FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

United Arab Emirates vs Australia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Four

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United Arab Emirates
  • 57': Caio Canedo
FT
1 - 2
Australia
  • 53': Jackson Irvine
  • 84': Ajdin Hrustic

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.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 6,500

Line-Ups

UAE United Arab Emirates

No. Name
17 Khalid Eisa (GK)
4 Khaled Ebraheim
13 Mohamad Al-Attas
3 Walid Abbas
12 Khalifa Al-Hammadi
21 Harib Abdalla
14 Abdulla Hamad Al-Menhali
18 Abdalla Ramadan
5 Ali Salmin
11 Caio Canedo
7 Ali Mabkhout Yellow Card
United Arab Emirates Substitutes:
Ali Saleh Amro, Yahya Al Ghassani, Yahia Nader, Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Mohamed Al Shamsi, Omar Abdulrahman, Abdulaziz Haikal Al-Balooshi, Sebastián Tagliabúe, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Majed Hassan, Majid Rashid.

AUS Australia

No. Name
1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
16 Aziz Behich
8 Bailey Wright
4 Nathaniel Atkinson
20 Kye Rowles
6 Martin Boyle
13 Aaron Mooy
10 Ajdin Hrustic Yellow Card
22 Jackson Irvine
19 Craig Goodwin
7 Mathew Leckie
Australia Substitutes:
Gianni Stensness, Marco Tilio, Fran Karacic, Milos Degenek, Joel King, Kenneth Dougall, Jamie Maclaren, Awer Mabil, Denis Genreau, Andrew Redmayne, Mitchell Duke, Riley McGree.

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