 2-1 Saturday in Wuhan to win the title of the Far-east four-nation women's soccer tournament.

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China Wins Title of Four-nation Women's Soccer Tournament

China beat Russia 2-1 Saturday in Wuhan to win the title of the Far-east four-nation women's soccer tournament.

China opened the scoring in the 29th minute through midfielder Xie Caixia who latched onto a long pass from teammate Pan Lina and drove it home.

Russia drew it 1-1 in the 56th minute when Natalia Barbachina headed in a Svetlana Sedakova's cross pass. Seven minutes later, China's forward Ren Liping headed in the winner in a meelee.

China's head coach, Ma Liangxing put his team's win to good luck. He said "The main reason for our win is very simple -- luckis with us. Russia is a very good team and they hit the crossbar twice in the match."

Russia's head coach Yury Bystriskiy complained nothing about his team's loss. "China deserved the win. We built a packed defence to couter their attack. In spite of this, they still scored two goals. We have no complaints after losing to such a skillful team," he said.

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