Socceroos advance to the Asian Cup quarter-finals

Mat Ryan was Australia's hero with two fabulous shootout saves as the AFC Asian Cup holders saw off Uzbekistan 4-2 on penalties after a turgid 0-0 draw in the last 16.

Source: AAP

Australia's against Uzbekistan match went to extra time after neither team could break the deadlock at the Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium.

Mark Milligan, Robbie Kruse, Apostolos Giannou and Mathew Leckie all scored in the shootout with Aziz Behich the only one to miss.

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