Tag: keisuke honda

Asian Football’s Myths and Legends of the 2010s — My Favourite XI

The end of each decade is usually marked by all kinds of Teams of the Decade and even more arguing about who should and should not be in. There’s no excuse for not getting involved, so I'm (belatedly) doing so as well, even if merely by picking my favourite XI instead of the usual — simply the best one...

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In appreciation of Cambodia — yes, the team that just lost 0-14

You may have noticed. Iran played Cambodia on Thursday and it got ugly real fast, real bad. That left me at a curious crossroads — on the one hand, the game made for a feel-good story since it was opened to female spectators; on the other hand, Cambodia's struggles made for too cheap a punchline for many. So here it goes — my awkwardly timed attempt to write Cambodia a feel-good story of their own making...