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Best of luck in the quarters.
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[Football] Australia v Uzbekistan
- Thread starter Nottseagull
- Start date
I know it's posted elsewhere, but when does the tournament end?
Nottseagull
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- #43
This is the first time I've seen the hosts play and I can't believe the turnout! This was the scene a minute before kick off...
All stuck in the bag-check queue I guess....
hart's shirt
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It's probably 50/50.
Australia (#41) are ranked higher than South Korea (#53) and beat them in the 2015 Final.
That said, South Korea have got to get past Bahrain and either Qatar or Iraq first, although they'd be expected to do so.
Regardless of all of this, the clear favourites so far are Iran, the highest ranked team at #29, who haven't conceded a goal yet.
macbeth
Dismembered
To be honest, though I'll be happy if either of or players win it, I will be happier if Iran win it, as Ali J is yet to complete his two years mandatory national service, which they would probably be exempted from if they won it , as was the case with Heung Mon Son.
Nottseagull
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- #47
UAE lead 2-1 at 3 quarters stage.
This shows the whole stadium just before the second half is underway...
hart's shirt
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Based on earlier experiences in the tournament, you may well be right.
Despite the tournament being on track for a modern record low attendance, it was reported that many ticket-holding fans were not let into the Group B match between Palestine and Australia, with management closing a number of the stadium gates before the start of the match and estimates of up to three thousand fans remaining in queue half an hour after kickoff. The Asian Cup organising committee issued an apology to supporters who were “inconvenienced or left disappointed”.Other games with relatively large attendances during the group stage were also not seen to reach their full attendance in the stands until after half time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup
That said, it's not uncommon for people to turn up to events over here at a fairly late hour, be it parties, concerts or sporting events.
And, as we all know from the Amex, there's always some difference between the number of tickets sold and the number actually attending games.
Nottseagull
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- #50
2-2, 90 + 2
Extra Time
Extra Time
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Ryan saved two penalties in the shoot out.
Nottseagull
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- #52
I think that an update on a match thread that's 6 hours late must smash the previous record by what, 5 hours and rather a lot of minutes?
Taybha
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Mr Cleansheets
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- Jun 7, 2017
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Given that the tournament has now reached the knockout phase, Maty's performance in that last game will be scaring the shit out of other teams re the likely winner of a shootout...which could mean Oz will be less confronted by parked buses.
