You should probably go back to bed, and I should probably wrap this blog up. Commiserations to Socceroos fans, and thanks for your company throughout their campaign; congratulations to South Korea’s unconquerable optimists. Bye! It must be a weird experience preparing a composite image like this ahead of a game you are desperate for your country to win. South Korea’s run in this tournament is starting to evoke Ken Doherty’s run to the final of the 2003 World Snooker Championship. In the sphere of dramatic comebacks, there’s no higher praise than that. Match report: Australia 1-2 South Korea (aet) By the end, all the key stats were in South Korea’s favour Possession 73-27 Shots on target 9-5 Goals 2-1 But most of those shots on target came in extra time when Australia had nothing left. Had Australia won 1-0 or 2-0 it would have been a textbook rope-a-dope victory. “Although Arnie’s decision to bring on Miller proved catastrophic, it was his faith in the normally reliable twin pillars of Duke and Souttar that did for him in the end,” says Chris Paraskevas. “While Souttar was desperately nursed back to match fitness, it was perhaps 45 minutes too late, his legs giving way a little early tonight. The preference for Duke was understandable - strong, selfless, good in the air - but he looked out of sorts in this tournament (and especially tonight) and isn’t mobile or clinical enough. Aa penny for Jamie McClaren’s thoughts. “Maybe this is the game that epitomised the positives and limitations of Arnold’s tactical style: his Socceroos will always give you a game, but when required... they simply aren’t set-up to run the game. Nonetheless... you feel for him.” Quite. Despite watching all five games in this tournament, I still don’t know whether he’s shackling a potentially good team or getting the best out of a limited one. I guess we’ll find out under the next manager. Craig Goodwin, whose fine volley put Australia ahead, gives his reaction It’s pure disappointment at the moment. We’re one minute away from going through. We had chances to put the game away in the second half; there were a few times we should have scored the second goal. There’s nothing but disappointment at the moment. To be honest, I don’t know what to say. Korea are a great team with great players and we gave them opportunities from set-pieces that we didn’t need to. For [Lewis Miller], it’s a learning curve – not just for him, for anyone. He’s unlucky to give away the penalty, because I thought it was one that could have gone the other way. It’s done now. We’re disappointed and that’s it. When the immediate pain starts to abate, Australia will reflect on a strange tournament. They were never convincing in attack, yet they were two minutes of injury-time away from reaching a very winnable semi-final. South Korea will play Jordan in the semi-final after another improbable comeback. The Australian players look devastated: they gave everything they had, and it was this close to being enough. But Son Heung-min - who is on his haunches, haemorrhaging tears of joy - bent the game to his will and his skill. He forced an injury-time penalty, converted nervelessly by Hwang Hee-chan, and scored the winner in extra-time with a majestic free-kick. Full time: Australia 1-2 South Korea It’s over. 120+1 min Hong shoots over from 15 yards, then Jeong Seung-hyeon comes on for the impressive Lee Kang-in. 120 min Just one minute of added time. Australia have nothing left. 119 min: Outstanding double save by Ryan! How are Australia still alive? South Korea broke four on three, with Son on the ball. He played in Seol (I think), whose stinging shot was beaten away by Ryan. leaping to his left. The ball ran loose and Ryan sprang to his feet to block the follow-up shot on the line. 118 min The outstanding left-back Seol Young-woo finds the energy to run 70 yards and kill a bit more time. Bos comes across to make a fine tackle and win a free-kick. 117 min Football is a perverse old game, so an Australian equaliser isn’t beyond the realms. But right now it looks extremely unlikely; their ten men just can’t keep the ball. 115 min Oh Hyeon-gyu fresh-airs an attempted volley from Yang Hyun-jun’s superb cross. An Australian defender, Burgess I think, did well to put him under pressure sa the ball came in. 114 min Behich is furious after being wrongly penalised for handball. He was in a decent position on the left-wing as well. 113 min: Chance for Son! South Korea break three on two, with Australia’s defenders looking very weary. It’s played to the right for Son, who drags a low shot wide of the far post from the edge of the area. For him, though not everyone, that’s a pretty good chance. 112 min “Slept through my alarm and only saw the last 15 minutes but I saw that coming from 90 minutes away,” says James Paraskevas. “Classic Graham Arnold defending on a lead. Was always going to happen? Miller thinks he’s playing for St Mirren against Falkirk on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon - what was he thinking?” It’s easy for me to say, as I’m not invested, but if Miller doesn’t make that tackle or Duke scores one of his two chances, I think it would be seen as a superb performance tactically – an homage to those old Mourinho masterclasses. 111 min Son Heung-min, for whom the word indefatigable might have been invented – I bet he doesn’t drink Carling Black Label - whips a curler from 25 yards that is too close to Ryan. 109 min No sign of Australia generating any attacking momentum. They just haven’t recovered from the hamemr blow of Hwang’s injury-time equaliser. 108 min “Not only did Australia have 48 hours extra rest, but Korea went an extra 30 minutes on Tuesday,” says Joe Pearson. “They should be Luka Modric-level tired.” This game has been a good advert for letting the ball do the work. The margins are gossamer-thin, though. Had Miller not made that tackle in injury time, Australia would have been deserved winners. Since then, they’ve been overwhelmed to such an extent that it’s hard to argue against South Korea being the better team overall. 107 min Australia have switched to a 4-3-2 formation with Harry Souttar in the Robert Huth role up front. 106 min Peep peep! Double substitution for South Korea Oh Hyeon-gyu and Park Jin-seop come on for Park Yong-woo and Hwang Hee-chan. Half time in extra time: Australia 1-2 South Korea Australia were 1-0 up after 95 minutes of normal time. Now they are a goal and a man down after a chastening first period of extra-time. South Korea dominated throughout and took the lead through a terrific free-kick from Son Heung-min. If that was bad enough, Aiden O’Neill’s red card has left the Socceroos needing a minor miracle. O"Neill is sent off! 105+5 min Australia are down to 10 men; Hwang pumps the air in celebration. O’Neill wasn’t happy with the yellow card, but he keeps his counsel as he walks off the field. 105+3 min It’s still being checked, and the player – it was Hwang Hee-chan – is still down. In the Premier League that would be a red card, because his studs plunged into Hwang’s ankle. The referee is going to the monitor. 105+1 min O’Neill is booked for a crunching challenge on … I’m not sure who it was actually. He won the ball but was penalised for an aggressive follow-through, and there’s a VAR check for a possible red card. 105 min Australia look broken. I really feel for Lewis Miller, who conceded the penalty and the free-kick that led to both goals. For 90+4 minutes, Son Heung-min was a relatively peripheral figure in this game. Then he won a penalty to keep South Korea in the competition, and now he has put them in front! It was a superb free-kick, clipped over the wall towards the near post. Ryan flew across his goal and got a hand to the ball but could only help it into the net. Could Ryan have done better? Not with the save, maybe with his positioning because it wasn’t right in the corner. But it was a beautiful free-kick, curled over the ball with enough dip to make the save extremely difficult for Ryan. GOAL! Australia 1-2 South Korea (Son 104) Magnificent! 102 min Miller trips Hwang just outside the area, a foul for which he might have been booked. The free-kick is a fair way to the left of centre, though not enough to rule out a shot from Son… 101 min “As a Wolves fan I’m delighted that Hwang Hee-chan put away that last-minute penalty, as I was very nervous for him when you said that he would be taking it,” writes Chris Redston. “Some fans want countries with players of their Premier League team to go out early, so they can come back to play for their clubs, but I’m delighted that Channy has kept Korea in the match and hope he goes on to score the winner in the final. He’s a lovely, humble guy and deserves all the success he can get for his country.” The dominant attitude towards Afcon and the Asian Cup, certainly in England, has a whiff of something not entirely fragrant. 100 min Fornaroli shoves Son over after the ball has gone, just to get himself involved in the game. The pressure on Australia isas relentless as at any point in the match. 98 min “G’day Rob,” writes Andrew in Melbourne. “Woke up at the 80th minute (4am), had a sneaky glance at the score and pleasantly surprised to see Arnie ball coming up on top. Decided to keep watching your commentary, now have the adrenaline rush and won’t be able to sleep for an hour after the match eventually finishes. Why do I fall into the same trap repeatedly?” 96 min Lee Jae-sung shoots not far wide from distance. Ryan probably had it covered but it was a good effort. Australia have barely been out of their half in extra-time. 95 min: Fine double save by Ryan! Australia are hanging on. A cutback from the right is met by Hwang, who drags a crisp first-time shot towards the near post. Ryan sees it late but gets down to his left to make a superb save, then springs to his feet to block Lee Kang-in’s headed follow-up. 95 min “If the Aussies don’t prevail,” begins Peter Oh, “Miller will ‘Roo that tackle.” 94 min Australia’s formation is effectively 5-4-1, with the substitute Burgess the third centre-back. At the moment they look like a team whose ambition is a penalty competition, though that might change as extra-time develops. 93 min: Australia substitution Bruno Fornaroli replaces Mitch Duke, who missed two big chances to put Australia 2-0 up. 91 min Peep peep! Here we go (again). Full time: Australia 1-1 South Korea Australia were a couple of minutes away from the semi-final; now they have to win the game all over again. 90+10 min Still no final whistle. We’re into the tenth of the seven added minutes. 90+8 min Australia had an extra 48 hours’ rest but they look more tired. I suppose that’s inevitable given how much possession South Korea have had. GOAL! Australia 1-1 South Korea (Hwang 90+6 pen) Hwang scores! It was a fine penalty, slammed high into the net. Ryan went the right way but couldn’t reach it. Just as in the 2015 final – and for the third time in this tournament, which is unbelievable – South Korea have equalised in added time. 90+6 min Hwang Hee-chan of Wolves will take the penalty… Miller points to the ball but he didn’t touch it. I can’t see this being overturned. Son, so quiet until now, did really well to spin away from Souttar on the edge of the area before running at Miller. He knew the challenge was coming and got himself between the man and the ball. Miller lunged naively for the ball and kicked Son’s foot. PENALTY TO SOUTH KOREA! Miller makes a needless tackle on Son in the area and the referee points to the spot. 90+4 min Three more minutes. Australia are on their last legs. 90+3 min Desperate clearance after desperate clearance from Australia. They’ve defended admirably, particularly in the second half, and are so close to another famous 1-0 win in Qatar. 90+1 min Either Kim Min-jae or Bos has just been booked, I’m not sure which. If it’s Kim, and I think it was, he’ll miss the semi-final one way or another. 90+1 min There will be seven minutes of added nail-munching. 90 min Son gets to the byline in the area but his low cross is too close to Ryan. That was a decent chance for Son; he couldn’t quite wrap his left foot round the ball to keep it away from Ryan. 88 min Son Heung-min has had… not a poor game, just very quiet. In truth, if it stays like Australia will be deserved winners, even if South Korea have done most of the attacking. 87 min The story of the match can be told by two statistics. Possession: Australia 31-69 South Korea Attempts at goal: Australia 13-2 South Korea. Oh, and goals: Australia 1-0 South Korea. 86 min: Australia substitution A weary Martin Boyle is replaced by Cameron Burgess, which means a tactical switch from 4-2-3-1 to 9-0-0-0-0-0-0-1. 85 min: South Korea substitution Yang Hyun-jun on, Kim Tae-hwan off. 84 min: Chance for Duke! Oof, Australia so nearly clinch it on the break. Bos gallops down the left and hits an early cross that takes a deflection and kicks up towards Duke at the far post. He lunges instinctively towards the ball and heads just wide. There was a lot of the goal to aim at but not quite enough reaction time. 82 min It’s hard to know exactly what to make of this second half. On the one hand Australia have lived on the seat of their pants, with a number of desperate defensive interventions; on the other, South Korea have only had two shots on target and the best chance fell to Mitch Duke. 81 min “In fairness,” says Matthew Stephens, “Atkinson did really well.” He did. South Korea create so many overloads in wide positions that it looks brain-meltingly difficult to play full-back against them. Atkinson was exposed at times but that’s unavoidable. And at the other end, his cross for Goodwin’s goal was superb. 80 min Ryan is receiving treatment. Lee Jae-sung accidentally kicked him in the head as they competed for the ball. But Ryan is on his feet now and looks okay to continue. 80 min Ryan is receiving treatment. Lee Jae-sung accidentally kicked him in the head as they competed for the ball. But Ryan is on his feet now and looks okay to continue. 78 min Ryan dives very bravely at the feet of Lee Jae-sung, who overran the ball slightly after running onto a clever scooped pass from Lee Kang-in. 78 min: South Korea substitution Hong Hyun-seok is on Hwang In-boem.