AFC 2011 Finals - Qatar - 07th Jan - 29th Jan

[Footy Smart]

cant help but feel they were our chances for the night and we didnt take them

[zipzap]

Pathetic defending by aussies, got caught out badly

Agreed. Looked pretty good attacking at times though. Been a pretty even match so far

[Jim05]

Goal
1-1
Come on you roos

[Jim05]

Ogdenovski lucky to stay on park. Hes had a shocker and should have been sent off.
Holman playing well again.
Cullina off injured
Wilkshire off injured

[Jim05]

Schwartzer just pulled off a great save to keep us in it.
Kewell has had a cracker tonight

[Jim05]

Another injury
Carney dislocates his shoulder.
Weve lost 3 tonight.
Full Time
Australia 1
Sth Korea 1

[Sploosh]

In the end, I*m happy to get away with the draw. We looked good at times, but it seemed the Koreans blitzed us for pace and accurate passing.

[Swooper16]

Very entertaining game to watch. THe Koreans technique in tight spaces was a class above. We still had our chances tho and once Lucas stopped giving the ball alway coming out of defence we looked alot better. Unfortunately for the Big O he looks a step behind international football. Thought Harry was immense - not sure how often he has been used as a target man in his career but last night didnt lose an aerial challenge against often 2-3 opponents. Those injuries look like they might cost us tho.

[RoosterMarty]

Terrible goal to concede, what Neill was thinking I don't know. The ball should never have been allowed to bounce and Neill ran away for some reason. He did well to set up the equaliser though, nice time for Jedinak to open his account. Kewell was awesome, great to see him fit. The injuries are a concern, hopefully they aren't too serious as we need all players fit to win this tournament.

Agree that it was an entertaining game, the Aussies played some nice stuff at times and created a few chances and the Koreans work in close was very impressive.

[Jim05]

Iraq 1
UAE 0
Iraq win with last minute own goal.

Iran 1
Nth Korea 0
Iran first team through to next round.
Nth korea still a chance but more than likely back to prison or working in the salt mines

[Jim05]

Group A
Qatar 3
Kuwait 0

Uzbekistan 2
China 2
Pre comp predictions half correct
Qatar and uzbekistan through
China rubbish, you would think a country of 2 billion could find 11 decent players but no they are a joke.
Qatar was always going to get through they are a fairly decent side and as the home team have all the crowd support plus referee support. Watch the dubious decisions they get in the next round

[Jim05]

Group B
Japan 5
Saudi Arabia 0

Jordan 2
Syria 1
Japan looked awesome in demolishing the saudis.
Last tournaments runner up dumped out early.
Jordan the supposed easy beats of the group go through.

[Pag]

So with the draw for the quarters looking like this at the moment:

Top half:
Japan v Qatar

Group 3 Winner (AUS/Sth KOR) v Group 4 R/U (IRN/IRQ)

Bottom Half:
Uzbekistan v Jordan

Group 4 Winner (IRN/IRQ) v Group 3 R/U (AUS/Sth KOR)

Do we really want to win the group and get stuck in the same side of the draw as Japan? I think the bottom half looks a lot more attractive.

[Jim05]

Kewell misses a sitter. Aussies looking a bit ordinary tonight

[Jim05]

GOAL
Jedinak with an absolute cracker

[zipzap]

GOAL
Jedinak with an absolute cracker

His free kick a bit later was almost as good

[Jim05]

Group C
Australia 1
Bahrain 0

Sth Korea 4
India 1
Aussies finish top of group on goal differance

[mighty hounds]

So with the draw for the quarters looking like this at the moment:

Top half:
Japan v Qatar

Group 3 Winner (AUS/Sth KOR) v Group 4 R/U (IRN/IRQ)

Bottom Half:
Uzbekistan v Jordan

Group 4 Winner (IRN/IRQ) v Group 3 R/U (AUS/Sth KOR)

Do we really want to win the group and get stuck in the same side of the draw as Japan? I think the bottom half looks a lot more attractive.

Def, to be the best we have to beat the best!

[whufc]

Is it just me or is Brett Emerton always either getting injured or gets to many yellows and misses games during major tournaments for Australia

[Jim05]

Group D
Iran 3
UAE 0

Iraq 1
Nth Korea 0
Iran & Iraq through
Back to to the salt mines for the vanquished koreans, the great leader would not be impressed with that effort.