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Kevin Muscat wants to be coach of Melbourne Victory.
Just what he is prepared to do to ensure he gets there is unclear. It is also unclear who his
powerful backers are. But they are there and as ABC Offsiders sports commentators noted last week,
they or Muscat directly are influencing the Melbourne Victory Board.
Yesterday I almost could not believe my eyes while watching the Asian Cup final of Japan vs.
Australia. I was very happy to see the big leaps that Asian Football did in the last decade. It was
one of those games that we say "the winner deserved victory and the loser didn't serve the
defeat".
In the past, I always criticized Asian Football, and argued that 4.
This is the start of a new series both here at World Cup Blog and over at The Offside, in which
I will be talking to our bloggers from around the world about their thoughts on big upcoming
matches. Today, I talked to Aidan Williams from Japan World Cup Blog and Jack Spencer from
Australia World Cup Blog about Sunday's Asian Cup final, where one of those two sides will be
crowned champions of Asia.
With South Korea waiting until the final possible moments for their heroics and ultimately it
not panning out, Australia may have taken this as a warning, getting their foot on the pedal early
very early. All of four minutes into the game Harry Potter Kewell put them one goal to the
good.
Harry did it in the last minute but for most of us followers of Aussie football it was Matt McKay
the Aussie who roared.
Inspirational.
Technically adept, swift of foot and can he run. In the modern game you need a motor, in the
international game you need an exceptional motor, especially in midfield.
Iraq today was the last Arab team to be knocked out of the Asian Cup with a 0-1 defeat with a
beautiful header from Kewell after extra time.
Iraq, Jordan and Qatar, all played really nice football and did big games. However, it terms of
numbers, this is the worst Asian Cup since 1972.
This piece is a difficult one for me. I like to write these articles based on what I've seen. In
the case of Premiership and most Champions League teams I can watch some of their games or at least
decent quality highlights. That makes it easier to visualize how a game might pan out.
In the present case of Leeds United I know very little.
