Friday, January 14, 2011

Socceroos to wear special shirts for flood victims

The Socceroos will wear special shirts during their warm-up for Friday's Asian Cup clash with Korea Republic and black armbands in the match, to raise awareness of the devastating floods in Queensland.
The shirts will read 'Australia Flood Relief Appeal - Donate now' and feature a link to the appeal website, Australian captain Lucas Neill said.
"Thanks to the Asian Football Confederation, who have gracefully allowed us to wear a different shirt in the warm-up, highlighting where you can donate to an appeal," said  Neill.
"It's a massive disaster. Australian people have unfortunately died and people are missing. The floods are never-ending, people are losing their houses and it is a concern of the Socceroos team.
"Our thoughts and wishes are with the people back home and we hope we can do them proud over here."
Queensland state capital Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, was turned into a disaster zone on Thursday, with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30,000 properties.
At least 15 people have been killed.
"This is not just for people in Australia, hopefully people all over the world can realise that sometimes football is not the biggest thing in the world and people's lives are more important,” continued Neill.
"People losing their families and their homes ... it makes football seem second best."
At least five members of the Socceroo squad were either born or raised in Queensland.
"We will be wearing black armbands for the people who have lost their lives," Neill added.

Saudi record dented again

This is only the second time Saudi Arabia’s proud and glittering record in the AFC Asian Cup has been dented with a humiliating group stage exit.

Since the Sons of the Desert’s first participation in the continental showcase in 1984, the West Asians have featured in the final without fail, save in 2004 and this edition.

They lifted the cup by beating China in their debut appearance in 1984 and kept it under lock and key by winning it again four years later after edging Korea Republic on penalties.

In 1992 they reached the final but lost to Japan by a solitary goal but came back with vigour to win the title for the third time in 1996, defeating the UAE on penalties.

In the year 2000, they lost to their great rivals Japan but it was in 2004 that their campaign ended in a shocking manner in the group stage. In China, they drew 2-2 with Turkmenistan, lost to Uzbekistan 1-0, and a 2-1 defeat to Iraq completed their rout. They ended with just one point at the rear of the table.

Four years later the Saudis were unstoppable or so it seemed until Iraq took the wind out of them in Jakarta. They lost 1-0 in the memorable final at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, a crushing defeat out of which it seems the team is still finding its way out.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

AFC ASIAN CUP 2011 - SCHEDULE AND RESULTS ON 13th January

Group A

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
UZBEKISTAN416
QATAR223
CHINA P.R.223
KUWAIT14-3 0
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
1
07 January 2011 19:15
QATAR-UZBEKISTAN
Khalifa Stadium
2
08 January 2011 16:15
KUWAIT-CHINA P.R.
Al Gharafa Stadium
9
12 January 2011 16:15
UZBEKISTAN-KUWAIT
Al Gharafa Stadium
10
12 January 2011 19:15
CHINA P.R.-QATAR
Khalifa Stadium
17
16 January 2011 19:15
QATAR-KUWAIT
Khalifa Stadium
18
16 January 2011 19:15
CHINA P.R.-UZBEKISTAN
Al Gharafa Stadium
Group B

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
SYRIA213
JAPAN111
JORDAN111
SAUDI ARABIA12-1 0
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
3
09 January 2011 16:15
JAPAN-JORDAN
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
4
09 January 2011 19:15
SAUDI ARABIA-SYRIA
Al-Rayyan Stadium
1:2
11
13 January 2011 16:15
JORDAN-SAUDI ARABIA
Al Rayyan Stadium
12
13 January 2011 19:15
SYRIA-JAPAN
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
19
17 January 2011 16:15
SAUDI ARABIA-JAPAN
Al Rayyan Stadium
20
17 January 2011 16:15
JORDAN-SYRIA
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
Group C

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
AUSTRALIA403
KOREA REPUBLIC213
BAHRAIN12-1 0
INDIA04-4 0
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
5
10 January 2011 16:15
INDIA-AUSTRALIA
Al Sadd Stadium
0:4
6
10 January 2011 19:15
KOREA REPUBLIC-BAHRAIN
Al-Gharafa Stadium
2:1
13
14 January 2011 16:15
AUSTRALIA-KOREA REPUBLIC
Al Gharafa Stadium
14
14 January 2011 19:15
BAHRAIN-INDIA
Al Sadd Stadium
21
18 January 2011 16:15
KOREA REPUBLIC-INDIA
Al Gharafa Stadium
22
18 January 2011 16:15
AUSTRALIA-BAHRAIN
Al Sadd Stadium
Group D

TeamGPWDLGFGA+/-Pts
I.R. IRAN213
DPR KOREA001
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES001
IRAQ12-1 0
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
7
11 January 2011 16:15
DPR KOREA-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
0:0
8
11 January 2011 19:15
IRAQ-I.R. IRAN
Al-Rayyan Stadium
1:2
15
15 January 2011 16:15
I.R. IRAN-DPR KOREA
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
16
15 January 2011 19:15
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-IRAQ
Al Rayyan Stadium
23
19 January 2011 19:15
IRAQ-DPR KOREA
Al Rayyan Stadium
24
19 January 2011 19:15
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-I.R. IRAN
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
25
21 January 2011 16:25
Winner Group B-Runner Up Group A
Al Gharafa Stadium
26
21 January 2011 19:25
Winner Group A-Runner Up Group B
Khalifa Stadium
27
22 January 2011 16:25
Winner Group C-Runner Up Group D
Al Sadd Stadium
28
22 January 2011 19:25
Winner Group D-Runner Up Group C
Qatar Sports Club Stadium
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
29
25 January 2011 16:25
Winner QF2-Winner QF4
Al Gharafa Stadium
30
25 January 2011 19:25
Winner QF1-Winner QF3
Khalifa Stadium
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
31
28 January 2011 18:00
Loser SF1-Loser SF2
Al Sadd Stadium
#
Date
Match
Venue
Result
32
29 January 2011 18:00
Winner SF1-Winner SF2
Khalifa Stadium
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