Jordan holds S. Korea to Asian Cup tie
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-07-20 10:00

World Cup semifinalist South Korea was held to a 0-0 tie by Jordan at the Asian Cup on Monday, while former champion Kuwait scored three goals in the first half and beat United Arab Emirates 3-1.

Kuwait, the 1980 champion, moved into first place in Group B entering Thursday's game against Jordan.

South Korea, a two-time Asian Cup champion, had most of the scoring opportunities but was denied by the strong play of Jordan goalkeeper Amer Shafi.

In the other game, Bashar Abdulaziz and Bader Al Mutawa scored 14 minutes apart in the first half to lead Kuwait, which was aided by an own-goal by Emirate defender Basheer Saeed Al Hamadi just before halftime.

In Chongqing, Peter Vellapan apologized for comments a day earlier that criticized Chinese fans, who jeered the Asian Football Confederation general secretary and FIFA president Sepp Blatter when the pair addressed the crowd at Saturday's opening game.

Vellapan implied China was unfit to host the 2008 Olympics because of its manners, but on Monday said he was sorry to the Chinese, "If I hurt your feelings."

"Beijing will be the best ever, given the will of the people and government, it will be fantastic," he added.

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