By Decentric - 13 Jan 2015 12:31 PM
Don't know about others, but I'm enjoying watching teams from across Asia.
Compared to the HAL , there is a greater diversity of football style. The technical quality of many Asian teams/players is probably quite high high compared to the Aussies in the HAL. Conversely, for the majority they are probably not as well coached and tactically savvy.
It is good to get away from being Australiacentric.
I think we are in a region with potential for fast improvement in quality of teams/players.
If we can attain the technical quality of our opponents, and they can get closer to our tactical quality and coach education of Aussie coaches, things augur well for the future.
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By grazorblade - 24 Jan 2015 11:41 AM
the conditions really hurt the oz v china spectacle sadly.
China have been good this asian cup. They would have a very good chance of qualifying. You would think given their size and emphasis on technique china could be the first genuine world football power in the region. The improved so quickly in the olympics, I would expect they could be a mere 8 or so years away. It would be nice to have some world class opposition in the region to compete against (though japan and south korea at times are very near the top level)
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