ozvillafan Posted January 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2015 Clever of China to leave Cahill unmarked for that header. As if they had no idea he's a bit handy at headers! China were truly awful all round for the most part. Bit harsh on the defenders, tbh. The cross came quickly, picked out Cahill perfectly and he was a long way from goal. Timmy Cahill... we were linked with him once. Bloody Doug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Iran v Iraq has to be one of the craziest games I've ever seen. And now its going into penalties. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 And Iraq win 7-6 on penalties. One of the most intense games I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Mad game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted January 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2015 Gone! UAE defeat hot favourites Japan 5-4 on penalties after being locked up 1-1 at the end of regulation time. I didn't see that one coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Honda and Kagawa missing spot kicks. Kagawa had a poor game in front of goal as well. Congrats to UAE though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VillaChris Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Just catching up with these results...Japan going out this early is a shocker. I've long thought that they could win the World cup one day....o.k in 20-30 years time but even though a lot of their players are established at european clubs now like Honda rather than just selling shirts they seem to have stagnated at international level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just catching up with these results...Japan going out this early is a shocker. I've long thought that they could win the World cup one day....o.k in 20-30 years time but even though a lot of their players are established at european clubs now like Honda rather than just selling shirts they seem to have stagnated at international level. they produce a lot of neat and tidy footballers but thats really it at the moment, not enough dirty grinder players at the back or in midfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Dirty Grinder players you say? I believe there's an app for that. Edited January 27, 2015 by LondonLax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ozvillafan Posted January 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2015 Lots of talk about Luongo and the evergreen Tim Cahill in this tournament - but for mine, Sainsbury has been simply outstanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Australia excellent for the first half hour last night. Enjoyed watching that UAE no10 Omar, shame none of his team-mates were on to his level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Did the job. Performances don't matter now. Get the silverware boys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Should be a good final. I would not be surprised if big money came in for Cahill from the Middle East or China. Edited January 27, 2015 by Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm going to go along to the final, apparently we are in the 'active supporters' bay. That may mean I end up with a guy beating a drum behind me and a kid waving a huge flag in front of me but it should be a decent atmosphere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Have fun LL wish i could have gone to one of these matches but the FFA saw fit to avoid Perth completely for the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Have fun LL wish i could have gone to one of these matches but the FFA saw fit to avoid Perth completely for the tournament. Not quite... From The Age article - Asian Cup 2015: Lack of faith in soccer an embarrassment for Melbourne "The budget for staging the competition was $75 million, with state and federal governments contributing $61 million in a 50-50 split. The only governments interested were those in Queensland, Victoria, NSW and the ACT. The reason there were no Asian Cup matches in South Australia or Western Australia is not down to some inexplicable set the organisers took against those two states, but simply that those governments did not want to invest the money to put on matches or upgrade stadiums to the standards required to stage games, perhaps reasoning that the interest would not be there, especially if the Socceroos were not scheduled to play in Perth or Adelaide." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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