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The problem with the Asian Cup being held in four countries is that it is hard to shake the feeling
that you made the wrong choice and that people are having a better time elsewhere. Imagine being
invited to four different parties on New Year's Eve – all great, potentially but all but one
practically impossible to attend.
Was Jakarta the right choice?
The United Arab Emirates has won the Asian Zone qualifiers for the 2007 World Cup Beach Soccer with
a 4-3 win over Japan in the final of the series played at Mamzar Beach in Dubai. Iran finished
third with a crushing 6-0 win over defending Asian champion Bahrain. UAE, Japan and Iran now will
particiapte in the World Cup to be held 2-11 November in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Popular striker Bambang Pamungkas seized on a second-half rebound to give Indonesia a 2-1 victory
over Bahrain in front of some 60,000 noisy fans in the host nation's first match of the AFC Asian
Cup 2007. Budi Sudarsono had opened the scoring in the 14th minute when he slipped behind the
Bahrain defense, chested the ball around the goalkeeper and fired into the bottom right-hand corner
Bahrain,
It's looking grim for South Korea at the 2007 Asian Cup. With one game remaining in Group D, the
Taeguk Warriors no longer control their own destiny. After one draw and one defeat, Korea's Asian
Cup hopes are, as headline writers around the world like to say in such situations, ‘hanging by a
thread.'
It was the 2-1 loss at the hands of Bahrain on a warm Sunday evening in Jakarta that has pushed the
2002 World Cup semi-finalists to the edge of elimination.
Saudi Arabia eased into the AFC Asian Cup 2007 quarter-finals with a 4-0 rout over Bahrain in the
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in provincial Palembang, Indonesia. It took the lead on 17 minutes after
strike Yasser Al Qahtani threaded a ball into the Bahrain penalty area which took a deflection and
broke nicely for Ahmed Al Mousa, who rounded the 'goaleeper and sidefooted the goal.
Bahrain's national team is heading for a major overhaul after its early exit from the Asian Cup.
Reports said the Bahrain Football Association is looking to a "new generation" of players to take
over after the present batch failed to live up to expectations since coming close to qualifying for
last year's FIFA World Cup. "There will be plenty of changes in the Bahrain team," BFA
Vice-President
A three-day seminar arranged by the Bahrain Football Association in co-operation with FIFA's
Development Department in Asia is helping to improve football in the Gulf kingdom. Shaikh Ahmed bin
Hamad Al Khalifa, representing the BFA's General Organisation for Youth and Sports' development
strategy committee told Gulf Daily News that government support for football and funding by
sponsors and
