FEATURES
Vale Pim Verbeek
The world, not just the footballing world, but the world has lost a special soul. Pim Verbeek was many things – footballer, coach, husband, father, grandfather and friend. Anyone who ever had the delight of […]
Year: 2019
ANALYSIS
How Al Hilal became Kings of Asia
Nineteen years after their last success, Al Hilal are once against champions of Asia. But how did they get the job done? Rhysh Roshan Rai was at both legs in Riyadh and Saitama and shares […]
PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 46
Scott is LIVE from Saitama Stadium for the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League final between Japan’s Urawa Reds and Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal, where we get all the pre and post-match reaction, […]
PODCAST
TAG Extra – AFC Champions League Final
Scott is joined by respected Japanese football scribe Sean Carroll to preview the huge second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League final between Japan’s Urawa Reds and Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal. Photo: Facebook/AFC Champions […]
ANALYSIS
Que Ngoc Hai leading from the back
Finally the region – and beyond – is starting to wake up to the talents that Vietnamese football possesses and this recognition is long overdue. Much of the attention though seems focused on the sublime […]
ANALYSIS
Behind the Numbers: Could Sri Lanka stay goalless?
Five qualifiers in and one whole(-ish) round behind them, Sri Lanka are still sitting on a frustrating and unprecedented zero goals scored. How come, and do they have what it takes to eventually break through? […]
AFC CUP
Mahdi Khalil dreams of a bright future
With the AFC Cup in the bag, Mahdi Khalil has set his sights on the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and his next chapter. When Mahdi Khalil was called up to the podium to accept […]
ANALYSIS
Indonesia – Asia’s most confused and confusing side
The prospect of four Southeast Asian sides squaring off in hard-fought battles and conspiring to topple the UAE in Group G was arguably always too good to be true. A foursome turning into a threesome […]
OPINION
OPINION: Why ‘NQH’ must leave Vietnam
Phones, shoes, motorbikes and much more besides: if there’s a product to be advertised in Vietnam there’s a good chance that Nguyen Quang Hai is the face attached to it. Not just one of the […]
ANALYSIS
Coaches under pressure as qualifying heats up
The slow burner that is World Cup qualification draws to a close for the calendar year this week, as we hit the halfway stage of the Round 2 group stage. For many thus far it’s […]