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August 28, 2003 China beat Australia China 2 Australia 0 (1-0) Thursday August 28, 2003 Shandong Sport Centre Stadium, Jinan, Shandong province Attendance approximately 5,000 Conditions : Humid, 22C, Pitch reasonable surface, damp underneath Scoring China Teng Wei, 15 China Pan Lina, 52 Australia Kell, Cassandra, GK Foster, Gill (Wilson, Amy 46) Wainwright, Sacha Alagich, Dianne Salisbury, Cheryl -captain Duus, Bryony (Rockall, Taryn 63) Mann, April (Crawford, Hayley 46) Garriock, Heather Grant, Pam (Reuter, Karla 78) Karp, Tal Small, Danielle Cautions : none Substitutes not used Barbieri, Melissa, Davies, Rhian, Peters, Joanne, Beattie, Amy. ______________________ China Li Jie (Xie Huilin 78) Fan Yunjie Zhao Lihong (Chen Jinyu 52) Bi Yan (Zhang Ouying 65) Liu Yali (Yu Weimin 75) Pan Lina Zhao Yan Wang Liping Teng Wei (Meng Jun 68), Han Duan, Qu Feifei (Xie Cuixia 78). Cautions :none Substitutes not used : Sun Rui, Gao Hongxia, Han Wen Xia. Game The Qantas Matildas took the game to China with the Australians dominating play for good periods of a fast-paced first half and unlucky not to take the lead. China however went in at the break with a one-goal advantage before lifting their play for the second half, but found Australia strong in defence.         **********************************************************************