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I've tried to select a realistic team with players playing in their actual positions during the
qualifying games. I went with a 4-5-1 because it has been the dominant formation for all the teams:
Goalkeeper: Mark Schwarzer (Aus) - Conceding only two goals, he was a pretty obvious choice. He
came up with important saves in [.
16 September
Perak v SAFA (Lebanon)
SAF v Al Nadha (Oman)
Dempo (India) v Home United
Muharraq (Bahrain) v Kedah
Kedah and Perak go into these crucial games with severe handicaps. Perak's financial woes have been
well publicised while both teams will be without their foreign players who can no longer play in
Malaysia.
The Malaysian FA gets a torrid time around the region. Last season they stubbornly insisted
Manchester United play a friendly game in KL despite the fact they were hosting the Asian Cup,
Asia's Euro Championships, at the time.
More recently they dusted off the bunting to welcome Chelsea and the chance for officials to beam
on the front pages.
Here is a look at how the AFC assessed Australia. The AFC article on this issue can be found here.
You can also access Brendan's view on the report here. Organisation - 13/20 In this category,
Australia obtained the worst score in the AFC. Our score was only 13/20 whereas basically all other
nations scored well.
Uzbekistan delivered a frightening and absolutely sensational performance as they hammered
Singapore 7-3. The fourth Uzbek goal was top-class: Here are some quick thoughts on the game: For
the first 30 minutes, Singapore showed absolute dogged determination against their technically
superior opponents and came back to equalise twice after being down.
Lee Young-pyo is one of football's true gentlemen. The versatile defender is leaving Tottenham
Hotspur for Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund after three good years at White Hart Lane and all
who knew him, as well as those who benefitted from some of his unreported good deeds he did off the
pitch in London, will wish him well at the former European champions.
Over the next several days, I'll be doing a brief profile of each of the teams participating in
Beijing 2008. First up, the host nation: Historically, the Steel Roses have been the undisputed
leader on the Asian football scene, but they've endured some disappointing results recently - most
notably a 3-0 loss to Japan in February's East Asian Federation championship.
Uzbekistan delivered a frightening and absolutely sensational performance as they hammered
Singapore 7-3. The fourth Uzbek goal was top-class: Here are some quick thoughts on the game: For
the first 30 minutes, Singapore showed absolute dogged determination against their technically
superior opponents and came back to equalise twice after being down.
Bit late for an article but some images attached to Asian Football Pictures. I'll add more when I
get time for PS.
Tomorrow sees the start of the ASEAN Under 16s being held at Lebuk Bulus Stadium in South
Jakarta.
This warm up tournament for the AFC Under 16s being held later in the year in Tashkent features
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Bahrain.
As part of Jakarta Casual's drive to bring the best of South East Asian football to the world*, I
will be covering the tournament from Day One, tomorrow.
Up until the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, Asian football didn't exactly get a great deal of
attention. But, following South Korea's run to the semifinals and Japan's appearance in the final
16, the respect level for football in the region saw a great upswing. A growing number of Asian
players have [.
Remember how yesterday I said if Home United beat Tampines Rovers they would go top. Remember how I
said it would be a piece of piss?
Well, it wasn't.
Tampines won 1-0 thanks to an own goal by Valery Hiek on 83' and the Casual hoodoo continues.
Earlier in the season I went to two of their home games and they contrived to lose both.
South East Asia's only show that covers South East Asian football is back on Star Sports at 6pm
Indonesian/Thai time every Tuesday.
As ever they will show highlights of games from the region.
This time round they also want to feature photographs people have taken at games. I know that many
fans, especially here in Indonesia, don't have any cable TV but if you have some pictures of your
Supporters' Club or your team in action then contact me and I will tell you what to do next.
The new Thai coach Peter Reid started his new job yesterday and what happened? The Thai Prime
Minister only goes and declares a state of emergency after disturbances between pro and anti
government protesters left one person dead.
Reid, who admits to never having seen Thailand play and knowing little about Asian football, will
have just a few weeks to run his eye over national players before the Thai Premier League finishes
next month.
Australia and Asian Football. Since our acceptance as a Member of the Asian Football Conference and
of course our successful sojourn to Germany in 2006, Australian Football both Internationally and
Nationally has grown. We now find ourselves in the 4th and final round of qualifying for the 2010
World Cup in South Africa.
