Australia and South Korea advance to quarter-finals at Women's Asian Cup

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/YXMhvJho/"]Australia[/a], ‌who beat the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philippines/CINRvtL5/"]Philippines[/a] in their previous ‌game, enjoyed a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-YXMhvJho/iran-jFKGXQSG/?mid=nyiWzrBt"]4-0 home win[/a] over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iran/jFKGXQSG/"]Iran[/a] as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kennedy-alanna/QyhP8zWP/"]‌Alanna Kennedy[/a] scored twice.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sayer-amy/OQf8Oero/"]Amy Sayer[/a]'s spectacular left-footer from ‌outside the box curled in at the far post after eight minutes before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fowler-mary/ryXzcOHS/"]Mary Fowler[/a], on her ‌first Australia start since tearing her ⁠anterior cruciate ligament ‌in April, doubled the lead in the 27th.[/p][p][b]Kennedy was set ​up by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kerr-samantha/8YuNOAak/"]Sam Kerr[/a] for a close-range finish eight minutes later and the ​defender got her second before the hour mark, heading home from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-egmond-emily/QBHh8iVk/"]Emily van Egmond[/a]'s corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="fd922012-92c5-4502-92ec-dddffeb5c77a" url="https://x.com/FIFAWWC/status/2029528853983461634" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Iran players, ⁠who have expressed ​concern for their families amid the military conflict back home, had about 21% possession and no shots on target as they suffered their second ‌straight loss in the tournament.[/p][p][b]Earlier on Thursday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/park-soo-jeong/hfcTmdso/"]Park Soo-jeong[/a] scored the pick of the goals as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-korea/6LgUhbye/"]South Korea[/a] secured a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/philippines-CINRvtL5/south-korea-6LgUhbye/?mid=KlkvZLug"]3-0 win[/a] over the Philippines at Gold Coast Stadium.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jeon-yu-kyoung/IR7nwAwj/"]Jeon Yu-gyeong[/a] scored first after a neat turn and strike in the 12th minute and midfielder Park curled the ball into the top corner from the edge ‌of the box three minutes later. Playmaker Mun ​Eun-ju poked home the third early in ‌the second half.[/p][p]The Philippines face Iran on Sunday, hoping to reach the quarter-finals as one of the top-two third-placed teams, when Australia meet South Korea in a battle to top ⁠the group.[/p]