Asian Cup 2015: Socceroos move into final against South Korea after beating UAE
SOCCEROOS will face South Korea in the Asian Cup final after two early goals from Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson. RE-LIVE the win here.
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THE Socceroos are into the Asian Cup final!
Ange Postecoglou is one game away from accomplishing his mission to win the continental crown on home soil thanks to a 2-0 semi-final win over United Arab Emirates in Newcastle.
A blistering start sealed the result for the hosts, with Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson scoring their first international goals to have the green and gold up 2-0 within 14 minutes.
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United Arab Emirates, with Omar Abdulrahman pulling the strings, enjoyed a few bright passages in the second-half trying to chase the game. But outstanding performance from Sainsbury and Matthew Spiranovic were the cornerstone of the win.
The hosts had the chance to go 3-0 up in the second-half and couldn’t capitalise, but it was immaterial as the green and gold progressed to back-to-back Asian Cup finals after succumbing to Japan in the decider in Qatar in 2011.
The result saw the Socceroos notch a third clean sheet of the campaign, while winning with a ninth and 10th different goal scorer across the five matches played.
Australia face South Korea in the decider in Sydney on Saturday night, while UAE meet Iraq in the third-placed play-off in Newcastle on Friday night.
Re-live how the night unfolded in our live blog of the action below.
For stats, video and play-by-play updates and line-ups, visit our MATCH CENTRE as well.
Originally published as Asian Cup 2015: Socceroos move into final against South Korea after beating UAE
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