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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
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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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
