Tuesday, January 22, 2019

AFC Asian Cup: Japan, Socceroos, UAE Advance To Quarterfinals

The AFC Asian Cup's Round of 16 continued on Monday with three games contested in the United Arab Emirates.

At Sharjah:

Takehiro Tomiyasu scored the game's lone goal at 20 minutes as Japan defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0.

At Al Ain:

After 180 minutes of scoreless soccer, Mark Milligan, Robbie Kruse, Apostolis Giannou, and Mathew Leckie each converted a spot kick as Australia took the measure of Uzbekistan 4-2 in the penalty-kick shootout.

At Abu Dhabi:

Ahmad Khalil scored the winning goal in the 103rd minute by converting a penalty kick as the United Arab Emirates took a 3-2 overtime decision over Kyrgyzstan.

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