• Vu Minh Tuan, second from left, of Vietnam chases Hassan Abdullah Waled Hussain, centre, of the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
    Vu Minh Tuan, second from left, of Vietnam chases Hassan Abdullah Waled Hussain, centre, of the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
  • Vietnam supporters cheer after their team scored a goal against the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
    Vietnam supporters cheer after their team scored a goal against the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
  • Dao Duy Khanh, right, of Vietnam jumps for the ball with Saeed Salem Saleh Alkatheeri, centre, of the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
    Dao Duy Khanh, right, of Vietnam jumps for the ball with Saeed Salem Saleh Alkatheeri, centre, of the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
  • UAE players celebrate their second goal against Vietnam during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
    UAE players celebrate their second goal against Vietnam during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
  • Vietnam supporters watch as their team plays the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
    Vietnam supporters watch as their team plays the UAE during their men’s round of 16 football match of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, at Hwaesong Sports Complex some 50km from Incheon on September 26, 2014. UAE won 3-1. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

In pictures: UAE football beat Vietnam to move on to quarter-finals at Asian Games

Rob Gurdebeke

September 26, 2014

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The UAE stayed on course to reprise their Asian Games medal-winning performance of four years ago when the Emirati footballers registered a 3-1 win on Friday over Vietnam in Incheon, South Korea.

Saeed Al Kathiri gave them a first-half lead and Saeed Al Meqbaali doubled it just after the hour. Vietnam pulled one back through Nguyen Ho Nong before Bandar Al Ahbabi fired the third in added time for the UAE to reach the quarter-finals on Sunday against the winner of Friday’s match between North Korea and Indonesia.

In 2010, the UAE took the silver medal in China.

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