unhappy and in disbelief. the scoreline remained like that and it's back to the drawing board for the super eagles. ghana take on cape verde in a few minutes' time. another big tournament featuring premier leaue stars — the asian cup — is taking place. and tournament favourites japan came back from an early scare to beat vietnam 4—2 in their group d opener. underdogs vietnam took a 2—1 first half lead when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake byjapanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. the japanese were able to turn things around taking the lead through this stunning strike from keito nakamura, and they sealed the win with one more goal in the second half. the united arab emirates got their group c campaign off to a win, beating the lowest ranked side in the competition hong kong 3-1. hong kong scored their first asian cup finals goal in 56 years when philip chan converted everton camargo's cross to equalise. the uae rode their luck in parts, two of their goals came from var—ruled penalties. zayed sultan among