Topic: International Watch

[Barneylfc∗]

MO SALAH

v Mozambique - Sunday 14th January 17:00
v Ghana - Thursday 18th January 20:00
v Cape Verde - Monday 22nd January 20:00

Should Egypt win their group they will play 3rd place in Group A (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau), Group C (Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Gambia) or Group D (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola) on 27th January, with a quarter final on 3rd February

WATARU ENDO

Friendly v Jordan on Tuesday 9th January 11:00

v Vietnam - Sunday 14th January 11:30
v Iraq - Friday 19th January 11:30
v Indonesia - Wednesday 24th January 11:30

If Japan win their group they will play 3rd place in Group B (Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India), Group E (South Korea, Malaysia, Jordan, Bahrain) or Group F (Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Oman) on 29th January, with a quarter final on 2nd February

[rawcusk8]

Thanks for that Barney. Let’s hope Ghana top the group, sorry Mo.

[Barneylfc∗]

Thanks for that Barney. Let’s hope Ghana top the group, sorry Mo.

Egypt being runner up would see them face the runner up of Group F (Morocco, Congo, Zambia, Tanzania) so they'd likely qualify for the quarter finals regardless.

[reddebs]

How long ago was the last afcon? 

I remember Sadio winning it but it feels like years ago now.

[DelTrotter]

Hopefully if he does go far it's not extra time in every knockout game again, that was insane.

[redgriffin73]

How long ago was the last afcon? 

I remember Sadio winning it but it feels like years ago now.

2022

[SamLad]

Hopefully if he does go far it's not extra time in every knockout game again, that was insane.

IIRC Egypt played Mo every minute of every game as well. Madness.

[Mighty_Red]

I hope Mo lights up the tournament. I think one of the reasons he came back a shadow of himself was that every game was a battle. Add the fact they went all the way and came so close would hurt any player. I'd rather he plays well scores and they go out at the quarters simply because they don't have enough quality to back up Mo.

[Barneylfc∗]

IIRC Egypt played Mo every minute of every game as well. Madness.

Every possible minute.

90 mins in all 3 group games, then 120 minutes in all 4 knockout games.

[ep1987]

Clubs should push FIFA to mandate a maximum of one winter AFCON every four years. The cycle could be:

AFCON summer
12 months (or 18 if WC in middle east)
World Cup
18 months (or 12 if WC in middle east)
AFCON winter
18 months
AFCON summer

[exiledintheUSA]

Clubs should push FIFA to mandate a maximum of one winter AFCON every four years. The cycle could be:

AFCON summer
12 months (or 18 if WC in middle east)
World Cup
18 months (or 12 if WC in middle east)
AFCON winter
18 months
AFCON summer

Should they do that with the Euro's too?

[Mighty_Red]

Should they do that with the Euro's too?

Euros is in a proper intl window (i.e. summer) and is once every 4 years. The main bugbear I have with the AFCON (and Copa America for that matter) is the number of tournaments they seem to have often 2-3 in a 4 year cycle.

The other thing I don't understand is why there isn't a proper window for AFCON in the intl calender? Wouldn't it be simple to bring the normal March Intl window forward so it covers some of the tournament? Between that and European winter breaks you could cover 3-4 weeks. That would reduce the club vs country nonsense as all players would be away.

[RayPhilAlan]

Euros is in a proper intl window (i.e. summer) and is once every 4 years. The main bugbear I have with the AFCON (and Copa America for that matter) is the number of tournaments they seem to have often 2-3 in a 4 year cycle.

The other thing I don't understand is why there isn't a proper window for AFCON in the intl calender? Wouldn't it be simple to bring the normal March Intl window forward so it covers some of the tournament? Between that and European winter breaks you could cover 3-4 weeks. That would reduce the club vs country nonsense as all players would be away.

Thanks, Mr Northern Hemisphere! It's summer here right now.

But, yeah, the organisation doesn't seem properly thought through.

[TheShanklyGates]

Thanks, Mr Northern Hemisphere! It's summer here right now.

But, yeah, the organisation doesn't seem properly thought through.

Around 90% of the world's population live in the Northern Hemisphere, it makes sense to design the international calendar around that fact.

[Barneylfc∗]

Endo in action now.

Mo in action later this evening.

[Fromola]

Clubs should push FIFA to mandate a maximum of one winter AFCON every four years. The cycle could be:

AFCON summer
12 months (or 18 if WC in middle east)
World Cup
18 months (or 12 if WC in middle east)
AFCON winter
18 months
AFCON summer

Every federations tournament should be every 4 years. We've had far too many Copa Americas and AFCONs in recent years and it's the players and their clubs that pay the price.

[Barrow Shaun]

Endo in action now.

...

Losing 2-1 to Vietnam after 40 mins so far..... EDIT: mad - now winning 3-2 at HT

[Bincey]

Endo assist.


Edit: Worldie makes it 3-2 Japan.

[DangerScouse]

That Minamino fellow looks handy!

[PeterTheRed ...]

That Minamino fellow looks handy!

Yup, we should sign him ...

[Rush 82]

Mo is surrounded by proper cloggers in that Egyptian team - they’re shite.

[tubby]

Mo is surrounded by proper cloggers in that Egyptian team - they’re shite.

Good, hope they're out asap.

[oojason]

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Japan's matches at the 2024 Asian Cup... www.flashscore.co.uk/team/japan/ULXPdOUj & www.flashscore.co.uk/football/asia/asian-cup


The 24-team Asian Cup tournament takes place from 12 January – 10 February 2024, in Qatar. Ugh.

Tournament Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup

Official Sites: www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_asian_cup/home.html & https://twitter.com/theafcdotcom

Japan Team: www.jfa.jp/eng & www.jfa.jp/eng/samuraiblue & https://twitter.com/JFA & https://twitter.com/jfa_en



Asian Cup matches shown live on UK TV are on shown on : Triller+ TV (www.fite.tv & https://twitter.com/fitetv)

Asian Cup match shown live on TV around the world (+ great for IPTV etc) : www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/afc-asian-cup



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The RAWK thread for the 'AFCON 2023' - by Rushyman -  www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=355323.0

^ with lots of Mo content and stuff...

[Rush 82]

Mo equalises with a penalty for Egypt to pull level to 2-2 against Mozambique.

[Higgins79]

That doesn’t bode well for Egypt moving forward does it?

[classycarra]

That doesn’t bode well for Egypt moving forward does it?

hopefully!

[kavah]

That doesn’t bode well for Egypt moving forward does it?

The top 3 qualify from the group of 4. 

[red_Mark1980]

The top 3 qualify from the group of 4. 

It's only the "best" four (out of six) third placed teams that qualify

[newterp]

Egypt will likely qualify without an issue unfortunately

[jillcwhomever]

That doesn’t bode well for Egypt moving forward does it?

It's still possible for them to qualify.

[classycarra]

Egypt will likely qualify without an issue unfortunately

unfortunately it's likely harder for them to fail to qualify

[thaddeus]

unfortunately it's likely harder for them to fail to qualify

If Egypt lose to Ghana and Cape Verde beat Mozambique then it's out of their hands.  They'd be dependent on Cape Verde beating Ghana and trusting themselves to beat Mozambique.

Group B seems weak as neither Egypt or Ghana have exactly rocked up with impressive squads.  Ghana look really short of goals; the Ayew brothers are the only players in their squad with double figures in international goals.  If Kudus can carry his West Ham form over then he's their best hope.  The Egypt attack is basically Salah and not a lot else.

[Anfield Kopite]

Time for an international break. Anyone fancy posting where all our players are going to be and what matches they may be involved in ?
Hate these breaks, just all about our lads coming back without injuries.

[Barneylfc∗]

Thursday 21st March
Wataru Endo [Japan] v North Korea H
Konstantinos Tsimikas [Greece] v Kazakhstan H

Friday 22nd March
Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo [Netherlands] v Scotland A
Andy Robertson [Scotland] v Netherlands H
Conor Bradley [Northern Ireland] v Romania A
Dominik Szoboszlai [Hungary] v Turkey H
Luis Diaz [Colombia] v Spain N (England)
Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliot [England U21] v Azerbaijan A

Saturday 23rd March
Alexis Mac Allister [Argentina] v El Salvador N (USA)
Caoimhin Kelleher [Republic of Ireland] v Belgium H
Ibrahima Konate [France] v Germany H
Joe Gomez [England] v Brazil H
Darwin Nunez [Uruguay] v Basque Country N (Spain)

Tuesday 26th March
Wataru Endo [Japan] v North Korea A
Caoimhin Kelleher [Republic of Ireland] v Switzerland H
Ibrahima Konate [France] v Chile H
Joe Gomez [England] v Belgium H
Darwin Nunez [Uruguay] v Ivory Coast N (Spain)
Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo [Netherlands] v Germany A
Andy Robertson [Scotland] v Northern Ireland H
Conor Bradley [Northern Ireland] v Scotland A
Dominik Szoboszlai [Hungary] v Kosovo H
Luis Diaz [Colombia] v Romania N (Spain)
Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliot [England U21] v Luxembourg H

Wednesday 27th March
Alexis Mac Allister [Argentina] v Costa Rica N (USA)

[disgraced cake]

Uruguay vs Basque Country 

Please tell me you're joking.

Hopefully Klopp's comments allude to the fact some might be kept behind. I would genuinely think less of some of these players if they decide international friendlies matter when we're trying to win a league title and European trophy. Say your nan has been pushed down the stairs and stay behind for fucks sake we've got a once in a lifetime manager to reward and a couple of more trophies readied for a big end of season party.

[shook]

Not bad I guess, some of them playing in Europe it looks like

[Number 7]

Gravenberch isn’t going. He wasn’t called up.

[Barneylfc∗]

Gravenberch isn’t going. He wasn’t called up.

Blame these dickheads 

https://onefootball.com/en/news/the-players-set-to-stay-behind-from-international-duty-at-arsenal-liverpool-and-man-city-39215820

They have him listed

[kavah]

Nice one Barney, great work

[Tokyoite]

I swear Japan is the weirdest country. Home game against North Korea is listed as starting from 19:23 local time 

Also I thought teams can't go and play in North Korea but I guess I was wrong. Mental that these players have to go there.