The Asian Cup starts here on Friday. I've bought tickets for six group games in the nation's capital then three others in Sydney. Football daft it would seem.
Naff video but the competition should be fun.
I’m going to the first of my 6 games being played in Canberra on Saturday – South Korea v Oman, which is not quite Argentina v Brazil but it’s still international football. I’ve got tickets for the Quarters, Semi and Final as well but they’re up in Sydney at the end of the month.
My highlight is looking forward to the Palestinian team play Iraq in two weeks’ time. Five of the Palestine team were not allowed to travel. Maybe some ‘war on terror’ dickhead thought they’d suicide bomb the goalie. I saw players interviewed by Guardian Online (here) at the Palestinian Social Club in Sydney. It’s the first official tournament a Palestinian team has played in and the players are saying, ‘yes we’re here for our country and the people and we are proud. But we also just want to play football.’ The world over. A bunch of lads just want to kick a football around a pitch.
