Some things in Asian football are entirely predictable after all; Al Hilal progress to the AFC Champions League final for the third time in four years, following an emphatic 7-0 victory over Al-Duhail, a match […]
The AFC Champions League knockout stages in the West have finally arrived, after a gargantuan 10-month long wait since the group stage concluded back in May. Football rarely stands still, yet looking back at the […]
Bigger is better, or so Gianni Infantino will have you believe. The FIFA president’s announcement that the Club World Cup would expand to 32 teams by 2025 was met with divided opinion to say the […]
As the world revels in the aftermath of Lionel Messi’s career pinnacle, the pace of change in international football propels us forward towards a new year, and a new cycle on the road to World […]
Back in April, the AFC commissioned an innocuous looking taskforce, that was instructed by Sheikh Salman himself to “transform (Asia’s) Elite Club Football into a more attractive stage to improve technical performance, drive commercial value […]
The whole team is back on deck this week, and we are joined by respected Iranian journalist Hatam Shiralizadeh to dissect the saga engulfing Iranian football just months out from this year’s FIFA World Cup […]
And just like that, the semi-final of the AFC Champions League (East Zone) is upon us. In this compromised and elongated edition of the tournament, Urawa Reds and Jeonbuk Hyundai – both two-time ACL winners […]
Back in March, I posed the eternal plea – could Uzbek football finally present a competitive Super League season? I floated the question more in hope than expectancy, but as we are soon to be […]
One of the lesser known historical quirks about Japan is that it’s actually the final resting place of none other than Jesus Christ. The story goes that it was actually Jesus’ little known brother, Isukiri, […]
Excitement abounds on this week’s The Asian Game Podcast, not only for the return of the AFC Champions League (East Zone), which concludes this week with the knockout rounds in Japan, but because our very […]
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