Australia booked its place in the 2015 Asian Cup final with a dominant 2-0 defeat of the United Arab Emirates at Hunter Stadium last night.
Hamish Neal was there.
Australia joined Japan in becoming the only nations this century to contest back-to-back Asian Cup finals after they saw off the burgeoning United Arab Emirates side 2-0 in their Asian Cup semi final in front of a record crowd (21,079) in Newcastle for a football international. South Korea, who beat Iraq on Monday evening, lie in wait for a Saturday night match-up at Stadium Australia.
Read Hamish’s full match report here.
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