Asian Cup agony for Arab sides as only two reach quarter-finals
The Asian Cup knockout stage prepares for lift-off on Thursday with just two Arab countries left in the mix, continuing an alarming trend in recent tournaments./ Of the nine teams who travelled more than 7,000 miles (11,300 kilometres) to Australia, only Iraq and the United Arab Emirates reached the quarter-finals as the balance of power, which has swung irrevocably to the East, shows no sign of being corrected. "The European-based players, the way they train, the amount of games they play, the physicality of the game in Europe is intense," ...
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