SA Footy

Keefy wrote:Quarter Final draw is about to be held in Kuala Lumpur.

The following 8 teams are remaining in the competition:-

Adelaide United
Bunyodkor
Al Ahli
Al Ittihad
Al Hilal
Foolad Sepahan
Ulsan Hyundai
Guangzhou Evergrande

3 clubs from Saudi Arabia
1 each from Australia, Uzebekistan, Iran, China and Korea

Adelaide draw Bunyodkor - 1st leg played at Hindmarsh on September 19

Get past them and they will play the winner of Ulsan Hyundai and Al Hilal

Winner of that semi-final will host the AFC Champions League final

Great draw, very confident of getting to the next round. Should be more than able to take down the Uzbekis

Just easier like this.

My first United game tonight, hoping for a good night out and an Adelaide victory.

Good atmosphere around the place

Ramsey scores after 7 minutes

1-0

Kostopolous scores 24 minutes

2-0

Adelaide down to 10 men after Boogaard is sent off


41 minutes gone

Bunyodkor scores from the free

2-1

Still 2-1 after 60 minutes

Just over 10,000 there

Shocking defending 2-2

Finished 2-2

Brodlach wrote:Finished 2-2

And its going to be tough in the return leg, they need to win or a 3-3 draw or more to go thru

pels wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Finished 2-2

And its going to be tough in the return leg, they need to win or a 3-3 draw or more to go thru

2-2 draw and try your luck with xtra time

mickey wrote:

pels wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Finished 2-2

And its going to be tough in the return leg, they need to win or a 3-3 draw or more to go thru

2-2 draw and try your luck with xtra time

and then penalties

F**king Boogaard, absolute hack, why the hell didnt we piss him off

reds were pretty bloody dominant in the first half from what i saw.

didnt realise how crucial that red card would be

Adelaide should've been at least 4-0 before the send off

Didn't take their chances, paid the price.

LOL ONLY Adelaide United could have drawn that.

Should have been at least 4-6 goals up by the time of the sending off and then went to 5hite.

Jim05 wrote:F**king Boogaard, absolute hack, why the hell didnt we piss him off

I can't stand him either, but he shouldn't have been put in that position .. I reckon his opponent was odds on to score so he had to try and bring him down.

Would have been an excellent play if it weren't for the fantastic free kick they put in the net.

In this day and age its amazing when in that situation how many defenders still take the risk of fouling the opposition and getting the auto red despite the opposition still having to finish the goal.

More than ever teams are scoring from direct free kicks and refs are giving red cards 100% of time for those incidents.

I think defenders need to start to be willing to put on as much pressure as possible without giving away the foul, back your keeper in and stay on the park even if the opposition score, especially when your side is ahead.