PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 50
As the Coronavirus spreads further around the world, Scott and Paul discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on football here in Asia, and we hear from Nantong Zhiyun coach Gary White about what it’s like […]
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ANALYSIS
What does the future hold for Uzbekistan after another failure?
Saturday’s defeat to Australia brought to a close Uzbekistan’s dream of qualifying for the Olympics for a first time since independence. A moment that would’ve been the pinnacle of the nation’s football history to date, […]
OPINION
OPINION: Time to review the ACL’s 3+1 rule
Park Il-gyu has had a pretty unremarkable career. The Japanese-born South Korean shot-stopper has spent most of his career in the lower tiers of Japanese football, mostly in J3 with Fujieda MYFC and FC Ryukyu. […]
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
Take II: Red vs Blue in epic ACL finale
It’s often said the sequel is never as good as the original, but this year’s AFC Champions League final will hopefully buck that trend. The original, in 2017, saw two of Asia’s biggest and best […]
PODCAST
The Asian Game – Episode 45
We have an all-star cast on hand for this week’s show as we preview the epic AFC Champions League final between Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and Japan’s Urawa Reds. Scott and Paul are joined by […]
ANALYSIS
Will the real Urawa Reds please stand up
If you only watch Urawa play in continental competition you could be forgiven for thinking that they’re amongst the best Asian club teams going round – confident, with control and occasional verve in attack and […]
OPINION
OPINION: Al Hilal is Asia’s biggest club
You can use a lot of different metrics to define ‘biggest’ – crowds, trophies, and in the modern world that we live even social media following – and in almost all of those Al Hilal […]