asia cup

[Hassony]

5 minutes to go 3-1 Iraq leading 2-1

 

 

 

 

Bye Bye australia

 

so much for just playing the reserves to rest them for later rounds

[smithdown]

Well, well, well...

[magneto]

They should have stuck to playing in Oceania.

[Hassony]

first win for the arabic nations

 

not even that c*** cahill can spoil this now

 

I hope the UAE can turn over the japanese later today

[Cooldude]

It was always gonna happen, the muppetry media here who kept thinking all the Asian sides are minnows and we're so much better coz we played in the world cup predicted that we'll romp this Cup with ease. The matter of fact is we're nowhere near as good as we think we are and the Asian sides are a hell lot stronger than those pundits think they are. It's disgusting how there's a massive w***-off about football here in Aus when most of the people don't even half understand what the game is.

 

We were good last year because of Guus who set us out as a compact, organised and tactically aware unit who can defend well and efficiently use the ball while maintaining possession. Now we have a dud coach again and he's making us hoof long balls while our defence has forgotten how to defend again.

[Hassony]

It was always gonna happen, the muppetry media here who kept thinking all the Asian sides are minnows and we're so much better coz we played in the world cup predicted that we'll romp this Cup with ease. The matter of fact is we're nowhere near as good as we think we are and the Asian sides are a hell lot stronger than those pundits think they are. It's disgusting how there's a massive w***-off about football here in Aus when most of the people don't even half understand what the game is.

 

We were good last year because of Guus who set us out as a compact, organised and tactically aware unit who can defend well and efficiently use the ball while maintaining possession. Now we have a dud coach again and he's making us hoof long balls while our defence has forgotten how to defend again.

 

don't cry, you still have a chance if you beat thailand and iraq fail to beat Oman

[Cooldude]

don't cry, you still have a chance if you beat thailand and iraq fail to beat Oman

 

It's okay, if we go up against the Poms now we'll still win

[magneto]

Football (Soccer) is big in Victoria only (according to my mate who lives in Oz). Otherwise its not played that much elsewhere.

 

What's concerning is the talent in that Oz first team:

 

Shwartzer

Kewell

Cahill

Viduka

Emerton

Neill

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

It's a good wake up call for Australian football. We wanted competition because we had enough of beating the likes of Samoa 36-0.

 

They were massively under prepared for this competition and like cooldude said, they underestimated the opposition. They deserved to get beaten and Iraq could have scored alot more.

 

Iraq deserved their victory and outclassed our seasoned "pros" who looked like they were on holiday.

[Hassony]

iraq are in the final after beating S Korea in the semi

 

Japan or saudi are playing in the second semi now

[Hassony]

an all arab final as Saudi beat Japan 3-2 in the other semi

 

 

COME ON IRAQ

[smithdown]

When is the Final?

[Hassony]

sunday, kick off at 1:30pm

 

Saudi have won it 3 times before and they have looked the best team so far, but I am hoping that the will of the iraqi people who have been celebrating in the streets in iraq despite all the security issues will help iraq to win the trophy

[smithdown]

Not been reported over here at all that I've seen. Good stuff.

[Hassony]

bbc report

[anfield]

Great achievement for the Iraqis, I hope they win it. Where do most of the Iraqi players play their league football?

[Hassony]

Great achievement for the Iraqis, I hope they win it. Where do most of the Iraqi players play their league football?

 

all over the place, their best player Nashat plays in the saudi league, the captain plays in qatar, the other play in the other gulf nations, some in iran, some in jordan and a couple play in cyprus

[Gunga Din]

Not been reported over here at all that I've seen. Good stuff.

 

probably because no one really gives a s***e and very few of the players involved play at top Premiership clubs

[Earl Hafler]

More bombings during the celebrations.

[Gunga Din]

More bombings during the celebrations.

 

saw that. fecking awful

[Hassony]

probably because no one really gives a s***e and very few of the players involved play at top Premiership clubs

 

the african cup is always reported more with highlight packages on thebbc despite it being boring more often than not

[Hassony]

More bombings during the celebrations.

 

f***ing animals

[Gunga Din]

the african cup is always reported more with highlight packages on thebbc despite it being boring more often than not

 

to be fair though, its of a higher standard and includes players at a load of top European clubs, were the Asian cup is probably the weakest of the confederations cups

[Hassony]

to be fair though, its of a higher standard and includes players at a load of top European clubs, were the Asian cup is probably the weakest of the confederations cups

weaker than the gold cup or the oceana cup

[Hassony]

we are the champions

Iraq clinch the asian cup