Two teams chasing the 2015 Asian Cup will do battle today in a match between Australia and the United Arab Emirates. The semifinal clash scheduled for 4 a.m. ET will be held at Hunter Stadium in Newcastle and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on One World Sports.
What They're Saying
Australia head coach Ange Postecoglou (via Sydney Morning Herald): "We have been pretty focused on making sure the team we put out there we think is going to give us the best chance for a result for this game and that has meant managing players. People forget, we had [Ivan] Franjic, [Trent] Sainsbury, [Alex] Wilkinson, [Jason] Davidson, [Tim] Cahill and two, three others had not played for two or three weeks coming into the tournament. Mark Milligan was another."
UAE head coach Mahdi Ali (via the Daily Telegraph): "We don't play individually. We play as a team. We always are close to each other, inside or outside the pitch. We feel like we are a family, the staff, the technical staff, medical staff and the players."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Tim Cahill's future with the New York Red Bulls remains a question mark, but his impact with the Australian national team is a certainty. The 35-year-old finished the 2014 campaign with three goals and two assists.
Australia's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Ryan; Davidson, Spiranovic, Sainsbury, Franjic; Troisi, Jedinak, Luongo; Leckie, Cahill, Kruse
UAE's Projected Lineup (4-5-1): Naser; Sanquor, Haikal, Enezi, Ahmed; Abdulrahman, Esmaeel, Hammadi, Abdulrahman, Mabkhout; Khalil
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
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