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The hugely talented Nagoya Grampus - loaded with dollars as well - came to Adelaide last night and
were beaten 1-0 by United in the last sixteen of the Asian Champions League.
And what a great game of football it was.
Despite the defensive nature of United there was a lot to like about the Aussies performance up
against such craftsmen from Nagoya.
In a world where any publicity is good publicity it's fantastic to see football, yes women's
football on the front page of the SMH.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/spectacular-own-goal-as-star-forced-to-choose-codes-20120529-1zhh2.html#utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweetbutton
Not an alcohol fueled article or a wife bashing court case - no a stoush between a Coach Jitka
Klimkova who simply wants her players to train full-on and be available for all games, including
semi-finals and finals and a talented dual international, Ellyse Perry.
I didn't watch the State of Origin I rarely do.
I've never watched the Brumbies despite being a passionate Canberran. Rugby just doesn't do it for
me.
Football is my sport - my thing. So it is great relief that Aussie football returns after what
seems like a huge break - well two weeks since the last ACL games.
STORY OF THE DAYThis is some of the most powerful stuff I have ever seen written on soccer!Wayne Drehs of ESPN with an incredible report (words, photos, audio & video) on Bob Bradley and his
life in Egypt as the national team manager! I love this!
-Drehs also writes about Bradleys relationship with the teams star player Mohamed Aboutrika.
Asian football's two major continental tournaments have reached the knockout stages following
the conclusion of the group stages this week.
The AFC Champions League is usually dominated by South Korean clubs but only two of this year's
four representatives have made it through the group stage.
The usual tiresome whinge from a white, over 50 Australian journalist about the game of Soccer.
This time in the Sydney Morning Herald.
And while I could reply with criticism of his "giants of the AFL and NRL, which are the pinnacles
of their parochial codes" I'll make just the one point.
In AFL, Paul you can have 18 teams with 38 players in a squad - some pinnacle you have got going
there.
The usual tiresome whinge from a white, over 50 Australian journalist about the game of Soccer.
This time in the Sydney Morning Herald.
And while I could reply with criticism of his "giants of the AFL and NRL, which are the pinnacles
of their parochial codes."
So Paul you can have 18 teams with 38 players in a squad - some pinnacle you have got going there.
By Chris Wright
During an Asian Champions League match last night, Al Jazira 'keeper Ali Khaseif managed to ping
a clearance off the 'spider' camera winching away overhead.
The game was duly restarted with a drop-ball, with an Esteghlal player returning the ball to
Khaseif in a sportsmanlike fashion, only for the dead-eye 'keeper to pick out the spider cam
again!
EXCLUSIVE: Al Jazeera Sports Network has won the US TV rights to La Liga,
beginning with the 2012-13 season, according to a source.
The shocking news means that GolTV's flagship league will no longer be shown on the Miami-based
network. Al Jazeera Sports Network's acquisition of La Liga rights comes hot on the heels of
similar acquisitions by Al Jazeera Sports Network worldwide including winning the bid to show Ligue
1 in France from 2012-13 through 2018-18, as well as the rights to show UEFA Champions League in
France from 2012-2015.
By Chris Wright
Trailing 2-1 as their Asian Champions League with Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight ticked
over into injury time last night, Seongnam (of South Korea) were getting desperate and needed
something super duper special to restore parity. What followed was roughly one full level above
'super duper special'.
The Mariners win their first Youth League title, Adelaide actually win a match and Melbourne
Victory make another misguided signing by offering Jim Magilton a 2-year contract extension! It's
all here on the Nearpost, brought to you by Paddy Bordier, Nick Cumpston and Nick Amies.
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We knew the Melbourne Victory defence, central defence was too slow, too fragile and lacked
Muscat.
And in midfield the pairing of Leigh Broxham and Grant Brebner could never control the game in the
Asian Champions League games - at times the Victory were embarrassing - and these our Aussie
Champions - and this season they've never had the ball, kept the ball or enabled the style boys to
get on the ball.
The Australians are still feeling their way round Asian football and how it operates; or often
doesn't. Take Adelaide United. There they were happily looking forward to playing in the Asian
Champions League when all of a sudden they are being told that they now have to play a play off
against Indonesian champions Persipura.
It may not have been the most difficult challenge that FC Barcelona would have to face in their
quest to become FIFA Club World Cup winners. That, however, did not dampen the celebrations as the
Spanish and European champions strolled their way past a poor Santos FC team courtesy of a 4-0
victory.
FC Barcelona will compete in this year's FIFA Club World Cup following a sensational UEFA
Champions League triumph in 2011. The Catalans must first face AFC Asian Champions League winners
Al Sadd before they can start dreaming of the possibility of winning the world crown for the second
time in three years.
Kashiwa Reysol and Al Sadd have booked their semi-final places in the FIFA Club World Cup
following hard fought victories over Monterrey CF and Esperance Tunis respectively.
Kashiwa, representing the host nation Japan as the 2011 J-League champions, needed a penalty
shoot-out to get past North and Central American champions Monterrey after the two teams had played
out a 1-1 draw.
The FIFA Club World Cup officially got under way today with two goals just before half-time
giving Kashiwa Reysol a 2-0 win over Auckland City in the qualifying play-off to send the Japanese
club through to the quarter-finals.
Kashiwa, who clinched the 2011 J-League title last weekend, had Junya Tanaka and Masato Kudo to
thank as the pair struck in the 37th and 40th minutes respectively to send the host nation's
representatives into the next round.
The FFA and Adelaide United held their breadth at the Asian Casino last night...and won.
United have won direct entry into the Asian Champions League - meaning Australia now has three
teams in the group stages for the first time.
More exciting than watching Lou Sticca's fundraiser in Melbourne?
The FFA and Adelaide United held their breadth at the Asian Casino last night...and won.
United have won direct entry into the Asian Champions League - meaning Australia now has three
teams in the group stages for the first time.
More exciting than watching Lou Sticca's fundraiser in Melbourne?
The Japanese NewcastleGamba Osaka 1-0 Vegalta Sendai (26:11:11)Newcastle United fan Michael Hudson travels to Osaka to see the
Japanese version of... Newcastle United...There are two ways of getting from Nagoya to Osaka by train. The Shinkansen takes just under an
hour and will set you back the best part of sixty quid each way; a combination of local and rapid
trains is more than twice as long, half the price and perfectly timed to allow you to read at least
halfway through the
Blizzard while sitting next to a bloke in a gauze face mask whose head
keeps falling against your right shoulder.
AFC Champions League title holders Al-Sadd were the surprise winners of Asia's premier club
competition and will feature in their first FIFA Club World Cup. Al Sadd, who hail from the Qatari
capital city of Doha, have a quarter-final meeting with African champions Espérance and, should
they emerge victorious, will look forward to a semi-final encounter against FC Barcelona.
Whilst the UEFA Champions League continues to take centre stage in Europe as the competition
nears the end of its group phase, the equivalent tournament in the Oceania region is two rounds
into the 2011-12 O-League and, as usual, the two New Zealand representatives are setting the pace
for all of the others to follow.
BREAKING NEWS:
The Colorado Rapids announced on Monday that the club will not renew the contract of Head Coach
Gary Smith. The Rapids will begin a search for a new head coach immediately.
"After meeting with Gary, we decided it would be in the best interest of both parties to move in a
different direction," said Colorado Rapids Managing Director Jeff Plush.
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On this week's predictions languagecaster focuses on games from Italy and England, including two
London derbies.We also take a look at the Asian Champions League and the European version, too.
On this week's predictions languagecaster focuses on games from Italy and England, including two
London derbies.We also take a look at the Asian Champions League and the European version, too.
The Asian Champions League doesn't get much pub this side of, well, Asia, especially not when
playing on the same day as the European Champions League. A quick way to rectify this injustice is
to start a massive brawl in a regional semifinal. The genesis is as ludicrous as the concept
itself:
With two players down in the box (for genuine reasons), one for each side, Suwon was attacking
the Al-Sadd goal.
A mass brawl erupted in the Asian Champions League semi-final between Al Sadd and Suwon
Bluewings after Suwon put the ball out for attention to an injured player only for the official to
wave play-on and Mamadou Niang to score Al Sadd's controversial second goal.
A mass brawl erupted in the Asian Champions League semi-final between Al Sadd and Suwon
Bluewings after Suwon put the ball out for attention to an injured player only for the official to
wave play-on and Mamadou Niang to score Al Sadd's controversial second goal.
I might have to be writing a bit this season. Things are exciting at the Roar and I am full of
material. If anything I've been suffering the writer's block of someone with far too much to say.
So fuck it, I'll start with a rave. Anything to get the gripes with FIFA (which I still have) from
the top of the page and some news of this brilliant team.
In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at
Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy.
In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at
Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy.
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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at
Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other
stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold
below, or highlighted in blue.
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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at
Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other
stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold
below, or highlighted in blue.
It is true to say that in football, the strikers are the ones who get the goals and get the
headlines. Goalkeepers can play fantastically well for a full 89 minutes out of a fantastic match
but one mistake and all know what the internet and newspapers will focus on.
Lee Dong-guk is one of the biggest stars in the league.
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In this week's review section, a wonderful gesture by the Old Lady, Korean clubs in the Asian
Champions League and a football executive forced to resign in England.
The 2011 AFC Asian Champions League has reached the quarter-final stages with the first legs
taking place today. As has been the case in recent years South Korean clubs feature prominently in
the last eight of the competition with FC Seoul, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
involved this time.
Picture courtesy of FAS If you guys want to know what are my thoughts over the announcement made
this afternoon at Kuala Lumpur (pictured above), I would say I'm still struggling to formulate my
thoughts.
As everything to me still looked so vague, nonetheless, I allowed a journalist friend to quote me
as follow when he called earlier.
With the European sides playing in European Club Championships you can see the "professionalism" or
cheating of the players beginning to rise. And of course their football nous, skills and
fitness.
W-League is great - for ten games - but surely it's time for Japan, China, Korea to join with our
top two W-League side in an East Asian Champions League.
Mitchell Langerak, Mustifa Amini and Dylan Tombides.
All three are at top German or strong English Clubs - Langarek is proven as a keeper having played
in the A-League and in the Asian Champions League and in Germany with Dortmund he can surely only
improve and challenge Adam Federici in years to come for the Soccerooos spot.
