Asian Football Cup 2019 Discussion Thread

[MFahad]

We only have one team in that sport and is supported by all of my people. Im glad you posted this thread and i will just look for an update here rather to watch TV. The truth is, i dont have enough time to watch a game because of a strict time management. Its so hard to work, crypto and having business at the same time.

Watching scores here on this thread is not much entertaining as watching the match Live or on television.  Unless you have really busy schedule and cannot watch the match, then getting the scores online will only be for the information purpose .

[buwaytress]

RIP the Syrian Dream 

players played really great , they needed some little luck and better defense
the spirit today was great , it just confirms for me how bad Bernd Stange was for the team especially that he had the biggest salary for a coach in Syrian history
local Syrian coaches don't even get 2% of what Stange got , so money invested on that coach was totally wasted

anyway still plenty of matches to watch , lost my outrights for Syria but I still have Qatar to be best west asian team that can recover all if the Qataris kept their performance at the same level

I know... Sorry about that brother. In some ways, the players redeemed themselves threatening to at least get 1 point from the strongest team in the group, but it wasn't to be.

You're right, it was the wrong manager, and if they had just switched to a local guy just like the Thais did after the first game, who knows? Always strange for me even in my country, we send homegrown coaches and ex players fpr training and licences but in the end we get some foreign guy who to me always falls short anyway. Sometimes we just got to trust our men, the Thais did for a long time and got results.

Anyway, I don't have outrights but still like you betting on Qatar and for me Japan seem to have helped so far. Let's see.

[SyGambler]

RIP the Syrian Dream 

players played really great , they needed some little luck and better defense
the spirit today was great , it just confirms for me how bad Bernd Stange was for the team especially that he had the biggest salary for a coach in Syrian history
local Syrian coaches don't even get 2% of what Stange got , so money invested on that coach was totally wasted

anyway still plenty of matches to watch , lost my outrights for Syria but I still have Qatar to be best west asian team that can recover all if the Qataris kept their performance at the same level

I know... Sorry about that brother. In some ways, the players redeemed themselves threatening to at least get 1 point from the strongest team in the group, but it wasn't to be.

You're right, it was the wrong manager, and if they had just switched to a local guy just like the Thais did after the first game, who knows? Always strange for me even in my country, we send homegrown coaches and ex players fpr training and licences but in the end we get some foreign guy who to me always falls short anyway. Sometimes we just got to trust our men, the Thais did for a long time and got results.

Anyway, I don't have outrights but still like you betting on Qatar and for me Japan seem to have helped so far. Let's see.

thanks buddy
I still prefer a foreign coach , but a truly good coach not just a random German guy
Bernd Stange had zero achievements and most of the teams he coached fired him , the ones who brought him to Syria shouldn't be tolerated and should be fired

for today i have two bets that I made few days ago but didn't share here cause I tend to write my plays on the day of the match

I'm taking Iran to win X1.88 Bitgame odds ( unibet ) : this is the classico , Iran vs Iraq matches have always been amazing
both teams are great but the Iranian players are a little bit better and they are experienced as well , the game should be really fun and I'm not expecting an easy match but I'm going for Iran

I also have Korea to score over 1.5 goals X2.03 Sportsbet ( after boost ) : Korea is playing great football and they are the favor in all the bookies that I know to win the whole Asian cup
they have perfect team in all the lines , somehow their last 2 games they failed to score more than one goal
but I see the odds really nice for it and I guess bookies are over reacting for the fact that Korea failed to score more than one goal in the last games

[buwaytress]

I didn't make single bets on yesterday's games, again using South Korea and Vietnam to pad up other parlays (they won, but stupid results in other countries meant I lost anyway).

You got your over 1.5 goals, they're definitely the favourites, but now that darkhorse Syria is out, I still harbour some small hopes for SEA through Vietnam or Thailand, but my personal pick is Qatar like you, and maybe Japan to at least reach the final. So today, I'm betting on Japan and Qatar, big games both!

Iran-Iraq turned out to be a scoreless, but at least both sides had shots, yellow cards meant a lot of spirit too!

[Barcode_]

Both Japan and Uzbekistan have already won all their previous matches played in Group F and today we will see both of these teams playing against each other. Even though Japan are a well known team for their offensive play style but I think the defense of Uzbekistan is pretty good too, I guess we might see this match ending up with a draw at the final whistle today.

[Pffrt]

Both Japan and Uzbekistan have already won all their previous matches played in Group F and today we will see both of these teams playing against each other. Even though Japan are a well known team for their offensive play style but I think the defense of Uzbekistan is pretty good too, I guess we might see this match ending up with a draw at the final whistle today.

I do not think Uzbekistan can make it draw. It may be hard to get a win for Japan but they will definitely do it. Japan has well played good enough in world cup 2018. Besides, their ranking is 50, on the other hand, Uzbekistan is sitting at 95. Since their defence is good, they may defend well but at the end, Japan will take the lead. By the way, in football, ranking affects barely.

[snipie]

Both Japan and Uzbekistan have already won all their previous matches played in Group F and today we will see both of these teams playing against each other. Even though Japan are a well known team for their offensive play style but I think the defense of Uzbekistan is pretty good too, I guess we might see this match ending up with a draw at the final whistle today.

I do not think Uzbekistan can make it draw. It may be hard to get a win for Japan but they will definitely do it. Japan has well played good enough in world cup 2018. Besides, their ranking is 50, on the other hand, Uzbekistan is sitting at 95. Since their defence is good, they may defend well but at the end, Japan will take the lead. By the way, in football, ranking affects barely.

It is a hard game anyway and it's difficult to predict. Same thing for Saudi Arabia and Qatar which the game will take more than a sport dimension, it is basically a political war inside the football stadium. Better for Saudis to win or else they will have a bad treat from MBS and his pals.

[Little Mouse]

Both Japan and Uzbekistan have already won all their previous matches played in Group F and today we will see both of these teams playing against each other. Even though Japan are a well known team for their offensive play style but I think the defense of Uzbekistan is pretty good too, I guess we might see this match ending up with a draw at the final whistle today.

I do not think Uzbekistan can make it draw. It may be hard to get a win for Japan but they will definitely do it. Japan has well played good enough in world cup 2018. Besides, their ranking is 50, on the other hand, Uzbekistan is sitting at 95. Since their defence is good, they may defend well but at the end, Japan will take the lead. By the way, in football, ranking affects barely.

But still no one scores a goal and it looks like it will be a draw like as Barcode_ said. I do not think Japan can score today because Uzbekistan has a good defense and they will save. Let's see what happen.

[SyGambler]

Qatar has proved again to be one of the best teams in this competition beating Saudi Arabia one of the top nominated teams to win the Asian Cup
this game in particular I was expecting Saudi Arabia to win or game to end as a draw , cause you all know the political problem between these two countries and the stadium was full of Saudi fans so thought this may be a problem for Qatar
but if Qatar can beat Saudi with the current circumstances I guess this means that Qatar can handle big teams in the future

I wished tho that Qatar will face Japan instead of Iraq in the next stage , cause for me I really find Japan overrated this year and small teams like Qatar and Iraq are doing better job

[buwaytress]

Qatar has proved again to be one of the best teams in this competition beating Saudi Arabia one of the top nominated teams to win the Asian Cup
this game in particular I was expecting Saudi Arabia to win or game to end as a draw , cause you all know the political problem between these two countries and the stadium was full of Saudi fans so thought this may be a problem for Qatar
but if Qatar can beat Saudi with the current circumstances I guess this means that Qatar can handle big teams in the future

I wished tho that Qatar will face Japan instead of Iraq in the next stage , cause for me I really find Japan overrated this year and small teams like Qatar and Iraq are doing better job

Yeah, good day for me as my three-legged AFC parlay worked out. Japan won, Lebanon won, pretty comfortably in the end, and Qatar took it so I collected almost 7/1. Saudis had the lion's share of possession, created a lot more chances, and like you said, had the vocal support - but in the end the Qatari's quality made the difference. Definitely stamped their mark, and teams may be wondering about them in 3 years' time too... when they play at World Cup stage. Still an unknown factor.

Japan totally overrated agree, yet I still think they will go far. Thing about experience, and when they do play well, they are quite incredible as a team. The smaller teams still rely on several stars IMO.

[Pffrt]

Both Japan and Uzbekistan have already won all their previous matches played in Group F and today we will see both of these teams playing against each other. Even though Japan are a well known team for their offensive play style but I think the defense of Uzbekistan is pretty good too, I guess we might see this match ending up with a draw at the final whistle today.

I do not think Uzbekistan can make it draw. It may be hard to get a win for Japan but they will definitely do it. Japan has well played good enough in world cup 2018. Besides, their ranking is 50, on the other hand, Uzbekistan is sitting at 95. Since their defence is good, they may defend well but at the end, Japan will take the lead. By the way, in football, ranking affects barely.

It is a hard game anyway and it's difficult to predict. Same thing for Saudi Arabia and Qatar which the game will take more than a sport dimension, it is basically a political war inside the football stadium. Better for Saudis to win or else they will have a bad treat from MBS and his pals.

At the end, Japan made it. They won by 2-1 although Uzbekistan scored first. I thought Japan will not be able to score when they were behind by 1-0 but they almost scored in at the same time. Anyway, it was a nice comeback and win for Japan.

[Barcode_]

Qatar will be hosting the FIFA World Cup in year 2022 and I think the Qatar national football team has improved a lot, I never expected Qatar to be able to beat Saudi Arabia by 2 goals in their match yesterday, even though Qatar wasted a very good chance to score from the penalty awarded to them but they are still able to beat Saudi Arabia with the scoreline of 2-0 at the final whistle, I will be looking forward to see Qatar playing in the FIFA World Cup at the year of 2022.

[snipie]

I never expected Qatar to be able to beat Saudi Arabia by 2 goals in their match yesterday

Indeed, that was a dream few years ago to beat one of the used to be best Asian teams!

I will be looking forward to see Qatar playing in the FIFA World Cup at the year of 2022.

Yes it can form a nice team but will it pass to the next round in 2022? We will see.

Jordan - Thailand - Iran next sunday?

[Little Mouse]

Yes it can form a nice team but will it pass to the next round in 2022? We will see.

Host country always have the benefit, I mean they have a chance to play better. If you have see at Russia, they played well more than they should be. Eventually, they were able to make a drawn with Croatia too buy bad luck is they lost in tie-breaker. Qatar will also play better in World Cup 2022. They have changed a lot and hope they will be a better team in world cup.

[buwaytress]

Yes it can form a nice team but will it pass to the next round in 2022? We will see.

Jordan - Thailand - Iran next sunday?

It was only a personal feeling last year when I thought the Qatar team could surprise everyone. But now it's coming out who their players are and how good they are - the friendlies were all behind closed doors so only AFC is now showcasing them - people and bookies will slowly come to terms.

Russia's a different story for me - yes, home advantage and extra support, but they were one of the oldest teams in terms of average age, with plenty of years working together in international games. I played football as a below average guy, with average teammates, but there were days we'd beat better teams simply because we played together over 10 years, while newer, younger teams couldn't reach each others' minds yet so easily. Of course, eventually, we always get found out, but we got some joy over the years... same as Russia did until Croatia's quality outshone them.

[buwaytress]

Today's offering of 3 games are quite, quite good for entertainment value. I think we have to respect Jordan's achievements and go with the bookies for them to beat Vietnam, who aren't a weak team. My upset prediction is Thailand, who face a good but ageing China team. Youth to overcome experience, particularly because the Thais weren't expected to get here after their opening 4-1 loss to India.

Iran should get an easy victory, so I parlayed Iran with Thailand for around 6.87.

[Barcode_]

I truly never expected to see Vietnam eliminating Jordan from the Asian Cup tournament, Jordan is not a weak team in Asia and it was quite a disappointment to see them crash out of this tournament after the penalties shootout against Vietnam, but I do not think Vietnam would be able to win against their next opponent which will be either Japan or Saudi Arabia.

[SyGambler]

I truly never expected to see Vietnam eliminating Jordan from the Asian Cup tournament, Jordan is not a weak team in Asia and it was quite a disappointment to see them crash out of this tournament after the penalties shootout against Vietnam, but I do not think Vietnam would be able to win against their next opponent which will be either Japan or Saudi Arabia.

I actually kinda expected that , I knew that odds were really low for Jordan and bookies were overrating them but didn't know what I should bet since I haven't focused on Vietnam matches except their last match

Jordan won against Australia by scoring a corner kick , they had only one real chance beside that corner and Australia was playing really poor
Syria was the worst team in the competition IMO ( even I'm Syrian ) , the Syrian team didn't even match 10% of what people expected

so to be honest Jordan didn't even play good football , even in the matches they won their ball possession didn't even reach 40%

anyways I didn't know what to bet in Thailand vs China so I skipped , I will probably go for Iran -1.5 X2.15 cause it should be an easy win for Iran and they should win by at least 2 goals
Iran is much better and they are well experienced in advance stages , so today shouldn't be hard at all

[snipie]

Jordan eliminated by penalty kicks!
Thailand eliminated against China! 1-2...
Iran and Oman are playing right now (0-0/25').
Bad days for bets, especially if Iran loses!

[buwaytress]

Iran got the 2-goal difference you needed, Sy, so well done. I thought I had my parlay won, but China eventually edged out the Thais. TBased on the first half alone (I couldn't watch 2nd half), the Thais were well worth the surprise, had they won. Less possession, more verve, several shots but their midfield were just too profligate, guess that's the price of youth. Still, they bow out with no shame, having started with that horrific loss.

I still think Japan will get far, but you know, Saudi aren't a weak team and could physically be a match today, so I'm backing them, and parlaying for what I feel is a sure win for UAE for parlay odds 7.25.