Japan vs UAE 2015 (Japan-United Arab Emirates QF VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Japan vs UAE 1-1 (Shibasaki/Ali Ahmed)- UAE win 5-4 on penalties
Stadium Australia, Sydney- 23 January, 2015- 23/1/15
Another upset in the 2015 Asian Cup as UAE stun Japan on penalties in Sydney to book a semifinal meeting with Australia. Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa both missed spot kicks in the shootout, with Omar Abdul Rahman scoring a Panenka penalty for UAE.
English commentary, condensed highlights, 4:30 duration, Dailymotion
Arabic commentary, 10:20 duration, Dailymotion
Panenka penalty scored in shootout, Arabic commentary
Japan vs UAE 0-1 (Ali Ahmed goal v Japan 7′)
Japan UAE 1-1 (Shibasaki goal vs UAE 81′)
Japan vs UAE Penalty Shootout 4-5
Scored for Japan:- Hasebe, Shibasaki, Toyoda, Morishige
Missed for Japan:- Honda, Kagawa
Scored for UAE:- Abdulrahman, Mabkhout, Hassan, Fardan, Ahmed
Missed for UAE:- Esmaeel
Japan v UAE 2015 Asian Cup attendance:- 19,094 (Referee- Faghani)
Japan starting lineup v UAE Asian Cup 2015:- Kawashima, Morishige, Yoshida, Nagatomo, Sakai, Endo, Hasebe, Inui, Kagawa, Okazaki, Honda
United Arab Emirates starting XI v Japan 2015:- Naser, Amer A., Salem, Mabkhout, Haikal, Omar A., Khalil, Esmaeel, Sanqour, Al Hammadi, Gharib
Honda and Kagawa both missed their penalties?
Was expecting Iran and Japan to qualify from their QF’s.
It’ll probably end up as Korea v Australia again.