This is customary in the Gulf :laugh: so are extravagant return ceremonies, almost to an unnecessary degree! [IMG]
There is no need to be a sore loser. You lost the game fairly. The referee made a mistake but Iraq were deserving in the end anyway. They had much...
These clowns have to make any excuse to save their 'pride'. They can't admit when they were completely dominated by an opponent. And even worse,...
The Arab Football Confederation bribed the Iraqis themselves to play better? Doesn't it seem more likely that they would've bribed the Iranians to...
Umad bro? Your team grass rolled for 50 minutes instead of playing football; Haghigi was playing dead on the ground for half an hour. You got...
Even after 50 minutes of grassrolling to take it to penalties, Iran loses :p not like they would have gotten past the semis anyway.
That was a great display by China. Uzbekistan was decent in the first half but completely fell off in the second half.
I think the loss demoralized Qatar and that this will reflect on their next matches. I don't see them getting a point unless they change nearly...
Although they deserved to win, I would not go that far. They are good but they need real opposition to test themselves, and Qatar cannot, by any...
What a clinical performance by the UAE. They 100% deserved to win by that scoreline. Qatar played worse than Fiji's under 17 team.
Likewise, Rashidov is the only player who stood out for me.
No, that is the price you pay when you sack a coach every other match... you get trapped in an endless loop of obscurity and mediocrity.
I never expected any of the Arab teams to win in the first four opening matches? Quite enthralling matches though.