ANALYSIS
How Al Hilal became Kings of Asia
Nineteen years after their last success, Al Hilal are once against champions of Asia. But how did they get the job done? Rhysh Roshan Rai was at both legs in Riyadh and Saitama and shares […]
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PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 46
Scott is LIVE from Saitama Stadium for the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League final between Japan’s Urawa Reds and Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, where we get all the pre and post-match reaction, […]
ANALYSIS
Que Ngoc Hai leading from the back
Finally the region – and beyond – is starting to wake up to the talents that Vietnamese football possesses and this recognition is long overdue. Much of the attention though seems focused on the sublime […]
ANALYSIS
Behind the Numbers: Could Sri Lanka stay goalless?
Five qualifiers in and one whole(-ish) round behind them, Sri Lanka are still sitting on a frustrating and unprecedented zero goals scored. How come, and do they have what it takes to eventually break through? […]
AFC CUP
Mahdi Khalil dreams of a bright future
With the AFC Cup in the bag, Mahdi Khalil has set his sights on the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and his next chapter. When Mahdi Khalil was called up to the podium to accept […]
ANALYSIS
Take II: Red vs Blue in epic ACL finale
It’s often said the sequel is never as good as the original, but this year’s AFC Champions League final will hopefully buck that trend. The original, in 2017, saw two of Asia’s biggest and best […]
PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 45
We have an all-star cast on hand for this week’s show as we preview the epic AFC Champions League final between Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and Japan’s Urawa Reds. Scott and Paul are joined by […]
ANALYSIS
Will the real Urawa Reds please stand up
If you only watch Urawa play in continental competition you could be forgiven for thinking that they’re amongst the best Asian club teams going round – confident, with control and occasional verve in attack and […]
OPINION
OPINION: Al Hilal is Asia’s biggest club
You can use a lot of different metrics to define ‘biggest’ – crowds, trophies, and in the modern world that we live even social media following – and in almost all of those Al Hilal […]
AFC CUP
A slice of history awaits 4.25 SC in AFC Cup final
One way or another today’s AFC Cup final will prove to be a historic occasion for Asian football; two debutants from two nations who have yet to experience continental success contesting the confederation’s second-tier crown […]