DOHA (AFP) - South Korea bowed out of the Asian Cup in style by edging Uzbekistan 3-2 in an entertaining third-place play-off on Friday to secure an automatic place at the 2015 tournament in Australia.
Cho Kwang-Rae's men looked on course for a handsome victory at 3-0 up in the first-half, but Uzbekistan clawed back the deficit to salvage some pride after their 6-0 drubbing by Australia i [...]
DOHA (AFP) - South Korea coach Cho Kwang-Rae has warned his side to expect motivated opponents in Friday's Asian Cup third-place play-off, as Uzbekistan seek a reaction to their 6-0 humiliation by Australia.
Cho's team missed out on a place in the final when they lost in agonising fashion to Japan in their semi-final, going down 3-0 on penalties after an action-packed tie finished 2-2 at [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Australia stormed into their first Asian Cup final on Tuesday with a 6-0 thrashing of 10-man Uzbekistan to set up a decider against three-time champions Japan.
Galatasary forward Harry Kewell got the opener on five minutes and Asian player of the year Sasa Ognenovski doubled their lead 11 minutes before half-time.
Blackpool's David Carney put the game beyond doubt on 65 minu [...]
DOHA (AFP) - A 117th-minute strike from Harry Kewell powered Australia to a 1-0 quarter-final victory over holders Iraq at the Asian Cup on Saturday and into a showdown with Uzbekistan for a place in the final.
The Galatasaray forward met a pinpoint cross from Matt McKay towards the end of extra time and angled his header past Iraqi goalkeeper Mohammed Kassid to settle a match that that c [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Uzbekistan wrote a new chapter in their footballing history on Friday by making the Asian Cup semi-finals for the first time with a tense 2-1 win against Jordan.
Both teams were gunning for a maiden last-four berth at the continent's premier football tournament and a brace from Ulugbek Bakaev earned his team the right to face either Australia or Iraq for a place in the final. [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Jordan came from behind to beat Syria 2-1 on Monday at the Asian Cup to march through to the knock-out stages at their neighbour's expense and set up a quarter-final clash with Uzbekistan.
Unbeaten Jordan, who are competing at the continental championships for only the second time, join Group B winners Japan in the next round after the East Asian giants thrashed a demoralised [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Kuwait defender Yaqoub Al Taher says his side have digested the disappointment of their defeat by China and will be fired up to re-launch their Asian Cup campaign when they meet Uzbekistan on Wednesday.
Kuwait, who won both the East Asian Championship and the Gulf Cup last year, fell 2-0 to the Chinese in their Group A opener and know that only by beating Uzbekistan can they keep t [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Hosts Qatar may be under extra pressure at the Asian Cup after winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup, but they vowed to shrug it off when they face Uzbekistan in the tournament opener on Friday.
"The pressure on our team is very high because we will organise the World Cup in 2022," Qatar coach Bruno Metsu said on the eve of their Group A match.
"The players want to sh [...]
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - Hapless Qatari teenager Fahad Khalfan's amazing Asian Games blunder, when he managed to miss an open goal from one yard out, has become the reluctant star of the web after his howler against Uzbekistan.
"What a Qatarstrophe", screamed British tabloid The Sun.
"This has to go down as one of the worst misses in football history. Qatar's Fahad Khalfan staked his cla [...]
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