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@MHSN Btw which edition of Asian Cup do u think was the best according to quality of matches ofc , i followed the tournament regurarly since 2004 and i can say that this edition was the best so far i've seen many underdogs were introduced for the 1st time in the big asian level , many knockout crazy matches , controversial refereeing decisions , maybe the biggest one was that happened during Jordan and Japan match in quarters when the referee decided suddenly to change the goals during penalty shootouts as Jordan was leading 3-1 then all of a sudden Jordanese players missed 3 penalties and lost the match , i can't remember any other matches where this decision was made during penalty shoutouts

WOW ! Eriksson will coach Philippines but not really big surprise compared to his last teams that he worked in , his time has just passed . well adding to the list of Asian cups in winter is the 2011 edition which has been played in January also in Qatar , according to Wiki 2023 edition will be either on Korea or China so they shouldn't have problems in hosting it in Summer . it'll be a very interesting R16 match between KSA and Iran , but i think both teams are very capable of topping their groups , but ofc Iraq and Qatar are dangerous especially Qatar , seeing this match between KSA and Qatar will be really interesting , enemies brothers i think Iran will destroy Iraq as they want to get revenge ofc from 2015 defeat , Vietnam could cause problems to Iraq actually they have very good young teams and i'm sure they'll use some of these talents here . . for Iranian team ofc Queiroz will be in a lot of danger , yes he has qualified twice to WC , but he didn't win something big yet with Iran , he didn't pass 1st round in WC , i'm sure that if Iran wont reach the final at least here , he'll be sacked and that's something i even predicted before u said it . what i know about injuries is Alireza Jahanbaksh Brighton player who i just read yesterday that he couldn't even make it to the 23 man final squad , which'll a big loss for Iranian team, do u have another serious injuries , is Azmoun for example ok ?

indeed , too funny story , but maybe its the player choice to do so , thanks God CAF changed the timing of CAN and made it in summer , otherwise we would have seen a lot of stars missing in the next tournament . having 24 teams in Asia isn't anyhow a good idea , already in a tournament of 16 there were some punchbags especially those qualified from challenge cup , good to see new teams as u mentioned , u can add Lebanon to the list , but they won't add something new for the tournament IMO , anyway im looking forward to seeing next tournament it should be one of the most open Asian cups in history , maybe Japan is the one to beat here , but there's strong Iran , strong Korea , always good Australia , KSA is back on track , UAE is very dangerous at home , some underdogs like Syria , Uzbekistan and China , maybe Qatar can do something special here , so i hope to see many knockout rounds matches

Neil Etheridge goalkeeper of Cardif City will play only the opening match of his NT philippines with Korea in the Asian Cup 2019 and then he'll return back to his team

I think it's just an error by IWF site , his name is fares hassouna actually , elbakh is his last name which's not used as a second name in Arabic countries and i'm 100 % sure that he's the same guy i know him very well and many wrightlifting pages here in Egypt cover his news , he can be considered half Qatari and half Egyptian His coach is his father and he's a former Egyptian lifter btw

He's the same guy from Qatar , they don't have any other good lifters

that's really weird

it's sad for us as fans , but i think ATP players are satisfied with this decision , hopefully this Next GEN tournaments' system will be applied only for this tournament i can't see any modernization in it like they try to make

Australian open 2019 will have a 5th set tie breaker

CAF announced that Cameroon will host CAN 2021 which was supposed to be held in Cote d'Ivoire , a lot of mess happening in CAF recent days

El Eye Nice one

Al Ain wins

River quickly ties the game

ِAl Ain leads over River Plate 1-0 in the 1st Semis match

Jose Mourinho has been sacked today , i think i may change my prediction about PSG and Man Utd match

his 2nd home

Bayern faced Arsenal before in R16

Ronaldo knows very well how to score against Atletico + i think Juventus is better than last season , the team has much more confident now and Atletico it'd be hard for them to compete on La Liga and UCL ath same time , for Real even if they're not doing well right now they should defeat Ajax without many big problems , anyway they know how to win in UCL , so Ajax should not e a serious threat for them , but ofc that Ajax has some players that could trouble Real's defense , Rome is a very good team at home and i preditct them to win there 3-0 or 4-1 something like this against Porto , Porto wouldn't have qualified even if they were drawn in other groups

Bayern vs. Liverpool i really wished that was the final match , not R16 , it's really hard to choose whom to cheer for between those 2 teams , but i think i'll choose Salah Liverpool is better ofc right now , but Bayern is always a danger for any team in UCL and much more experienced ofc , so it'd be a great battle between those 2 teams ofc, Klopp knows everything about Bayern , even the team hasn't changed much since he was training Dortmund , but Liverpool will have a serious problem in the 1st leg as van Dijk won't play , i consider him as Liverpool's defense so it'd be a very good advantage for Bayern, for Juventus and Atletico also a very big game awaits us , juventus since they got Ronaldo turned to be more confident about offending other teams , so i don't really expect them to park the bus , Atletico is always very dangerous at home , so another very tight battle , Dortmund vs. Tottenham is also a very worthy one to watch , 2 teams that're always playing for scoring , PSG should destroy Manchester UTD , otherwise they won't win UCL any day if they lose against this weak team , other 4 matches are much predictable , should be an easy qualification for Barca , Man City , Real could struggle a bit against Ajax , but they should win with no big problems , Rome also should have good time against Porto and win the match without problems , so let's make some predictions :- 1. Bayern 51 - 49 Liverpool 2. Juventus 55 - 45 Atletico 3. Dortmund 55 - 45 Tottenham 4. PSG 70 - 30 Man UTD 5. Barcelona 75- 25 Lyon 6. Real Madrid 70 - 30 Ajax 7. Rome 70 - 30 Porto 8. Man City 90 - 10 Shalke

i always see that women can ride horses better than men

Edwina that was really interesting end

WOW ! that was definitely a sad end for a couple of riders who had a big chance to be on the podium today

from the start seemed that horse struggled a bit and it was too slow at the 1st 3 fences , so he tried to make it go faster as possible at the next fences , he should have played it safer IMO

only 2 clear rounds after 1st Rd , Sameh is 6th and still holds a chance for a podium finish only if he make a clear round ofc next stage

Finally we have a clear ride here