JAKARTA, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - Uzbekistan coach Rauf Inileyev has refused to blame Korean referee Kwon Jong-chui after a wrongly disallowed goal cost his side in a 2-1 Asian Cup quarter-final defeat to Saudi Arabia.

Uzbek captain Maxsim Shatskikh fired a rebound into the roof of the net on the half hour mark with the score at 1-0 to the Saudis only for a linesman`s flag to deny him.

JAKARTA, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - The woodwork, a linesman`s flag and apparently the `Football God` helped Saudi Arabia beat Uzbekistan 2-1 in the Asian Cup here on Sunday and sneak into the semi-finals.

The unlucky former Soviet Republic clattered the frame of the goal five times and had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside as they crashed out to the oil-rich kingdom in a thrilling contest.

And Uzbek coach Tauf Inileyev said the Saudis had help from up high.

'Both teams showed great heart, great passing and played a beautiful game,' said Inileyev.

JAKARTA, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - The woodwork and a linesman`s flag helped Saudi Arabia beat Uzbekistan 2-1 in the Asian Cup here on Sunday and sneak into the semi-finals.

The unlucky former Soviet Republic clattered the frame of the goal five times and had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside as they crashed out to the oil-rich kingdom in a thrilling contest.

It was a flying start as Saudi Arabia took the lead after only three minutes with Uzbekistan hitting the post two minutes later.

JAKARTA, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Result of Asian Cup quarter-final between Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan played here on Sunday:

Saudi Arabia 2 (Yasser Al Qahtani 3, Ahmed Al Mousa 75) Uzbekistan 1 (Pavel Solomin 82)