From the host nations, Indonesia have so far played the best football followed by Vietnam, coached by Alfred Riedl, a very likeable Austrian coach, something pretty rare. Indonesia's game today against Saudi Arabia was maybe the best of the tournament so far. I personally sort of like Saudi Arabia's new team, as they play pretty fast and attacking football and Qahtani is a great attacker. The game against Indonesia was end to end action with chances on both sides, but in the end, Saudis were simply more clinical.
Yesterday's game of Iraq-Australia was equally brilliant. My friend Babak Golriz has written an article on Iraq's young princes, so I will leave it with that. Overall, what Iraq played was amazing. Very intense, very brilliant. As for Australia, surely Hiddink was a big factor and these guys believed that Oman and Iraq shouldn't be much more different than Samoa and Tuvalu. In the words of Biggie "YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!"
Iran will play tomorrow against China. I believe we have a great chance to beat them, as our team is better and they want revenge for the unlucky defeat last time. Somehow, I'm quite enthusiastic about this new team, because you feel that they have fun on the field again, unlike the dire past years under Daei, where everyone was just there to play and go home. But now, you really feel that they got lots of fun.
That's why I believe that they will go far and maybe even bring the cup back home.
These are pictures of a team having fun....
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