That is fair and smart take on match. You are right that even though UAE lost their great performance was victory in itself. It is true that some of Afghanistan best players were missing but that does not change fact that UAE played consistently well throughout game. Their ability to compete so strongly is showing they are genuinely improving and closing gap. This is very promising sign for future and it will be exciting to see if they can turn these close matches into wins.
It is going to be Pakistan vs Afghanistan in the Tri Nation final, today is rest day it would be tomorrow. I think Afghanistan have a advantage as we have seen they have wonderful bowling line up, the beauty of spin and at the same time Abrar Ahmed from Pakistan got four wickets in his first game in the this series. So far he was dropped in two and played one, got four wickets. Pakistan's batting may collapse if they don't make a partnership and also up the run rate a bit, have to play in good way leading to the win.