Seven teams have been competing in Abu Dhabi over the past week in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup: Inter Milan (Italy), Pachuca (Mexico), Internacionale (Brazil), TP Mazembe (Congo DR), Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (South Korea), Al-Wahda Sports Club (UAE), and Hekari United FC (Papua Ne Guinea). The final is set for Saturday: Inter Milan vs, surprisingly, TP Mazembe.

Just been watching a re run of Indonesia's first AFF Cup semi final against the Philippines and for a moment I couldn't believe my ears. One of the commentators was describing the hard work being put in by one of the Indonesian strikers. The pressure he was giving defenders, the tracking back, his movement.

The 2010 J-League champions Nagoya Grampus Eight are out of this year's Emperor's Cup. The main knockout tournament in Japanese football plays its final three rounds this week and Stoppage Time International Football Blog reviews the quarter-finals which were played today.

The Emperor's Cup grants a berth to the 2011 AFC Champions League for the winner so there was a lot at stake in each of today's last eight showdowns.

FC Seoul have won the 2010 K-League championship following a 4-3 aggregate victory in the final and means that they have won their fourth league title following triumphs in 1985, 1990 and 2000.

With both teams going into the second leg of the final having drawn the first game 2-2 the stakes were high as the K-League reached its climax for yet another season.

I see on the Asian Football Confederation website there are links to .pdf copies of official programmes/brochures for the Knock Out stage and the Final of the AFC Champions League.

Earlier in the year I managed to pick up a copy of the programme for the group stage, more by luck than chance and I also have a copy from last season's group stage but it would be nice if these fine brochures were made more widely available rather than just being distributed to a select few.

It could be argued that Persipura missed out on last season's Indonesia Super League because their near impregnable home stadium of Mandala Stadium in Jayapura was undergoing renovations so that it would meet Asian Football Confederation criteria for hosting Asian club football.

Their opening home games were played in Makassar, vital points were dropped and they missed out on a second consecutive title.

Once again we will see a number of teams from the region competing in both the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup.

Indonesia – Arema (ACL), Sriwijaya (ACL Play Off), Persipura (AFC)

Thailand – Muang Thong United (ACL Play Off), Chonburi (AFC)

Singapore – Tampines Rovers (AFC)

Vietnam – Ha Noi (AFC), Song Lam Nghe An

Nobody from Malaysia!

There are plenty of teams in the Divisi Utama this season who will be looking enviously at the Indonesia Super League and wondering why they aren't part of the fun given their history and heritage.

Take for example Persik Kediri. It was only 2007 when Persik, coached by Daniel Roekito and inspired by the Three Amigos of Christian Gonzalez, Ronald Fagundez and Danilo Fernando, were beating the likes of Sydney and Shanghai Shenhua in the AFC Champions League and holding Urawa Diamonds 3-3 in an exciting clash.

The commonly confusing format of the FIFA Club World Cup sees Champions League winners, Inter Milan, need only one win to reach the final of this years competition.

Rafael Benitez's side will play Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in Wednesday's semi final as they bid to become world club champions.

AFC Champions League winners, Seongnam, beat Al Wahda 4-1 in Saturday's quarter final.

Forca Barça!

As part of the run up to tomorrow's FIFA Club World Cup 2010 championship game (between 2009-10 UEFA Champions League winner Inter Milan and 2010 AFC Champions League winner TP Mazembe), we take a look back at the finale of last year's tournament, between FC Barcelona (who qualified by winning the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League) and Estudiantes de la Plata (also known, apparently, as Los Pincharratas–The Rat Stabbers, and who had won the 2009 Copa Libertadores).