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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:14 am

15min to kick off.

The last Asian Cup from OZ was broadcast here in Europe on Eurosport because I believe the early morning times when the games were played in Australia fitted in well here.
This time with mainly afternoon kick off times, the Asian Cup clashes with all the winter sport stuff so there is no coverage this time around.

Either that or it was a total "no ratings" / nobody interested failure and they did not want to spend the money again.

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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby blahblah Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:22 am

Qatar just defeated South Korea 1-0.

The gas indulged Gulf Arabs are clearly gearing for the World Cup!
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:25 am

Qatar just defeated South Korea 1-0.

The gas indulged Gulf Arabs are clearly gearing for the World Cup!


WOW!

A precedent has been set ...


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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:37 am

UAE 0 - 0 Australia
Sainsbury with a free header but it is waaaaay over.
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:33 pm

Not good enough ...
All over, red rover.
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby Interloper Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:12 pm

Has Arnold resigned in disgrace yet?
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby blahblah Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:41 am

Has Arnold resigned in disgrace yet?
The Old Boys Club will ensure he's ok. GA's performance record outside of Australia remains unblemished by any unexpected success. Qualifications for 2022 may be a fraught affair, though we should continue to do well in the home games.

Whilst we didn't exactly shine at the tournament, a couple of players emerged as full-time options which was good.

Oddly enough Japan have been having a pretty ordinary tournament as well, yet seem to continue to find ways to win. More quality in their front third helps.
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby bpowell454 Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:42 am

GA linked with a move to Hibernian in the SPL. Not a bad move for him I think, he is definitely a good club coach at HAL level and Scotland is a closer step up than when he went to Japan. He's had 2 chances as NT coach now, time for a fresh face.
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:56 am

Socceroos manager Graham Arnold has described the 2019 Asian Cup as part of his squad’s “four-year journey” that will culminate with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but at some point it would be nice to hear him call it what it was: at worst a failure, at best a disappointment.


https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... nt-at-best


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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby blahblah Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:19 am

Cracking game last night, Japan defeated Iran 3-0. The Japanese have finally turned up to the tournament with a lot of deft one touch passing, though Iran took it to them for much of the game.

The first goal was one for the coaches manual everywhere. Minamino was tackled on the edge of the box and 5 Iranian players rushed to Chris Beath to protest it wasn't a foul. Chris Beath agreed, and hadn't blown the whistle. Minamino knew it wasn't a foul as he'd lept to his feet straight after the tackle and recovered the ball near the goal-line. By the time the Iranian defenders realised what was going on they were out of shape and the whipped in cross found Osako who nodded home.

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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:34 am

That first goal is priceless.

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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby blahblah Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:16 pm

Qatar spanked UAE 0-4 in a game laden with geopolitical tension. No Qatari's were allowed to attend the game (or enter UAE) and all extra seats were purchased by local groups and given out to "loyal" supporters. After the second goal the Qatari players were dodging shoes and bottles thrown at them by the hostile crowd. The game finished with a red card to Ahmed for a delightful elbow to the head of a Qatari player behind play.

I dare say the Qataris loved every minute of it.
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:27 am

Come on Japan!
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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby sevengoals Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:11 am

Japan 1-3 Qatar
83min

Japan under the kosh.

Not certain about the Penalty but.


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Re: 2019 Asian Cup

Postby blahblah Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:38 pm

An interesting result. It is a good sign that Qatar won't disgrace themselves in 2022 and also a result that was the worse possible outcome for UAE & Saudi Arabia.

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