Iran’s Ramin Rezaeian (front right) fights for the ball with China’s Zhang Yuning during their 2018 World Cup qualifying football match in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO
Iran’s Ramin Rezaeian (front right) fights for the ball with China’s Zhang Yuning during their 2018 World Cup qualifying football match in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: Teenage forward Zhang Yuning has given China’s World Cup hopes a lift after a bustling competitive debut confirmed his emergence as one of the country’s most exciting new football talents.

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