Teams & Managers: UAE - Alberto Zaccheroni [ITA] Thailand - Milovan Rajevac [SRB] India - Stephen Constantine [ENG] Bahrain- Miroslav Soukup [CZE] Australia - Graham Arnold [AUS] Syria - Bernd Stange [GER] Palestine - Noureddine Ouid Ali [ALG] Jordan - Vital Borkelmans [BEL] Korea - Paulo Bento [POR] China - Marcello Lippi [ITA] Kyrgyzstan - Aleksander Krestinin [RUS] Philippines - Sven-Göran Eriksson [SWE] Iran - Carlos Queiroz [POR] Iraq - Srečko Katanec [SVN] Vietnam - Park Hang-seo [KOR] Yemen - Ján Kocian [SVK] Saudi Arabia - Juan Antonio Pizzi [ARG] Qatar - Félix Sánchez [ESP] Lebanon - Miodrag Radulović [MNE] North Korea - Kim Yong-jun [DPRK] Japan - Hajime Moriyasu [JPN] Uzbekistan - Héctor Cúper [ARG] Oman - Pim Verbeek [NED] Turkmenistan - Ýazguly Hojageldyýew [TKM] Matches & Schedule: [Group A] 2019/01/05 UAE vs Bahrain - Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/06 Thailan vs India - Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/10 Bahrain vs Thailand - Al Maktoun Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/10 India vs UAE - Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/14 UAE vs Thailand - Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/14 India vs Bahrain - Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah [Group B] 2019/01/06 Australia vs Jordan - Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/06 Syria vs Palestine - Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 2019/01/10 Jordan vs Syria - Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/11 Palestine vs Australia - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/15 Australia vs Syria - Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/15 Palestine vs Jordan - Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi [Group C] 2019/01/07 China PR vs Kyrgyzstan - Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/07 South Korea vs Philippines - Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/11 Philippines vs China PR - Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/11 Kyrgyzstan vs South Korea - Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/16 South Korea vs China PR - Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/16 Kyrgyzstan vs Philippines - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai [Group D] 2019/01/07 Iran vs Yemen - Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/08 Iraq vs Vietnam - Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/12 Vietnam vs Iran - Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/12 Yemen vs Iraq - Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2019/01/16 Vietnam vs Yemen - Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/16 Iran vs Iraq - Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai [Group E] 2019/01/08 Saudi Arabia North Korea - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/09 Qatar vs Lebanon - Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 2019/01/12 Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia - Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/13 North Korea vs Qatar - Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, 2019/01/17 Saudi Arabia vs Qatar - Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/17 Lebanon vs North Korea - Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah [Group F] 2019/01/09 Japan vs Turkmenistan - Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/09 Uzbekistan vs Oman - Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 2019/01/13 Oman vs Japan - Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/13 Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2019/01/17 Oman vs Turkmenistan - Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 2019/01/17 Japan vs Uzbekistan - Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain *All discussions of the tournament and other teams are to be discussed in here. Please do not make double posts and or discussions in two separate threads.
Notable absent players: - Aaron Mooy (Australia) - Daniel Arzani (Australia) - Martin Boyle (Australia) - Ali Al Habsi (Oman) - Omar Abdulrahman (UAE) - Neil Etheridge (Philippines) - Saeed Ezatollahi (Iran) - Gen Shoji (Japan) - Shinji Kagawa (Japan) - Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
Former Jeonnam defender, Robert Cornthwaite (코니), gives his Asian Cup prediction. 🥇 Champions: South Korea 🥈 Runners-up: Iran🥉 Semi-finalists: Australia-Saudi🎯 Top Scorer: Hwang Uijo🏅 Best Player: Ki sung Yeung🧤 Best Goalkeeper: Ryan https://t.co/2TrI8BBVeU— Rob Cornthwaite (@robcornthwaite) January 2, 2019
He was originally linked to the Iraq and Cameroon job, but it seems like the Philippines was far more enticing, after all they have their star GK Neil Etheridge as well(Although he withdrew from taking part in the tournament).
Yeah, it's quite surprising that there are not only more foreign managers this time around, but there's a handful of notable ones as well: Zaccheroni, Lippi, CQ, Cuper, Bento, Pizzi, Rajevac, Verbeek, Sven-Goran Eriksson.
대표팀 관계자는 3일(한국시간) "전날 오후 대표팀 숙소에서 코칭스태프와 선수들을 대상으로 'AFC 미팅'이 진행됐다"라며 "AFC 심판 강사가 이번 아시안컵의 판정 기준에 대한 설명회가 열렸다"고 말했다. AFC는 이번 대회에 참가하는 24개국을 대상으로 현지에 도착한 팀들을 직접 찾아가 판정 기준은 물론 마케팅과 관련해 선수들이 조심해야 할 점 등을 설명하는 미팅을 열고 있다. 이번 미팅에서 AFC 심판 강사는 심판의 눈을 속이는 '시뮬레이션 반칙'(일명 할리우드 액션)을 엄격하게 잡아내겠다는 점을 강조했다. 시뮬레이션 반칙으로 경고를 받는 선수에게는 벌금도 1천달러(약 113만원)가 부과된다. https://sports.v.daum.net/v/20190103144044571 Apparently, players will not only receive a yellow card for simulation plays, but will also have to cough up $1k in fine.
No, he will not get sacked, that'd be stupid. If the German fraud was able to get numerous chances/lifelines even when failing miserably, I don't see why Bento shouldn't get the same treatment. If anything, it's too quick and too soon to be calling for his head, especially right after the Asian Cup.
I also doubt that the KFA wants to eat the release clause. And hire another manager. We aint Manchester United.
TBH if he gets the team eliminated at the group stage, he deserve the axe. It would be a phenomenal failure on his part (and the whole team-- but the coach takes responsibility) It was stupid for KFA to offer a 4 year contract.
kim pangon negotiated for a initial shorter term with a clause for automatic extension some time during the world cup qualifiers but the coaches he met said full 4 year cycle guarantee or gtfo
Interesting explanaton for the 59-year-gold-drought for Korea in the Asian Cup. After winning their second title in 1960, the KFA placed an order for the gold medals to be given to the players, but apparently the jewellery shop owner plated the medal with gold. The reason being that the KFA didn't give enough money for pure gold medals. So the gold drought curse began. Sad story ain't it.... There's one happy turn around news, though. Hong MyungBo and his KFA staff, in hopes of ending the curse, passed out the real gold medals to surviving players and family members of deceased ones in 2014. http://naver.me/5WliNg63