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Australia Friday, 9. January 2015
09:00 Clock 		Kuwait
4:1
goals
0 : 1 Hussain Fadhel 8. / header  (Abdulaziz Al Enezi)
1 : 1 Tim Cahill 33. / left-footed shot  (Massimo Luongo)
2 : 1 Massimo Luongo 44. / header  (Ivan Franjić)
3 : 1 Mile Jedinak 62. / penalty  (Robbie Kruse)
4 : 1 James Troisi 90. / left-footed shot

1 Mathew Ryan
2 Ivan Franjić
6 Matthew Špiranović
13 Aziz Behich
20 Trent Sainsbury
14 James Troisi
15 Mile Jedinak
21 Massimo Luongo 84'
4 Tim Cahill 65'
7 Mathew Leckie
10 Robbie Kruse 72'
Substitutes
23 Mark Bresciano 84'
9 Tomi Jurić 65'
16 Nathan Burns 72'
12 Mitchell Langerak
18 Eugene Galekovic
3 Jason Davidson
8 Chris Herd
22 Alex Wilkinson
5 Mark Milligan
11 Tommy Oar
17 Matt McKay
19 Terry Antonis
23 Hameed Al Qallaf
4 Hussain Fadhel yellow 18' 57'
12 Sultan Al Enezi
13 Musaed Al Enezi
21 Ali Al Maqseed
5 Fahad Al Hajeri
6 Khaled Al Qahtani 74'
8 Saleh Al Sheikh
10 Abdulaziz Al Enezi 63'
11 Fahad Al Ebrahim
16 Faisal Al Harbi yellow 47'
Substitutes
2 Amer Al Fadhel 57'
20 Yousef Nasser 63'
17 Bader Al Motawaa 74'
1 Khaled Al Rashidi
22 Sulaiman Abdulghafoor
7 Talal Al Fadhel
9 Abdullah Al Buraiki
14 Talal Al Amer
18 Khaled Ebrahim
15 Faisal Al Enezi
19 Abdulrahman Al Shammari

Manager: Ange Postecoglou

Ass. Manager: Aurelio Vidmar

Ass. Manager: Ante Miličić

Manager: Nabil Maâloul


AAMI Park (Melbourne / Australia)
25.231
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Abdukhamid Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)

Reports

While Tim Cahill once again bailed out Australia after an early scare in Friday's 4-1 Asian Cup victory over Kuwait, coach Ange Postecoglou's decision to start Massimo Luongo paid rich dividends....
Hosts Australia showed impressive firepower to beat Kuwait 4-1 in their Asian Cup opener on Friday after talisman Tim Cahill kick-started them following an early scare....
Australia will search for championship-winning form and the spark to ignite football interest in the country when they open the Asian Cup against Kuwait on Friday....
Australia will launch their attempt to reach new heights in football by toppling champions Japan and winning their first Asian Cup when they kick off the tournament on Friday....
Former Australia superstar Harry Kewell has called on the Socceroos to go for the jugular at the Asian Cup as the tournament hosts prepare for Friday's opener against Kuwait in Melbourne....
With their "golden generation" having vanished into the sunset, Asian Cup hosts Australia need a sharp reversal of fortunes if they are to win their first Asian Cup....