Australia 2015 - Asian Cup

[Hassony]

Oz beat Kuwait 4-1 this morning in the Asian cup opener

 

South Korea play Oman at 5 am tomorrow in the other game in the group if anyone wants to wake up early for that

 

also tomorrow, Hightown's Phil's favourites uzbekistan play 53 times winners North Korea, and Saudi take on China

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

The Iraqi team will be at my local park tomorrow.

[Hassony]

scores from the weekend

 

China 1 - saudi 0

Uzbek 1- N Korea 0

S Korea 1 - Oman 0

UAE 4 - Qatar 1 (The Qatari keeper is actually worse than Brad Jones)

Iran 2 - Bahrain 0

 

 

and from today Japan 4 - Palestine 0

 

and currently Iraq and Jordan drawing 0-0 at HT

[Hassony]

Iraq get the all important win, almost head to head for second place with Japan and Palestine the other teams in the group

 

Poor Ray wilkins, still winless as manager of Jordan

[PhilM]

Doping testers have made a Jordanian player ill by forcing him to drink large quantities of water in order to provide a urine sample.

[Hassony]

Good wins for Oz yesterday beating Oman 4-0 (peaking too early perhaps?) , and S Korea scrapes a win against Kuwait, a bit lucky in the end

 

Saudi thrashes N Korea 4-1 today in the human rights abuse derby, and now need a draw against the Uzbek who lost 2-1 to China

[Hassony]

Iran and the UAE have qualified from group C after beating qatar (1-0) and Bahrain (2-1) respectively

 

Can see dark horses UAE going along way in this one, if they can avoid losing to Iran in the final match of the group and avoid Japan in the second round , they play the nicest football

 

Iran, under the stewardship of renowned philander Carlos Quiroz, look very solid, the highest ranking asain team will be difficult to beat

[Hassony]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBs_uRXZu4

 

lovely finish for the Iranian goal , worth a watch

[Hassony]

finally a win for Wilkins as Jordan beat Palestine 5-1

 

Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in the other game with a penalty from Honda

[Hassony]

South korea beat Oz 1-0 today to claim top spot in group A

 

In the other game Oman beat Kuwait 1-0

 

Good match tomorrow morning between Uzbekistan and saudi to decide who goes through with china

[downunder]

Do you want me to join in, or are you happy talking to yourself about this comp?

[Hassony]

Im happy doing it on my own

 

It's been a good tournament so far, much better than the tedious ACN

 

So Uzbekistan beat Saudi 3-1 yesterday to qualify with china who beat N korea 2-1

[downunder]

i know when I am not wanted then. Last time I do you any favours

[Hassony]

you're welcome to read :-)

[Hassony]

Iran beat UAE with an injury time goal 1-0 yesterday to ensure that they avoid Japan in the second round

 

Qatar got the wooden spoon losing 2-1 to Bahrain

 

in today's games, Iraq are beating Palestine 1-0 (prospect of a tasty second round derby against Iran) and Japan are beating Jordan 1-0

[muleskinner]

Iran beat UAE with an injury time goal 1-0 yesterday to ensure that they avoid Japan in the second round

 

Qatar got the wooden spoon losing 2-1 to Bahrain

 

in today's games, Iraq are beating Palestine 1-0 (prospect of a tasty second round derby against Iran) and Japan are beating Jordan 1-0

my mate went to the Japan v Jordan match, a bargain at Aus$15.00. Said Kagawa and Honda were excellent.

[Hassony]

my mate went to the Japan v Jordan match, a bargain at Aus$15.00. Said Kagawa and Honda were excellent.

 

Tickets are very cheap, which has helped the attendence and the atmosphere, my brother has been to all three Iraq games

 

quarter finals line up

 

China vs Australia

S Korea vs Uzbikstan

Japan vs UAE

Iraq vs Iran

[muleskinner]

Tickets are very cheap, which has helped the attendence and the atmosphere, my brother has been to all three Iraq games

 

quarter finals line up

 

China vs Australia

S Korea vs Uzbikstan

Japan vs UAE

Iraq vs Iran

Iraq v Iran could get a bit tasty.

[Hassony]

Iraq v Iran could get a bit tasty.

 

think it's a 6:30 am start on friday, so I'll have to invent a reason to be late, friday traffic can be a nightmare

 

Iran (the tournament highest ranked team) are the clear favourite though, still under Quiroz and they look very difficult to score against, not conceded a goal yet

[muleskinner]

think it's a 6:30 am start on friday, so I'll have to invent a reason to be late, friday traffic can be a nightmare

 

Iran (the tournament highest ranked team) are the clear favourite though, still under Quiroz and they look very difficult to score against, not conceded a goal yet

I will record it, have a watch Friday night.

[DecidedByPoll]

Good work Hass. Are there any players who have stood out during the tournament?

[Hassony]

Good work Hass. Are there any players who have stood out during the tournament?

 

Honda looks another level to everyone else, and the Aussie keeper (that we've been linked with) has looked good

 

I like the look of a couple of the UAE players, Omar in particular is good on the eye, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zf0eWX6slQ

[PhilM]

That's David Luiz!

[EC_Red]

 

I like the look of a couple of the UAE players, Omar in particular is good on the eye, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zf0eWX6slQ

 

Hmm, looks like he's trialled with Man City and had a deal break down because of work permit issues. That's a shame. He looks really talented.

 

Is Ali Mabkhout any good?

Edited January 21, 2015 by EC_Red

[Hassony]

 

Hmm, looks like he's trialled with Man City and had a deal break down because of work permit issues. That's a shame. He looks really talented.

 

Is Ali Mabkhout any good?

 

No idea tbh, but he seems to have a really good record