The Chinese U-23 national team, which will take part in the football event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, edged Cameroon 1-0 at an international friendly in Guangzhou on Sunday (Nov 12th).

The hosts' playmaker Zheng Zhi scored the winner on 34 minutes, converting a spot kick earned by himself to give new coach Ratomir Dujkovic a big present for his debut.

Cameroon took the upper hand in the first half. Striker Christian made a good shot after a fine touch at the edge of the box, but a focused goalkeeper Wang Dalei caught the ball without problem.

Wang Dalei attracted most of the limelight after the interval, denied Christian at least on three one-to-one occasions including fantastic three consecutive timely saves.

Cameroon piled on the pressure and created several scoring chances, but their efforts were in vain after defender Paul Roland was sent off.

Editor: Donald