This, would be good to see an Asian player influence a European Champions League final.

i think the last one we had was harry kewell in 2005? as a liverpool fan i hope son has a stinker but very happy for him to be playing 

Park Ji Sung for Man United in 2011 was last.

It was the first of three in a row for squad appearances in the final by AFC players though, Takashi Usami was an unused sub for Bayern Munich in 2012 as was Langerak for Dortmund in 2013.

Park Ji Sung also had a full game for United in 2009, Kewell came on as a sub for Liverpool in 2007 against Kalac on the bench for Milan, Kewell famously off after 23 minutes for Liverpool in 2005, and Frank Juric on the bench for Leverkusen in 2002. Ali Dei is West Asia's last shout on the bench for Bayern in 1999, but we can also claim Christian Vieri.

I won't bother looking back any further for now but that was fun.

Congrats to Haraguchi for failing to score and being the Hannover big buy to score goals this season. Asano equally rubbish on loan this season with 0 scorer points.

my god you are pathetic. taking out your frustrations on the two japanese guys.
if haraguchi was australian you would be creaming your pants every weekend at the guy playing first team football in the bundesliga. 
by the way haraguchi has never been a big scorer any where he's played. i don't know why you expected him to score so many goals this season. 

If Haraguchi were Australian I'd be quite annoyed at the lack of result. Leckie had a pretty tough season on the scorer front too. 

I just dislike the way these two players got way overhyped and unfortunately never delivered. 

JAPAN vs chile is happening now 

4-0 to Chile lol. Wtf is wrong with Japan? That's a humiliating result for them. 

They’re were playing a second team and had no final touch. Kubo, the 18 year old who has just signed for Real Madrid, was invisible and they looked sloppy all over. 

This Is Why Real Madrid Signed Takefusa Kubo - YouTube

Just about to post this. Very similar to Arzani, perhaps tad better technically. 

20 year old Hiroki Abe goes from ACL champs Kashima Antlers to Barcelona.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/barcelona-transfer-news-sign-hiroki-abe-kashima-antlers-done-deal-latest-a9002006.html

Will people deride that transfer as much as Singh’s?

Good article from the AFC about some Asian moves: http://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/transfer-watch-all-of-asia-s-moves

Korean Hwang Ui-jo from Gamba Osaka to Bordeaux, Japan's Gaku Shibasaki from Getafe to Deportivo La Coruna, Kyrgyz Republic captain Valery Kichin will get Europa League action with Dinamo Minsk, Takehiro Tomiyasu from Sint-Truiden to Bologna, Shoya Nakajima and Koki Anzai from Japan have gone to Porto and Portimonense SC respectively in Portugal, and the Vietnamese invasion of Europe has begun with Nguyen Cong Phuong joining three Japanese players at Sint-Truidense V.V. in Belgium.

Stephan El Shaarawy, Marko Arnautovic and Yaya Toure going the other way to Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai SIPG and 2nd tier Qingdao Huanghai respectively.

Japan making inroads with talented players, also their youth teams have had great times at the u20 World Cup and making the final at Toulon Tournament along competing well with a young team at Copa America.

Recently Tomiyasu has joined Serie A side Bologna and Nakajima joining FC Porto.

Also a couple of their players from their under 20 World Cup team have moved to Dutch sides with AZ Alkmaar signing a 20 year old full back and attacker Keito Nakamura set to join FC Twente as well.

This is also coupled with Kubo joining Real Madrid and Hiroki Abe joining Barcelona with their B-team.

Many talented players Japan are starting to produce to the big leagues in Europe, this is what Australia is up against! 

Honda returning to VVV Venlo. https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/keisuke-honda-voor-even-terug-bij-vvv-venlo 

from the j-league: 
takfesua kubo (18) real madrid
hiroki abe (20) barcelona reserve
yukinari sugawara (19) az alkmaar
koya kitagawa (23) rapid wien
yuma suzuki (23) stvv sint truiden
koki anzai (24) portimonense 
keito nakamura (19) fc twente 

inside europe: 
takehiro tomiyasu (20) stvv sint truiden to bologna 
daichi kamada (23) eintracht frankfurt to genoa
shoya nakajima (25) al-duhail to fc porto 

Huge upset in Asia, Palestine defeat Uzbekistan 2-0 in WCQ

Azmoun scoring away at Lyon in the Champions League.

hwang hee chan score for salzburg as well. takumi minamino with two assists and masaya okugawa was a second half substitute. 

Azmoun scoring in a 3-1 Champions League win over Benfica.

Chan and Minamino both scored in Salzburg's lost away at Liverpool this morning. Okugawa also made an appearance off the bench.

so if everybody who wants "an audience" simply brings a thread to the "Australian Football" section why even bother having the other ones  ?

Minamino looks absolutely incredible

Heung-min Son the only Asian in the 30 man Ballon d'Or shortlist, among 19 Europeans and 5 from each of Africa and South America.

Minamino starting for Liverpool in fa cup 

Wu Lei scored the late equaliser vs Barcelona. Well placed shot. 

South Korean international Yun Il-Lok leaving Ange's Yokohama on a free for Montpellier in Ligue 1.

Cracker of a goal by Son against Man City just now.

Ki Sung-Yeung returning home to FC Seoul.