Taipei Times
Date: Nov 16, 2017
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Taiwan men’s national soccer team manager and players said their 2-1 loss to Turkmenistan and subsequent ousting from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup finals was reality check for the team.

Taiwan’s elimination was confirmed on Tuesday night, when visiting Bahrain defeated Singapore 3-0 in their Group E match.

Turkmenistan and Bahrain lead Group E with 10 points in three wins and one draw, with both advancing to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates.

Taiwan and Singapore were eliminated from their final matches as neither having enough aggregate points to catch the top two teams, with Taiwan on six points after two wins and three losses, and Singapore with two points in two draws after five matches.
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