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More Asian Cup heartbreak for Australia as Son Heung-min fires extra-time winner

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  • Heroic Socceroos concede equalising penalty in added time
  • Spurs star then scored winner to seal quarter-final 2-1

For 94 minutes Australia looked like they were going to upset the odds and progress to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup at the expense of South Korea’s star-studded team.

But despite leading for much of the game through Craig Goodwin’s brilliant first-half volley, two moments of inspiration from Korea’s star man – Son Heung-min – saw the Socceroos eliminated 2-1 in Doha in the cruellest of circumstances.

Continue reading…Heroic Socceroos concede equalising penalty in added timeSpurs star then scored winner to seal quarter-final 2-1For 94 minutes Australia looked like they were going to upset the odds and progress to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup at the expense of South Korea’s star-studded team.But despite leading for much of the game through Craig Goodwin’s brilliant first-half volley, two moments of inspiration from Korea’s star man – Son Heung-min – saw the Socceroos eliminated 2-1 in Doha in the cruellest of circumstances. Continue reading…