11.  The opening goal came after teammate Stephen Malcolm and Japanese defender Yutaka Akita collided while trying to play the ball in the penalty area.

12.  The Thai team showed a bit more spark in the second half, but not enough to get past the speedy, sure-footed Japanese defenders.

13.  Two minutes later, Al Sharif whistled Japanese defender Suzuki Hideto for bringing down Choi Sung-yong.

14.  Whitmore opened the scoring by capitalizing when teammate Stephen Malcolm and Japanese defender Yutaka Akita collided while trying to play the ball in the penalty area.

15.  A long ball out from defence found Danaraj who weaved past three defenders before supplying a cross to Prabhjot Singh that left the Japanese defenders napping.

16.  The three are Thailand striker Natipong Stritong-in, Oman teenager Mohamed Amor Al Kathiri and Japanese central defender Masami Ihara.