Asia looks to move on from Brazilian nightmare
The Future is Asia reads the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) motto. A bold declaration, and at first glance you’d be hard pressed to argue with it. The confederation [...]
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2014 World Cup Review: Australia
Preparation – ✮✮✮ Australia’s preparation didn’t initially take off as they’d hoped. Their farewell match in Sydney left the home support flat after [...]
2014 World Cup Review: Nigeria
World Cup Preparation: ✮ The Super Eagles organised three warm-up friendlies. The first, against Scotland at Craven Cottage, was overshadowed by rumours of [...]
2014 World Cup Review: Japan
Sandals For Goalposts begins its World Cup post-mortem with an analysis of the African and Asian teams’ performances at the World Cup. First up, Martin Lowe casts his [...]
Japan 1-4 Colombia: Winless Samurai Blue crash out of the World Cup
“Don’t believe the hype” – a lesson often adhered to only in hindsight. Japan came into this tournament with a swell of fans expecting free flowing high scoring [...]
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