FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, August 29, 2017
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Match Report

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UAE win to extend World Cup dream, hurt Saudi Arabia's hopes

United Arab Emirates scored two stunning goals to keep their slim World Cup qualifying hopes alive with a 2-1 win at home over Saudi Arabia.

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Head to Head

KSA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

UAE

  1. 12Khalid EisaG
  2. 14Mahmoud Khamis Al-HammadiD
  3. 6Mohanad Salem Al-AminD
  4. 18Mohamed FawziD
  5. 23Mohamed GharibD
  6. 8Ahmed Barman AliM
  7. 13Khamis IsmaelM
  8. 5Tariq HassanM
  9. 7Ali MabkhoutF
  10. 10Ismail MatarF
  11. 11Ahmed KhalilF

KSA

  1. 21Abdullah Al-MayoufG
  2. 13Yasser Al-ShahraniD
  3. 5Omar OthmanD
  4. 3Osama HawsawiD
  5. 2Mansour Al-HarbiD
  6. 11Abdulmalek Al-KhaibriM
  7. 7Salman Al-FarajM
  8. 17Taisir Al-JassimM
  9. 18Nawaf Al-AbidM
  10. 8Yehya Al ShehriM
  11. 10Mohammed Al-SahlawiF

Timeline

  1. 19' Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 19'
  2. 20' Nawaf Al-Abid (Saudi Arabia) Penalty - Scored at 20'
  3. 21' Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) Goal at 21'
  4. 60' Ahmed Khalil (United Arab Emirates) Goal at 60'
  5. 63' Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 63'
  6. 67' Fahad Al-Muwallad (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 67'
  7. 71' Mohamed Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 71'
  8. 71' Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 71'
  9. 72' Mahmoud Khamis (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 72'
  10. 77' Habib Fardan (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 77'
  11. 81' Nassir Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 81'
  12. 88' Khamis Esmaeel (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 88'
  13. 90'+1' Tariq Hassan (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 91'
  14. 90'+2' Mahmoud Khamis (United Arab Emirates) Red Card at 92'

WCQ - AFC News

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