UAE stun S Korea to earn WC playoff with Australia

UAE players celebrate winning the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers football match between United Arab Emirates and South Korea, at the Al-Maktoum Stadium in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Pic/AFP

Harib Abdalla Suhail scored the all-important goal as the UAE stunned South Korea 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to an Asian qualifying playoff against Australia on the road to the World Cup in Qatar.

South Korea and Iran made the cut directly from Group A in the final round of qualifying, leaving the UAE and Iraq in a crunch battle to clinch the third spot to earn the right to meet Australia, who finished third in Group B.

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