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| Kuwait v Australia 2011 |
My tragic footall fan is coming out to play again. The Asian Cup kicks off (pun intended) tonight in Melbourne with Australia playing Kuwait in the competition opening match. My first match is tomorrow.
Sports blogger Kate Cohen has an article in the Guardian today. The article is headed "Asian Cup final four the minimum expectation for Socceroos". I beg to deffer and wrote the thoughts below in the article's comments section. (Not just a football tragic but a Guardian Comments tragic too.)
FIFA Rankings are about as reliable as the bidding process to host the World Cup. Australia ranked 100 tells us nothing.
I think football is an infuriatingly, beautifully simple game. Score
more goals than the other guys and you win. Forget that and you're
toast.
I have my tickets for the 6 group games in Canberra (I shall cheer
loudest for the team from Palestine but I don't really mind who wins
here). And I have my tickets for the quarters, semi and final. They are a
different kettle of fish.
When I went to Brazil last June I did not expect to see Australia at
the Rio final (although there were a few minutes against Holland when
getting out of the toughest group in the Cup did not seem impossible).
But please guys. This is home turf. We all expect to see you in Sydney. In the final. Winning.
Go Socceroos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sports blogger Kate Cohen has an article in the Guardian today. The article is headed "Asian Cup final four the minimum expectation for Socceroos". I beg to deffer and wrote the thoughts below in the article's comments section. (Not just a football tragic but a Guardian Comments tragic too.)
FIFA Rankings are about as reliable as the bidding process to host the World Cup. Australia ranked 100 tells us nothing.
I think football is an infuriatingly, beautifully simple game. Score more goals than the other guys and you win. Forget that and you're toast.
I have my tickets for the 6 group games in Canberra (I shall cheer loudest for the team from Palestine but I don't really mind who wins here). And I have my tickets for the quarters, semi and final. They are a different kettle of fish.
When I went to Brazil last June I did not expect to see Australia at the Rio final (although there were a few minutes against Holland when getting out of the toughest group in the Cup did not seem impossible).
But please guys. This is home turf. We all expect to see you in Sydney. In the final. Winning.
Go Socceroos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!