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Blink and you’d miss it: 27 games in seven days.
But beneath the frantic format, the AFC Challenge League is starting to show its value - giving emerging clubs a genuine pathway up Asia’s continental ladder.
✍️ @plasticpitch
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Blink and you’d miss it: 27 games in seven days.
But beneath the frantic format, the AFC Challenge League is starting to show its value - giving emerging clubs a genuine pathway up Asia’s continental ladder.
✍️ @plasticpitch
theasiangame.net/asias-provi…
Is Asia ready for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup?
🇯🇵 Can Japan challenge?
🇦🇺 Where do the Matildas stand?
🇺🇿 How close are Uzbekistan to history?
🇹🇼 Can Chinese Taipei return after 36 years?
🎙️ 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗦
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The AFC has spent months demanding transparency, consultation and accountability from FIFA.
This week, its own governance comes under scrutiny.
Extended terms. Unanswered questions. And a standard worth applying closer to home.
✍️ @PaulWilliams_85
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Is a passport enough - or should representing a country require something more?
On The International Window @keeshmatstats & @Dez63 clash over identity, eligibility and whether naturalisation is helping or harming Southeast Asian football.
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Will the 2027 Asian Cup still go ahead?
Saudi Arabia says preparations remain on schedule. The AFC says postponement is possible.
We separate what is confirmed from speculation - and explain what could happen next.
✍️ @PaulWilliams_85
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Will the 2027 Asian Cup still go ahead?
Saudi Arabia says preparations remain on schedule. The AFC says postponement is possible.
We separate what is confirmed from speculation - and explain what could happen next.
✍️ @PaulWilliams_85
theasiangame.net/is-the-2027…
Few players have become quite as synonymous with a club as Paulo Josué has with @KLCityFootball.
He joined @MrRyanWalters to chat #KLCFC's historic cup runs, representing Malaysia, & finding a second home.
🎙️ The latest Tunnel Vision is out now!
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From Dreams to Goals returns 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞.
@GinaBagnulo3 & Anirudh Nair return to unpack the stories shaping women’s football across Asia.
More than results. More than headlines. A dedicated voice for the women’s game.
The Asian Game retweeted
🇮🇳 India took the harder road.
They skipped the FIFA ASEAN Cup for Brazil and Uruguay - and paid on the scoreboard.
But they gained exposure, perspective and a clearer benchmark.
Was the gamble worth it?
✍️ @Shibagoal
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🇮🇳 India took the harder road.
They skipped the FIFA ASEAN Cup for Brazil and Uruguay - and paid on the scoreboard.
But they gained exposure, perspective and a clearer benchmark.
Was the gamble worth it?
✍️ @Shibagoal
theasiangame.net/the-price-o…
The Asian Game retweeted
J. League teams are setting the pace, Al Hilal are starting to click, and Beijing Guoan are quietly upsetting expectations.
And in the UAE, success is raising a bigger question: what happens when imported talent drives the progress?
✍️ @plasticpitch
theasiangame.net/a-new-order…
The Asian Game retweeted
🌏 What does progress in Southeast Asian football look like?
Naturalisation. Indonesia’s Asian Cup ambitions. Pathways for smaller nations. Stronger domestic leagues.
🎙️ A big first episode of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄.
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J. League teams are setting the pace, Al Hilal are starting to click, and Beijing Guoan are quietly upsetting expectations.
And in the UAE, success is raising a bigger question: what happens when imported talent drives the progress?
✍️ @plasticpitch
theasiangame.net/a-new-order…
🌏 What does progress in Southeast Asian football look like?
Naturalisation. Indonesia’s Asian Cup ambitions. Pathways for smaller nations. Stronger domestic leagues.
🎙️ A big first episode of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄.
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The Asian Game retweeted
🆕 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗪
Two tournaments. One big question:
When does winning in Southeast Asia stop being enough?
🎙️ @mcintinhos is joined by @keeshmatstats and @Dez63 for a lively debate on football in SE Asia.
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🆕 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗪
Two tournaments. One big question:
When does winning in Southeast Asia stop being enough?
🎙️ @mcintinhos is joined by @keeshmatstats and @Dez63 for a lively debate on football in SE Asia.
🔗 theasiangame.net/audio/when-…
𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀?
@plasticpitch shares his thoughts on why Nations League will help, not hinder, development.
🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧
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"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽."
@mcintinhos has one major issue with the proposed AFC Nations League.
🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧
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🇮🇶 Months after ending Iraq’s 40-year World Cup wait, Graham Arnold was nearly sacked.
He survives - for now.
But the deeper story is a federation trapped in old cycles of patronage, power and scapegoating.
✍️ @hassaninmubarak
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