AFC Asian Cup

FT Friday, January 9, 2015
Kuwait DWLLL 1
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Australia LWDLL 4
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KUW101
AUS224
AAMI Park

Match Report

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Cahill inspires Australia's win over Kuwait in Asian Cup opener

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Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 13Aziz BehichD
  3. 20Trent SainsburyD
  4. 2Ivan FranjicD
  5. 6Matthew SpiranovicD
  6. 7Mathew LeckieM
  7. 14James TroisiM
  8. 15Mile JedinakM
  9. 21Massimo LuongoM
  10. 10Robbie KruseF
  11. 4Tim CahillF

Substitutes

  1. 12Michel LangerakG
  2. 18Eugene GalekovicG
  3. 3Jason DavidsonD
  4. 22Alex WilkinsonD
  5. 5Mark MilliganM
  6. 8Chris HerdM
  7. 17Matt McKayM
  8. 19Terry AntonisM
  9. 23Marco BrescianoM
  10. 9Tomi JuricF
  11. 11Tommy OarF
  12. 16Nathan BurnsF

KUW

  1. 23Hameed YoussefG
  2. 13Musaed NedaD
  3. 12Sultan AleneziD
  4. 4Hussain FadelD
  5. 5Fahad AlhajeriM
  6. 6Khaled Al QahtaniM
  7. 8Saleh Al SheikhM
  8. 10Abdulaziz Al MishaamM
  9. 11Fahad Al Ansari Al AnsariM
  10. 16Faisal ZayedM
  11. 21Ali Al MaqseedF

Substitutes

  1. 1Khaled Al RashidiG
  2. 22Sulaiman AbdulghafourG
  3. 2Amer Al FadhelD
  4. 18Khaled EbrahimD
  5. 7Talal Al-FadhelM
  6. 9Abdullah Al BuraikiM
  7. 14Talal Al AmerM
  8. 15Faisal Al EnaziF
  9. 17Bader Al-MutawaF
  10. 19Abdulrahman Al-ShammariF
  11. 20Yousef NasserF

Timeline

  1. 8' Hussain Fadel (Kuwait) Goal at 8'
  2. 18' Hussain Fadel (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 18'
  3. 33' Tim Cahill (Australia) Goal at 33'
  4. 44' Massimo Luongo (Australia) Goal at 44'
  5. 47' Faisal Zaid (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 47'
  6. 57' Amer Al Fadhel (Kuwait) Substitution at 57'
  7. 62' Mile Jedinak (Australia) Penalty - Scored at 62'
  8. 64' Yousef Nasser (Kuwait) Substitution at 64'
  9. 65' Tomislav Juric (Australia) Substitution at 65'
  10. 72' Nathan Burns (Australia) Substitution at 72'
  11. 75' Bader Al Mutawa (Kuwait) Substitution at 75'
  12. 84' Marco Bresciano (Australia) Substitution at 84'
  13. 90'
  14. 90'+2' James Troisi (Australia) Goal at 92'

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