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Qatar, Eurosport and Russell Osman: The 2011 Asian Cup

Twohundredpercent 11 January @ 03:47 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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With all the personal arrogance and Euro-centricity he could muster, which is quite a lot, all told, Alex Ferguson dismissed the leading international football tournament of the world's most populous continent in those four words. But the tournament which started in Qatar on Friday is rather more important than that.

First two games summarize Asian Football

One-two goal soccer blog 08 January @ 06:34 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Qatar lost to Uzbekistan 0-2 and Kuwait to China with the same result. The two games summarize what's going on in Asian football today.
- The decline of football in Western Asia: in 1978, Iran was the team from Western Asian to qualify to the world cup. Western Asia added 9 more teams till the 2006 World Cup: Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran.