HibeeJibee Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Not a tournament I particularly follow but it gets underway in just over a fortnight with the Final on Friday 1st February. UAE are hosts and as a consequence the 8 stadiums are spread across only 4 cities: there are 3 in Abu Dhabi, 2 each in Dubai and Al Ain, and 1 in Sharjah. Having expanded to 24 teams it follows the usual format with 6 groups of 4 and the 4 best third place joining the top 2s in knockouts. It features a number of less than glamorous sides as a result with Kyrgyzstan, Philippines and Yemen making their debuts. Kuwait are the only notable absentees. Full schedules here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup#Group_stage There will be a small set of Scottish-based players present in the shape of Australians: namely Tom Rogic (Celtic) and Mark Milligan, Martin Boyle and Jamie Maclaren (Hibs). Unsurprisingly the favourites are the usual suspects of Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran. Saudi Arabia are in with a shout but North Korea are in poor form: last month they missed out on the qualifying slot for the 2019 East Asia Cup on GD to Hong Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Philippines are currently managed by Sven Goran Erikkson of all people. Terry Butcher had a brief stint earlier in the year too. Yemen qualifying is some feat considering they play all their games away as their country is being ravaged in a proxy war between the Saudis & Iranians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 First game finished UAE 1 Bahrein 1, apparently a dodgy penalty late on gave UAE the equaliser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekorean Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 12/21/2018 at 19:08, GNU_Linux said: Philippines are currently managed by Sven Goran Erikkson of all people. Terry Butcher had a brief stint earlier in the year too. Yemen qualifying is some feat considering they play all their games away as their country is being ravaged in a proxy war between the Saudis & Iranians. So is Cardiff goalkeeper being called up or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thailand tonight v India, will think Thailand will be too strong.As for Scots involved there is a Iain Ramsey playing for the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Cmon you Aussies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Wake the f**k up, playing dog shit at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Arseholes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Rogic is a c**t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Jordan deserved that, definitely were the better side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I would say Thailand dominating the ball, but India getting the better openings. Interesting second half coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thailand sack their coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Bring back Peter Withe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_joe Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I went to the South Korea v Philippines game yesterday evening. South Korea totally dominated possession but were very wasteful in the final third, and would have been punished against better opposition. Ki went off injured, which must be a bit of a worry as he was their best player up to that point. Tickets were AED 25 (about a fiver) which was an absolute bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc dafc Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Vietnam 2-1 up at half time against Iraq. Playing some decent football. After getting to the final of the U23 Asian cup last year, they promoted the entire squad and coach to the national team then won the south east asian cup last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc dafc Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Việt Nam have been brutal in this half. Physically dominated and the defence showing their inexperience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Australia 2-0 up after 20 minutes against Palestine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Fucking boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Group A continuing to be the group to watch as UAE beat India 2-0. That leaves UAE on 4 points, India and Thailand on 2, and Bahrain on 1 going into the final games. Isn't India on 3 points? 1 win and 1 loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Australia 2-0 up after 20 minutes against Palestine. Should be winning by a bigger margin, not happy with our finishing, MacLaren despite the goal has beem more miss than hit, Ikonimedes, Mabil and Grant have been the better of our players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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