The best part is there are still many people posting on the wall !

heh...the 4th official of japan vs aus final is a malaysian

and the first/main referee is from uzbekistan.

So it's subkhiddin who's the 4th official?

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 29 2011, 07:28 PM

TV1 live on 11pm

No point debating using the definitions of continents like Asia though. Asia is entirely a Western creation. There's no real geographical reason to split continents the way they are split now, considering the diversity of Asia itself.

The South Koreans have the highest average heights in Asia and can compare with Europeans. Their players are usually themselves physically capable, consider Ki Sung Yueng and Cha Du Ri, who are both above 180cm and play in the highly physical Scottish league.

With Japan, you've got guys like Maya Yoshida and many Iranians come from the same Caucasian stock and are physically imposing as well. So we can hardly say that Asians cannot play the physical game, even though the Australians seem to think that that's the advantage they have.

In terms of physical build for Malaysia though, I would attribute that to diet perhaps. It is a wonder why other Pacific populations in Hawaii and New Zealand produce people with the build to play rugby and American football well, while their relatives in Southeast Asia grow differently.

But Malaysia does need to buff up I think. We don't quite have enough tall players for centrebacks, for example.

ASIAN Cup for ASIANS! Go JAPAN!

man u guys saw how the number 2 centre back (Lucas Neil i think) hold the Japan player by the waist?

hes so damn strong hes like gonna lift him single handed....
f***ing big size aussies!

Hope nippon win this cup.

wat a goal by japan

Superb finishing by japan !!!

Aus only have themselves to blame, > 9999 chances didnt score

Aus shud have guts to sub Kewell earlier....

This post has been edited by FLampard: Jan 30 2011, 01:33 AM

MVP: Honda (JPN)
MOTM: Kawashima (JPN)

sigh...loses bet again.now i gonna kiss my cat

What a good volley.

Helped by Australians leaving 9 acres of space empty.

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Added on January 30, 2011, 1:51 amQatar needs to learn that no one wants to wait for a damn long awards ceremony. Hand them the cup and away with it!

This post has been edited by minority: Jan 30 2011, 01:51 AM

Great work Nippon!!!

guess who scored Japan's winning goal? a KOREAN

This post has been edited by AKace: Jan 30 2011, 04:07 AM

Congrats Samurai Blue!

hoping them to improve more in the future(they are really a young team). and Honda deserve to play in English top flight

congrats japan...only real asia team deserved to be champion...not like some "asia wannabe" team..

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Added on January 30, 2011, 3:23 ambtw japan defense line & gk is damn superb...

This post has been edited by skystrike: Jan 30 2011, 03:23 AM

Japan did great by winning and by the way of it, i am not surprised at all. Their gameplay is to play with resiliency that deny and frustrate opponents numerous times, and then launch a quick split pass to end the game, usually towards the end of the game when opponents are caught napping, teams like Australia, Korea (nearly) and Qatar all suffered late blows. The way they scored against Australia, means they did their homework well. The socceroos are prone to leaving their players unmarked at times and look at the goal...nobody else near Lee at all.

As for OZ, sad to see the golden generation bow out without any major trophies. Cahill, kewell, Neil, Emerton, Schwarzer, Culina...would probably wont be featuring in the 2014 World Cup. So its time for young players from A-league and lower european football league to rise up to the challenge...but i dont see them doing better than the European level players so far. Lots of effort needed.

Come to think of it...if Australia wins it...then the title reads "Australia, champions of Asia" sounds so weird

btw any videos of the cup lifting moments? or the moment after final whistle la. japanese cheer, Aussie's tears etc...

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 30 2011, 07:30 AM