The Asian Cup has come, and there were great moments, a few surprises, and disappointments. With Iran being the only team of the 5 cup favorites, to win, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and S. Korea must go back and see how they went wrong. However Iran did not play to their potential either. Another thing is that the stadiums are empty. Where are the fans? They fill about 1 section out of the entire stadium. But we will see more fans as we progress in the tournament.

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Group A:

Thailand (Sutee Suksomkit 6′ pen) 1 – 1 Iraq (Younis Mahmoud 32′)

Australia (Tim Cahill 90′) 1 – 1 Oman (Badar Mubarak 32′)

Group B:

Vietnam (Huynh Quang Thanh, 63′, Le Cong Vinh 73′) 2 – 0 UAE

Japan (Naohiro Takahara 61′) 1 – 1 Qatar (Sebastian Quintana 88′)

Group C:

Malaysia (Indra Putra Mahayuddin 72′) 1 – 5 China (Han Peng 15′, 55′, Shao Jiayi 36′, Wang Dong 51′, 90′)

Iran (Seyed Jalal Hosseini 55′, Javed Kazemian 78′) 2 – 1 Uzbekistan (Rahman Rezaei 16′ [OG])

Group D:

Indonesia (Budi Sudarsono 14′, Bambang Pamungkas 64′) 2 – 1 Bahrain (Sayed Mahmood Jalal 27′)

Korea Republic (Choi Sung-kuk 66′) 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia (Yasser Al Qahtani 77′ pen)

Matchday 2 will start tomorrow with Thailand vs Oman, and Vietnam vs Qatar.