Official Asian Cup 2007 Thread (2 Viewers)

[Benny_]

Apparently there were more Iranians than Chinese in the stadium.

First half was good, second half was all Iran. Too bad they scored right on HT, otherwise we would've had a better chance of winning the game.

Iran's main weakness is its defence, and Zhu Guanghu didn't exploit it in the second half, which is what he should've done. Bring on Dong Fangzhuo late in the half and pressure the defence. But look what he does, take our only forward out of the game and put a defender on to play 5-4-1, and put the attacking midfielder Zheng up front. To me that's throwing the game away, ridiculous.

I've always had a feeling China will get overrun in the latter stages of the game, and that's what happened. We got lucky and got the draw. At least it's pleasing to see that we can start a game well and score some nice goals. If only Australia can do the same.

Yeah the second half was shocking, frankly China deserved to lose for the way they approached it. Iran had a hatful of decent chances to put them away. You're right about their defensive fragilities too. Whenever they came under attack they looked pretty poor. Besides, China actually looks a lot better going forward than they do defending. Iran was passing circles around in the final third for a while there and the Chinese defenders seemed to read the play pretty poorly.

Really, really hope they don't play for a draw against Uzbekistan because if they do I fear they could go down.

 

[HeCtic]

C'MOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN AUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's get it going

 

[LMF^^]

Heh, looks like its going according to script. A 2-2 draw between the teams will allow both to qualify. Dodgy Japanese up to them old selves again.

 

[HeCtic]

Great goal Nakamura. This one's over

 

[HeCtic]

Haha, I love the standard of keeping in this tournament. Flappety flappers the lot of them.

 

[el gwapo]

the underdog status is now biting the socceroos who had worn it with pride during the world cup; there's been no dominant team, every Asian giant has been checked one way or another

 

[Benny_]

We're looking shite again.

I should say we're shite more often. Seems whenever I open my big mouth to make a judgment things suddenly turn around.

 

[HeCtic]

Heh, the donkey scores. Onya Arnie. Too bad the big Dick is gonna come in anyway.

 

[chocolate_lover]

Good to see the Aussies winning, let's hope they can keep up the effort.

 

[Benny_]

We're defending a 1-0 lead and getting battered. Very silly stuff. If the Thais were an inch taller we'd be screwed.

 

[HeCtic]

Now we pray Iraq hang tight...

 

[chocolate_lover]

Yes!! Viduka scores!!!

2-0

And the other game is still 0-0.

 

[Benny_]

GOAL!! Well that's our end of the bargain sealed.. probably.

 

[chocolate_lover]

AND AGAIN!!! Nice work Viduka!!

 

[HeCtic]

Dukes stepping up. Too bad he plays for Newcastle the cunt.

 

[Benny_]

And that's the qualification sealed I think. Provided we don't concede and Oman doesn't score 2.

 

[chocolate_lover]

4-0, Kewell scores.

 

[Benny_]

Kewell scores and makes it 4-0. 3 assists for Cahill. What an impact.

Shame he plays for the wrong half of Merseyside.

 

[LMF^^]

Well, the scoreline makes us look better than we were. So against Japan it is. Personally I don't think we can beat em at this rate.

 

[MaNiElla]

YAAAAYYY!!! we won!!!!

i hope Oman wins the other game though