FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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Match Report

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Australia's World Cup hopes kept alive by late deflected Ajdin Hrustic strike

Australia will take on Peru next week for a place at the World Cup finals after beating the United Arab Emirates 2-1 in Asia's final eliminator.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

UAE

  1. 17Khalid EisaG
  2. 4Khaled EbraheimD
  3. 13Mohamad Al-AttasD
  4. 3Walid AbbasD
  5. 12Khalifa Al-HammadiD
  6. 21Harib AbdallaM
  7. 14Abdulla Hamad Al-MenhaliM
  8. 18Abdalla RamadanM
  9. 5Ali SalminM
  10. 11Caio CanedoM
  11. 7Ali MabkhoutF

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 16Aziz BehichD
  3. 8Bailey WrightD
  4. 4Nathaniel AtkinsonD
  5. 20Kye RowlesD
  6. 6Martin BoyleM
  7. 13Aaron MooyM
  8. 10Ajdin HrusticM
  9. 22Jackson IrvineM
  10. 19Craig GoodwinM
  11. 7Mathew LeckieF

Timeline

  1. 34' Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 34'
  2. 53' Jackson Irvine (Australia) Goal at 53'
  3. 55' Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) Yellow Card at 55'
  4. 57' Caio (United Arab Emirates) Goal at 57'
  5. 72' Jamie Maclaren (Australia) Substitution at 72'
  6. 74' Ali Saleh (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 74'
  7. 75' Yahia Nader (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 75'
  8. 84' Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) Goal at 84'
  9. 88' Majed Hassan (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 88'
  10. 88' Omar Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 88'
  11. 89' Sebastián Tagliabúe (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 89'
  12. 90'+1' Awer Mabil (Australia) Substitution at 91'
  13. 90'+1' Milos Degenek (Australia) Substitution at 91'

WCQ - AFC News

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