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Socceroos eye first Asian Cup title

Xinhua, January 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia will be focusing on their own performance when they take on South Korea in the final of the AFC Asian Cup on Saturday.

Despite a tight encounter expected against South Korea who have yet to concede a goal so far in the tournament and had beaten the hosts 1-0 in the group stage, Australian top scorer Tim Cahill said the meeting with the South Koreans is just another game.

"I'm not going to focus on (South) Korea, I've never focused on any team we've played," he said.

"I'm only going to focus on us...If we dictate the game with our intensity and the style of football we play and the way we move the ball, it's going to be very hard for any team to play us."

With the Australians seeking their first AFC Asian Cup title since joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006 while South Korea aiming to win the continental crown for the first time in 55 years, the magnitude of the final for both teams is significant. Endi