Shitty competition so far IMO:
- As others said Asia should have a tournament of 10-12. Two rounds of garbage to get to the real games. It is good for countries like Philippines and for AFC marketing but bad for Asian football. Another reason for European clubs to have even less interst in Asian players: They paid hefty money and now they their player gone for at least a month!
-Look at the stadiums. Most of them are 10-15 K capacity, anything but glorious, and empty!
-It's stupid to have pot 1 and 2 teams face each others in the last round in the group stage, while letting 4 best 3rd team advance. There is nothing left for excitement and surprise.
-On the half full of glass assessment, it is not that bad for Iran who could get 10 more days of camp away from Moyelikohan and Dehnamaki, and two easy but real atmosphere games before the real deal games. It kind of helped with our lack of friendlies.
- As others said Asia should have a tournament of 10-12. Two rounds of garbage to get to the real games. It is good for countries like Philippines and for AFC marketing but bad for Asian football. Another reason for European clubs to have even less interst in Asian players: They paid hefty money and now they their player gone for at least a month!
-Look at the stadiums. Most of them are 10-15 K capacity, anything but glorious, and empty!
-It's stupid to have pot 1 and 2 teams face each others in the last round in the group stage, while letting 4 best 3rd team advance. There is nothing left for excitement and surprise.
-On the half full of glass assessment, it is not that bad for Iran who could get 10 more days of camp away from Moyelikohan and Dehnamaki, and two easy but real atmosphere games before the real deal games. It kind of helped with our lack of friendlies.
