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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Palestine will replace Thailand in the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2012 Olympics after the Thais were booted out for fielding an ineligible player.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday that Palestine, beaten on a penalty shootout by Thailand in the first round, had been awarded a 3-0 first-leg win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thailand had won the home leg 1-0 in Bangkok before being found to have fielded suspended player Sutjarit Jantakol, the AFC said on their website.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thai football association (FAT) hit back at the AFC, accusing them of being unclear on the rules but their formal appeal was over-ruled by FIFA, according to the AFC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The player picked up a one-match suspension for violent conduct at the Asian under-19 championship in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, the Thai FA claimed Sutjarit had already served the ban because he was in the country's squad at the 2010 Asian Games, although he did not play.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thai soccer chief Worawi Makudi pledged to fight the decision after the AFC countered that the Asian Games soccer tournament is run by the Olympic Council of Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"It was the match commissioner's mistake and not Thailand's,\" Worawi told the Bangkok Post. \"We will fight to the end.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Palestine will now play Bahrain over two legs on June 19 and 23.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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