JAKARTA (July 11, 2007) – While Indonesian national coach Ivan Kolev is struggling with a long injury list, his Malaysian counterpart Norizan Bakar on the other hand is grasping with the humiliation of being the only team from Asean to lose their opening game at the Asian Cup 2007. Indonesia scored an awe inspiring 2-1…
HANOI (July 9, 2007) – If the positive showing from Thailand were not enough, then last night’s 2-0 win Vietnam scored over the United Arab Emirates should be further pointers as to where Malaysia and Indonesia should be heading next. Two Asean host nations have already scored inspiring results at the on-going Asian Cup 2007…
BANGKOK (July 8, 2007) – The 1-1 draw between Thailand and Iraq last night should be used as further lessons for the other Asean hosts of the Asian Cup 2007 as to how they should tackle their approaching matches. In the match which was affected by heavy rain at the Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand’s converted penalty…
JAKARTA (7 July 2009) – Indonesia have lined up two matches against Malaysia – following the postponement of the Merdeka Tournament which was initially supposed to be held in Kuala Lumpur in August. Benny Dolo, the head coach of Indonesia, is preparing the team in Sawangan in Jawa Barat, and was pleased that they could…
JAKARTA (July 6, 2007) – French World Cup star Zinedine Zidane is in Jakarta this week to lend an air of festivities to the Asian Cup 2007 which kicks off in the Indonesian capital on July 10. With the Indonesian national team set to open their Group D campaign then against Bahrain at the Stadium…
BANGKOK (July 3, 2007) – After watching his side set aside Qatar yesterday, Thailand head coach Chanvit Phalajivin is confident that his team can make the second round of the Asian Cup 2007 which kicks off in Bangkok this weekend. The Thai national team which had just returned from a winning tour of Germany maintained…