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November 13, 2004 China takes control to give Italy another loss   China 2 Italy 1   Saturday, November 13, 2004 Chiang Mai   Scoring Italy Ricco, 24th minute China Wang Kun, 52nd China Xu Yuan, 82nd   Game   Italy started well with an early lead but faded as the match progressed, and by the second half China was in control and but for its usual problems finishing could have scored several more times.   Post Match Quotes China U-19 National Team Coach Wang Haiming We got what we wanted. My team wanted to win so badly that they pressed too much in the first half, and we did not play very well.  In the second period we were much better and I think next match we will play that way from the start.  In the second half, you could see how positive and flexible we can be, and we still have yet to show how good we are.   Italy U-19 National Team Coach Elisabetta Bavagnoli   I am disappointed with how the match went since we started out so well. We knew we would be facing strong teams at such an event, and we played hard, but losing in such a way is hard.