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April 12, 2005 Fifth Round of the 10th China National Games preliminary Jia Ailing Monday, April 11, 2005 Group A in Yixing, Jiangsu province Guangdong 1 Hubei 0 Shanxi 3 Jilin 0 Shanghai 2 Hebei 1 (You Jia 55' 65', Liu Yali 33') 17-year-old rookie You Jia fired in the winner to earn Shanghai a win over Hebei which sealed her team's lead in the 10th China National Games. Midfielder Liu Yali gave Hebei the lead but You Jia leveled twenty-two minutes later. " We never controlled the game against Shanghai," Hebei head coach Hou Zhimin said after the match, "So my players did not how to consolidate their advantages. Certainly Shanghai are stronger than us, but we could have won the match if the players had the proper mental attitude. ." Group B in Guiyang, Guizhou province Liaoning 8 Gansu 1 Beijing 2 Henan 0 (Chen Yanhong 40', Ren Liping 82') " I am satisfied with the players' performance," Beijing head coach Gu Daquan said, " But they are not in their best condition because of the loss of the last match against Liaoning." Anhui 1 Shanxi 0 (Zhang Xue 67') The only goal was scored in the 67th minute when after a quick counter attack, Anhui 19-year-old forward Zhang Xue's shot found the back of the net. Group C in Nanchang, Jiangxi province Sichuan 0 PLA 0(Sichuan won 4-3 on penalty kicks) Shandong 3 Xinjiang 0 (Li Chunni, Zheng Jin and Wang Xuting) Tianjin 4 Zhejiang 0 (Sun Yongxia, Wang Yudong, Tai Lingling and Yin Yumeng) After five founds of the preliminary, nine teams have qualified for the finals in Nanjing. They are Beijing, Liaoning, Henan, Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shandong, PLA and Hebei. Anhui, Tianjin and Hubei have to play the playoffs in Xiangtan, Hunan province on April 16 and 18. The top two team and the host Jiangsu will also play in the finals of the 10th China National Games.