RIYADH: Saudi Arabia have reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup after on Thursday defeating the UAE 2-0 in the final Group D match.
The victory at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, left the Young Falcons top of their group. They will be joined in the last eight by Japan, who beat Tajikistan 3-0.
The Saudi goals came from Ayman Yahya on 57 minutes and Saud Abdulhamid with a stoppage-time penalty.
Saudi Arabia will now meet Vietnam on Sunday, with the other quarterfinals seeing South Korea tackle Japan on the same night, and hosts Uzbekistan facing Iraq and Australia against Turkmenistan on Saturday.
