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I think the AFC Cup needs restructuring. Ridiculous that West Asia has an expressway to the final and you could argue it isn't right geographically that Kyrgyzstan and Australia can meet. Despite that, I actually want the AFC to be total mixed around to remove the ME advantage they give themselves by avoiding East Asia in the group stages. It's just tricky with the cost and distance.
I think Central Asia and the South Asia regions would have more feasible travel between themselves. As would WA and CA. I'll contradict myself and say that at least for WA, Australia has direct flights into many of those places. Europe isn't exactly comparable and the Conference League has become a fun thing for many clubs with the group stage offering a lot of good football. I initially thought an expanded version with even more teams in a more local sense for early rounds (like the EFL Cup) in a home and away leg knockout tournament would be the go. That way the teams less interested can just throw themselves out and spare 6 group games and the serious ones can plot a long run into the tournament. The Hub match rounds were good but it is tricky with all the league schedules.
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