Asian Cup 2011

Cool Running

Anyone watching this?

First semi final on tonight

1-1 between Korea and Japan, heading to extra time. Cracker of a match


Living in Korea now so really want them to win, be some buzz here Saturday night for the final if they get to it

Stream

Dont be at yourself

Game petered out towards the end of normal time, but decent enough. Both teams play nice football. Shouting for Japan myself, used to live over there!

CR 7

Go on Korea!!!

Tis a win-win situation for me. We could really do with having Park back, but it'd be great for him to lead them to the final too.

Can't see them doing it though, Japan do look the better team.

Dont be at yourself

Penalty! Looked soft to me...

Edit: replay shows definite contact, but perhaps outside the box.

Mars Bar

AWW! The keeper saved but just couldn't get to the rebound!

The Koreans were slow in following that up...

Cool Running

Ah keeper was close

CR 7

Penalty to Japan.:eek:

Never a penalty I thought, was just outside the line, and looked shoulder to shoulder.

Honda takes, brilliant save, but follow up tapped in.

2-1 Japan, that should be it really.

Korea (rightly) not happy at all with it.

Cool Running

15 minutes left looks like Japan have it, Korea seem prety juiced. Would love Korea to nick a goal and bring it to penalties

Xavi6

Shambolic refereeing for both penalties. South Korea will do well to get back into it.

Roll on the Socceroos

CR 7

YYYYEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!


Absolutely epic stuff.

Go on the Park.:D:D:D

Cool Running

GGGGGOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL:D

Dont be at yourself

Ha! Talk about a scramble!

Xavi6

Epic.

Feckin love penos when my team isn't involved

Paul Tergat

Cmon South Korea

SantryRed

That Peno that Japan got was ridiculous. Never even a foul.

Dont be at yourself

Much better from Honda

Xavi6

SantryRed wrote: »

That Peno that Japan got was ridiculous. Never even a foul.

It was obstruction outside the box. Defender didn't even look to play the ball. Indirect free imo.

Korean making a balls of it now.

Cool Running

Is the Japan keeper gonna do a Ciaran Kelly on it?

Mars Bar

Korea can't handle the pressure on the penalties...

Dont be at yourself

Xavi6 wrote: »

It was obstruction outside the box. Defender didn't even look to play the ball. Indirect free imo.

Korean making a balls of it now.

Could argue professional foul. Like you say, he had no intention of playing the ball.

Johner

Terrible penalties from Korea.

CR 7

Well it was good while it lasted. Still an epic comeback.:D

Japan fully deserved it, they are a class above.

Can't wait for the final now.

Cool Running

Epic stuff

Fair play to Japan. Korea totally folded for the penalties

Better hit the leaba now, its 1am in Korea now and got work in the morning

Dont be at yourself

Korea completely fell apart in the shout out. Although in fairness, they were a couple of good saves from the keeper.

Oat23

Shocking penalties.

Heung-Min Son crying .

Xavi6

C'mon the Socceroos! Be a super start to Australia Day if we get a win.

Xavi6

Harry you legend!

Xavi6

4 fookin 0!

Tchaikovsky

I presume Kewell was injured for the qualifiers and group matches :rolleyes:

Xavi6

Nope he's been super throughout.

6-0 now

kakee

Australia v Japan in the final. Should be a good game, anyone know what time and what day its on.

Xavi6

Saturday at 3pm your time.

Dues Bellator

what channel is it on saturday please.

ArmaniJeanss

Xavi6 wrote: »

Saturday at 3pm your time.

Did the official announcement of Australia as host for 2015 happen yet?

Will hosting it lead to an increased interest in 'soccer' amongst Australians or was it a case of 'World Cup or fck off'?

A Dub in Glasgo

Eurosport 2

Xavi6

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Did the official announcement of Australia as host for 2015 happen yet?

Will hosting it lead to an increased interest in 'soccer' amongst Australians or was it a case of 'World Cup or fck off'?

Yeah pretty sure it's been confirmed for here.

Australians are very patriotic so will definitely make it a success. They're also bandwagon jumpers in terms of football so crowds will go well because of that.

You see it in the A-League. For a normal game Gold Coast United might get 2000 spectators. Open up the doors and say it's to raise money for the floods then 15000 show up to do their bit for fear of being 'un-Australian'.

There is a very passionate group of hardcore football fans though who will drive the tournament and the Socceroos' good performance in Qatar will certainly help. Obviously hosting a World Cup would be better but the Asian Cup will do well here, definitely.

flahavaj

Is this taking place in Qatar? If so any indication of how it has run? What have crowds been like, what have temperatures been like etc etc?

Dont be at yourself

flahavaj wrote: »

Is this taking place in Qatar? If so any indication of how it has run? What have crowds been like, what have temperatures been like etc etc?

Poor attendances all the way through, put down to corporate ticket holders not turning up. Also talk of the final itself being oversold, with thousands of fans with tickets turned away at the the stadium.

No vuvuzelas though, so that's something at least.

Father Damo

Anyone watch the final? Australia were fcuking wretched against a mediocre Japanese side and could have taken them apart if not for their lack of passing.

Funnily enough the fact they lost barely made the news here, if they won it would still be on it :pac: