A small bet on this match and a 3-0 result for Uzbekistan. Certainly did not expect them to defeat China so convincingly in this game. (Have not yet seen the replay of the game, and am looking forward to this and seeing how the win was created.) The central Asian Side needed to win to progress to the last eight and they did so thanks to goals in the final 18 minutes by Maksim Shatskikh, Timur Kapadze and Alexander Geynrikh. China needed a draw or a win to advance to the next stage, China were missing a number of key players including injured goalkeeper Li Leilei and suspended duo Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng. This is not and was not my reasoning for suspecting an upset in this match. It was simply that I had a belief that China would lose from a tactical/strategic error. They where happy to get a draw as a result and with that in mind (having not seen the match) did not press home an attacking game plan. This is not how champion teams qualify and win tournaments, scoring goals wins matches and tournaments and China did not do that and the Uzbekistan team HAD to score goals. They did with THREE in the last 18 minutes of the game. Since the COPA AMERICA and the performance of Brazil and Argentina from the group stage to the final, I have got a firm vision of what I am looking for in team performances and their credentials to WIN when it matters. Of course I am not comparing any of the sides in the Asian Cup with the two Sth American powerhouse teams only using them as a template to be followed for myself.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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