• UAE players celebrate a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE players celebrate a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • UAE’s Ahmad Khalil (front) in action against Timor Leste player Paulo Martins (back) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE’s Ahmad Khalil (front) in action against Timor Leste player Paulo Martins (back) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • Timor Leste player Diogo Santos Rangel (top) in action against UAE’s Amer Abdulrahman (down) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    Timor Leste player Diogo Santos Rangel (top) in action against UAE’s Amer Abdulrahman (down) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • UAE’s Abdelaziz Sangour (R) in action against Timor Leste player Jairo Pinheiro Palmera Neto during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE’s Abdelaziz Sangour (R) in action against Timor Leste player Jairo Pinheiro Palmera Neto during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • Ramon De Lima Saro of East Timor (L) fights for the ball with Ali Ahmed Mabkhout of the UAE during the 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifying match between East Timor and the UAE at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KAMARUL AKHIR
    Ramon De Lima Saro of East Timor (L) fights for the ball with Ali Ahmed Mabkhout of the UAE during the 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifying match between East Timor and the UAE at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KAMARUL AKHIR
  • UAE’s Omar Abdulrahman (L) in action against Timor Leste player Eusebio De Almeida during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE’s Omar Abdulrahman (L) in action against Timor Leste player Eusebio De Almeida during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • UAE’s Walid Abbas (L) in action against Timor Leste player Jairo Pinheiro Palmera Neto during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE’s Walid Abbas (L) in action against Timor Leste player Jairo Pinheiro Palmera Neto during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • Ali Ahmed Mabkhout of the UAE (C) dribbles the ball East Timor players during the 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifying match between East Timor and the United Arab Emirates at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KAMARUL AKHIR
    Ali Ahmed Mabkhout of the UAE (C) dribbles the ball East Timor players during the 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifying match between East Timor and the United Arab Emirates at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KAMARUL AKHIR
  • UAE’s Abdelaziz Sangour (L) in action against Timor Leste player Jose Carlos Da Fonseca (R) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timnor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE’s Abdelaziz Sangour (L) in action against Timor Leste player Jose Carlos Da Fonseca (R) during the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timnor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
  • UAE players line up for a photograph before the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR
    UAE players line up for a photograph before the FIFA World Cup 2018 preliminary qualification match between the UAE and Timor Leste at Shah Alam Stadium outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 June 2015. EPA/STR

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UAE get past East Timor to win their first 2018 World Cup qualifier – in pictures

Jake Badger

June 16, 2015

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KUALA LUMPUR // Mahdi Ali said the performance was secondary to the result after the UAE opened their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory against East Timor. The Emirati side struggled to break down their opponents at Malaysia's Shah Alam Stadium on Tuesday, but were provided a winning start in Group A through Omar Abdulrahman's 80th-minute strike.

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