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I never knew Australia was part of Asia
WOW!!!
Asia has football????
Holy shit..
if that guy kept the grenade in his hand one more second omg very lucky!
Australia are hosts and looking for their 1st title, South Korea haven't won in some 40-50 years, Saudi have great history, Iran always tough and Japan have been the best team in recent years... plus Asian teams know shit about defending, gonna be a goal fest.. knockouts will be entertaining if all big teams make it through,, might watch.
Man this Asian cup and the Asian teams in general seem so boring.
i dunno about saudi arabia, but i guess you're right since they didn't make it to the world cup in 2010 and 2014. but, you can never rule them out. they made it for 4-5 consecutive times till 2006, and in the last 8 editions of the aisan cup, they played 6 finals!!! NO TEAM IN THE WORLD has made 5-6 consecutive continental finals, thats an insane achievement. they got a great history so gotta watch out for them...
Man this Asian cup and the Asian teams in general seem so boring.
The game’s governing body has come under continued criticism for their decision to award the hosting rights for the summer competition to the country, with particular focus on the temperatures teams will have to play in, as well as the conditions construction workers in the country are currently enduring.
Considering the matter this week, FIFA’s President has conceded an error was made.
“Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one makes a lot of mistakes in life,” Blatter has conceded in an interview with RTS.
“The technical report indicated clearly that it was too hot in summer, but despite that the executive committee decided with quite a big majority that the tournament would be in Qatar.
“Were the hosting rights ‘bought’? No, I have never said it was bought, but that it was due to political considerations.
“We know full well that big French and German companies work in Qatar, but they don't just work for the World Cup. The World Cup is only a small part of what is going on in Qatar.”
FIFA soon after released a statement to clarify Blatter’s comments.
“The comment by the FIFA President concerning the organisation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to Swiss TV station RTS is in line with previous comments on this matter".
“As explained in his answer to the journalist, the President reiterated that the decision to organise the World Cup in summer was a 'error' based on the technical assessment report of the bid, which had highlighted the extremely hot temperatures in summer in Qatar.
“At no stage did he question Qatar as hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.”