FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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Match Report

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Tim Cahill comes off the bench to net Australia's winner vs. U.A.E.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

UAE

  1. 12Khalid EisaG
  2. 23Mohamed GharibD
  3. 19Mohamed Ismail AhmedD
  4. 6Mohanad Salem Al-AminD
  5. 5Amer AbdulrahmanM
  6. 13Khamis IsmaelM
  7. 10Omar AbdulrahmanM
  8. 11Ahmed KhalilM
  9. 15Ismail Al-HammadiM
  10. 7Ali MabkhoutF

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 6Matthew SpiranovicD
  3. 19Ryan McGowanD
  4. 20Trent SainsburyD
  5. 14Brad SmithD
  6. 5Mark MilliganM
  7. 10Robbie KruseM
  8. 13Aaron MooyM
  9. 23Tom RogicM
  10. 4Tim CahillF
  11. 9Tomi JuricF
  12. 7Mathew LeckieF

Timeline

  1. 24' Abdelaziz Husain (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 24'
  2. 49' Tomas Rogic (Australia) Yellow Card at 49'
  3. 62' Mohamed Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 62'
  4. 63' Amer Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 63'
  5. 64' Massimo Luongo (Australia) Substitution at 64'
  6. 71' Tim Cahill (Australia) Substitution at 71'
  7. 75' Tim Cahill (Australia) Goal at 75'
  8. 77' Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 77'
  9. 90' Nathan Burns (Australia) Substitution at 90'

WCQ - AFC News

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