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22h15: beginning of the celebrations
Hard to know who was the most crazy. The players or supporters of the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, while the United Arab Emirates is thinking about reaching the semifinals of the Asian Cup for the second consecutive tournament.
Alberto Zaccheroni will quickly try to attract the attention of his players on Tuesday's semifinal with Qatar at the Mohamed bin Zayed stadium.
The first semifinal will be held Monday between Iran and Japan.
Read here the report of John McAuley's match on the whistle match.
This concludes the live blog of the action tonight. Thank you for reading and on Tuesday for the semifinal with Qatar.
Qualification Celebrations ?!
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January 25, 2019
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22.00 The United Arab Emirates did it
UAE win 1-0. Incredible scenes as players celebrate after more than 10 minutes of stopping. They will now face Qatar for a place in the final on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi.
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21h45 times Nervy
The UAE just needs to keep that simple, but they give away a stupid free kick on the edge of the surface that does not succeed.
To add to the problems, Ismail Al Hammadi is kidnapped and, since the UAE has already used the three replacements, they are reduced to 10 men.
Two minutes and the time to stop to go.
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9:40 pm Look good
If Australia was trying to hit hard against the UAE, it failed to do so.
The UAE continues to appear comfortable and they have eight minutes and a time out to argue.
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21:30 UAE lead!
The UAE is 22 minutes from the final of the Asian Cup.
Ali Mabkhout sneaks into a back pbad from Milos Degenek and allows Mat Ryan to take a place in the empty goal.
Slightly against the race, but the UAE must now do what they have done and overcome the Australian pressure.
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21:25 Scare for the UAE
The ball is in the UAE net. But that does not count, the efforts of Apostolos Giannou are excluded and the decision is confirmed by VAR.
Still 0-0 and 25 minutes to go.
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9:15 pm Beginning busy in the second half
Australia started the second half as they finished first, largely controlling possession of the ball.
Robbie Kruse is getting closer with a looped head but the UAE are largely satisfied just trying to break the Australian game when they can.
The United Arab Emirates made their second change with captain Ismail Matar replaced by Mohamed Abdulrahman.
Everyone plays at this stage. Always 0-0 after 55 minutes
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20.50 No goal after 45 minutes
Half of the time will probably come at the right time for the United Arab Emirates. Australia was just beginning to take control of the midfield and push back the UAE.
But just in the meantime, the UAE should take the lead. Matar's free-kick is deflected along the path of Ali Mabhkut, who heads the ball closely when all that was on the target would surely have found the goal.
A good half in all from the United Arab Emirates. An extra 45 minutes of this kind could be enough to place them in the last four.
⏱ HALF-TIME | ?? WATER 0-0 Australia
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January 25, 2019
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8:30 pm Still without purpose
Zaccheroni will probably be satisfied with his fate until now. The UAE has sometimes seemed dangerous and has limited the threat of attack from Australia.
They still look likely to fly balls and another turn in the 30th minute is scrambled.
The UAE must keep up its momentum and not let Australians get nervous.
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20.20 Substitution for the UAE
The good news for Alberto Zaccheroni's club is that they stand firm in the early stages.
But defender Mohamed Gharib is injured and he is replaced by Khalifa Mubarak.
The UAE responds by creating their best chance so far. Al Hammadi found space on the left and resumed, but his shot was straight to Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan, who keeps the ball away. Always 0-0.
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20.05 Early Opportunities
Good start to the United Arab Emirates. Ismail Al Hammadi finds room on the left and his shot is deflected in the distance, but if he had still had time to play, he might have lost a pbad to Ismail Matar, the best placed.
Australia also went with Trent Sainsbury, disappointed not to do better with a free header at the far post, with the exception of victory.
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19.55 big game sensation
The Hazza bin Zayed Stadium is packed and the mood is getting stronger as we are in the final seconds before the kick off.
The AFC went out of its way to make sure no one had made a lost trip trying to get to the stadium tonight.
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7:50 pm The big blow of sending
We are 10 minutes away from the quarter-finals and can the UAE produce a great performance and keep their hopes of winning the Asian Cup on their territory?
Australia must overcome the defending champions and the UAE will have many obstacles to overcome before moving on to the semi-finals.
They lost to Australia four years ago, in the last stage, and were beaten twice by them in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
But the UAE are undefeated in the tournament, even if their football has not always reached the high level that top manager Alberto Zaccheroni will have wished.
They have taken their chances in the last 16 games on Monday, beating Kyrgyzstan 3-2 in overtime, but they can console themselves for the fact that Australia has also not planted trees.
They lost their opening match against Jordan, qualifying as Group B finalists and needed shots on goal to win in Uzbekistan on Monday.
It should be an intense night and stay with us for updates throughout the evening.
Last updated: 25 January 2019 22:38
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