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Graham Arnold New Australia coach Graham Arnold started his stint in impressive fashion as his team scored twice in either half against Kuwait on Monday.

Tomi Jurić Tomi Juric urged Australia's fans not to miss their national team at the Asian Cup after the host nation cruised past Kuwait in Melbourne.

Kuwait Al Qadsia have 10 representatives in Kuwait's 23-man squad for the Asian Cup, which was confirmed on Wednesday.

Chung-Yong Lee The Korean Football Association confirmed on Tuesday that midfielder Lee Chung-yong is likely to miss the rest of the Asian Cup with injury.

Australia The 2015 Asian Cup could double as Australia's coming-of-age in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), nine years after they joined.

Oman Their Asian Cup campaigns may already be over but Oman and Kuwait are still eyeing victory on Saturday.

Uli Stielike Uli Stielike conceded South Korea were fortunate to prevail 1-0 in their Asian Cup clash with Kuwait on Tuesday.

Australia slipped to their first defeat of AFC World Cup qualifying as they were beaten 2-0 by Jordan in Group B on Thursday.

South Korea South Korea overcame a plague of injuries and illness on Tuesday to defeat Kuwait 1-0 in the Asian Cup and move top of Group A.

Japan Holders Japan will begin their Asian Cup defence in 2015 with a fixture against the winners of the AFC Challenge Cup.