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AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Asian Cup debutants Tajikistan upset the United Arab Emirates 5-3 in a penalty shootout on Sunday to advance to the quarter-finals and keep their dream run alive after the game ended 1-1 after extra time.
UAE manager Paulo Bento has warned his side it would be a “big mistake” to underestimate Asian Cup last-16 opponents Tajikistan, while he would not confirm if Ali Mabkhout is back in contention to feature for the team.
Ali Mabkhout’s lack of game time at the Asian Cup is because of “technical and tactical” reasons, according to the UAE coaching staff.
The UAE not much so marched into the Asian Cup knockouts as placed both feet gently across the threshold, but for now, it will matter little how they got there.
A 10-man UAE managed to escape with a point on Thursday night in their second Group C assignment at the Asian Cup, when they held Palestine to a 1-1 draw in Qatar.
UAE international Yahya Al Ghassani said he hopes to replicate the feeling of scoring for his country many more times in future, as he called for focus ahead of Thursday’s Asian Cup encounter with Palestine.
Lee Kang-in said he was "learning a lot" after upstaging Son Heung-min with two goals for South Korea in a 3-1 win over Bahrain on Monday to launch their Asian Cup campaign. The Paris Saint-Germain attacking midfielder hit a second-half brace in Doha as South Korea made a solid start in their bid to lift the title for the first time since 1960. Tottenham Hotspur talisman Son was guilty of two glaring misses and suffered the indignity of a late yellow card for diving in the Bahrain box.