AFC - Asian Champions League 2008

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Mods: Please Sticky: Matchday One: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 AFC Champions League, Asia Krung Thai Bank (THA) 10.50 X 5.50 Kashima Antlers (JPN) 1.20 Melbourne Victory (AUS) 1.90 X 3.40 Chunnam Dragons (KOR) 3.40 Gamba Osaka (JPN) 1.10 X 7.00 Chonburi Football Club (THA) 17.00 Nam Dinh (VIE) 9.00 X 5.00 Beijing Guoan FC (CHN) 1.25 Pakhtakor (UZB) 1.85 X 3.40 Al Quadsia (KUW) 3.60 Arbil (IRQ) 1.80 X 3.40 Al-Garrafa (QAT) 3.80 Sepahan (IRI) 1.80 X 3.40 Al Ittihad FC (KSA) 3.80 Al Sadd (QAT) 3.80 X 3.40 Al Ahli (UAE) 1.80 Al Wasl (UAE) 1.65 X 3.50 Al Quwa Al Jawiya (IRQ) 4.50 Kuwait SC (KUW) 2.40 X 3.20 SaiPa (IRI) 2.60 Al Ittihad FC (KSA) 1.25 X 5.00 Kuruvchi FC (UZB) 9.00 Al Karamah (SYR) 2.20 X 3.20 Al Wehda (UAE) 2.90 odds: BWIN

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Re: Afc: Asian Champions League Thread Chunnam Dragons captain Kwak Tae-hwi has been ruled out of Wednesday's Asian Champions League opener against Melbourne Victory after suffering an ankle injury in the K-League opener. The Korea Republic international defender twisted his ankle during the 2-1 defeat by Pohang Steelers. Kwak joins a lengthy injury list with fellow internationals Kim Chi-woo and Koh Ki-goo both sidelined. www.theworldgame.com.au MELBOURNE VICTORY @ $1.80 NOW.. 10/10 UNITS!

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 VICTORY ON THE ATTACK IN AFC OPENER Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick has promised to attack as the 2006-07 A-League champions kick-off their maiden AFC Champions League campaign against Korea Republic side Chunnam Dragons on Wednesday. Merrick admitted there was a real sense of excitement around the club ahead of the historic fixture and is confident his side can make the ideal start by collecting three points. "It is important that we maximise our opportunity to win the first game at home in front of what will be a big crowd," Merrick said. "It's just a tremendous opportunity to play international club football in the AFC Champions League." Victory did not qualify for the A-League finals this year after finishing fifth in the table, but Merrick said there was some real momentum building after three wins and a draw in their final four games of the league, plus solid displays in some friendly matches in the build up to their ACL debut. "There's a sense of excitement," he added. "We picked up a lot momentum off the back of the A-League. "We've played Adelaide a couple of times and we played the Australia national team and a local side, Whittlesea, and I don't think we've lost a game in 2008. "We're pretty keen to keep that momentum going. There's a lot of excitement." Nicky Ward, recruited from English championship side Queens Park Rangers in December, is likely to start after proving he has recovered from a niggling groin injury. It is a much-needed boost for the home side with talented Costa Rican Carlos Hernandez out for the first two matches of the campaign. Billy Celeski is set to replace the midfielder. There are plenty of injury concerns for Chunnam coach Park Hang-Seo, who will be without captain Kwak Tae-hwi who was injured in Saturday's K-League defeat to the Pohang Steelers. Kim Chi-woo and Koh Ki-goo are also set to miss out. "My main concern is that I have four very important players and three of them will be missing," Park said. "I need to fill the gaps left by them, that's my biggest worry." Park also said that preparing for an ACL match just four days after the opening game of the K-League season was not ideal and that fatigue could be a problem, although he reiterated his desire to grab a victory in Melbourne. "Every coach wants to win, we don't want to draw. So I expect to win," he said.

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Reds select starting line-up Adelaide United has finalised its team for their opening match of the AFC Champions League against South Korea's Pohang Steelers on Wednesday night.With new signings Alvin Ceccolio and Sasa Ognenovski both unavailable due to family reasons, United coach Aurelio Vidmar has opted for a blend of youth and experience in his starting line-up. Australian Qantas Under-23 representative Bruce Djite will be United's leading man up front while rising star Robert Cornthwaite has been named in a central defensive position alongside experienced campaigner Angelo Costanzo. Eugene Galekovic will start in goals while Diego and Jonas Salley have been named to join Brazilian star Cassio in the starting eleven. Adelaide completed their final training session at Pohang Steelyard Stadium on Tuesday ahead of the match, which is expected to be played at close to zero-degree temperature. Following the game, Adelaide will play their first home game of the AFC Champions League on March 19 against Chinese champions Changchun Yatai at Hindmarsh Stadium. Adelaide United Starting XI: Eugene Galekovic (GK), Richie Alagich, Angelo Costanzo, Cassio, Lucas Pantelis, Bruce Djite, Travis Dodd ©, Jonas Salley, Robert Cornthwaite, Jason Spagnuolo, Diego Bench: Daniel Beltrame, Milan Susak, Nathan Burns, Shaun Ontong, Robert Bajic, Dez Giraldi, Fabian Barbiero

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 VICTORY SET FOR HISTORIC SEASON OPENER Melbourne Victory has put the final touches on its preparations for the AFC Champions League 2008, readying itself for its historic first match against Korea Republic’s Chunnam Dragons at Telstra Dome this Wednesday (kick off 7:30pm). Victory completed its final training session at Telstra Dome this morning and Captain Kevin Muscat declared the side is determined to take three points from its debut match in Asia’s premier club competition. "I suppose we're travelling into the unknown" Muscat said. "We’ll go out there tomorrow concerned about our own performance and if we get that right, it’ll give us our best chance of success. "In terms of playing an international club game, it's a first time for a lot of the boys and we want to get a good start and we want all three points. "The AFC Champions League is exciting, it gives you something else to strive for and it's given us an opportunity to put a couple of wrongs right." Both teams will name a squad of 18 players before the match, with Victory recruit Billy Celeski, who was named in the Qantas Socceroos squad earlier today to face Singapore, expected to make his debut for the club in place of the injured Carlos Hernandez. Melbourne Victory (AUS) v Chunnam Dragons (KOR) Wednesday, 12 March 2008 Kick off 7:30pm AEDT Telstra Dome, Melbourne Melbourne Victory: 1.Michael THEOKLITOS (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (Captain), 3.Daniel PIORKOWSKI, 4.Steven PACE, 6.Steve PANTELDIS, 7.Matthew KEMP, 9.Daniel ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Nathan ELASI, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 13.Kaz PATAFTA, 14.Adrian CACERES, 15.Leandro LOVE, 16.Carlos HERNANDEZ, 17.Daniel VASILEVSKI, 18.Leigh BROXHAM, 19.Evan BERGER, 20.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk), 21.Sebastian RYALL, 22.Nick WARD, 23.Steve MAUTONE (gk), 24.Billy CELESKI, 25.Tom PONDELJAK Chunnam Dragons: 1.CHA Kiseok (gk), 2.KIM Jinhyun, 3.PARK Jiyong, 4.JUNG Inhwan, 5.KWAK Tae Hwi (Captain), 6.Jasenko SABITOVIC, 7.KIM Chiwoo, 8.KIM Taesu, 9.SONG Jung Hyun, 10.Adriano NEVES PEREIRA, 11.Sandro Hiroshi PARREAO OI, 12.LEE Sangil, 13.LEE Yunpyo, 14.BAEK Seungmin, 15.JEONG Kyungho, 16.LIM Kwan Sik, 17.LEE Junki, 18.Victor Simoes DE OLIVEIRA, 19.JU Kwangyoun, 20.KO Kigu, 21.YEOM Donggyun (gk), 22.KIM Seongjae, 23.YU Jino, 24.CHO Min Hyuck (gk), 25.LEE Hyuro, 26.JEONG Junyeon, 27.LEE Sang Yong, 28.CHO Beomseok, 29.CHANG Donghyok, 30.YOO Hongyo

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Why listen, when its available @ Channelsurfing.com

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Just been watching the Melbourne Victory price movement on bet365. It's gone from 1.66 to 1.83 in the last hour or so. :unsure

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 2-0 Melbourne so far. Thompson deserves a goal.

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Victory @ $1.80 WIN Victory -1.5 @ $2.80 WIN :)

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Melbourne 2 (Muscat 27p, Vargas 64) Chunnam Dragons 0 Crowd: 23,656 at Telstra Dome Melbourne has opened its Asian Champions League campaign on a high, notching a 2-0 win over Korean FA Cup champions Chunnam Dragons in their Group G clash at Telstra Dome. The 2006-07 Hyundai A-League champions had little trouble in getting their campaign off to a strong start, scoring a goal in each half. Kevin Muscat converted a penalty in the first half while Rody Vargas headed home to secure the three points just after the hour. The Victory dominated from the start, with Archie Thompson causing major headaches for the Chunnam defence. But it was the Korean side who had the best early chance when Victor Simoes, fed by Lim Kwan Sik, prompted a cracking save from Michael Theoklitos on 20 minutes. The home side wasn't deterred by that scare and continued to surge forward. The key moment came on 26 minutes when Matthew Kemp charged down the left and was brought down by Inwhan Jung just inside the box. Referee Malik Abdul Bashir pointed to the spot and Victory skipper Muscat did the rest, wrong-footing Dragons keeper Yeom Dong-Gyun. Yeom was just about the busiest man on the park in the first half, with the Victory bombarding the goalkeeper. He produced three excellent saves, one from the boot of Danny Allsopp and one from each of Thompson's foot and head to keep his side in it at the break. On 54 minutes the first piece of frustration crept into the Dragons' game with Kim Seongjae booked for a foul on Nicky Ward. Substitute Sandro Hiroshi tested out Theoklitos from range, but the Melbourne keeper answered everything which came his way. Victor also almost found a way past, curling a shot just wide from a tight angle just after the hour. But the match was all but snuffed out as a contest when Vargas got forward from a set-piece and headed home Billy Celeski's free kick on 64 minutes. The defender was completely unmarked on almost on his knees when he slotted home. Allsopp netted his second offside goal of the game on 78 minutes, while Thompson spoiled two good chances. Sandro Hiroshi was then well blocked by late on Theoklitos from close range as the Victory preserved their handy two-goal advantage to the end.

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;1025826']Why listen' date=' when its available @ Channelsurfing.com[/quote'] Why watch it online when it's available on TV? SEN commentators are one eyed Melbourne and a crack up most of the time. If you are want to hear over the top commentators then have a listen to SEN when they broadcast a Melbourne Victory game, usually better than watching it :dude

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Chonburi Football Club (THA) - Melbourne Victory (AUS) 5.00 -3.50 -1.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chonburi coach Jadet Meelarp is expecting another difficult encounter in the AFC Champions League when his side take on Melbourne Victory at Supachalasai Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Thai champions secured a surprise 1-1 draw with Japan's Gamba Osaka on Matchday 1, with the J.League side only salvaging a point thanks to an injury-time equaliser from Brazilian striker Lucas, and Jadet is preparing his team for another monumental challenge against the 2007 A-League winners. "It will be a tough match for us," he said. "They beat Chunnam Dragons 2-0 in Melbourne while we were lucky to get a point against Gamba Osaka. "But we have to beat them in this game if we want to find a way out of the group stages of the AFC Champions League. "They have many good players, like Archie Thompson who is an Australian International and who came to play in the Asian Cup in Thailand last year. "We will have to put on our best possible performance and I believe we can win against the Australians on our home ground." Only one Thai side has successfully negotiated the group phase of the AFC Champions, when BEC Tero Sasana qualified from a group that also featured Kashima Antlers, Shanghai Shenhua and Daejeon Citizen of Korea before going on to reach the inaugural final, where they lost to Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates. Chonburi face a task of similar magnitude to that overcome by BEC in this year's competition and Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick is determined his side will come away from Bangkok with a win which will move them a step closer to not only the knockout phase, but also to eliminated the Thais. "We all felt quite good and felt sharp out there," said Socceroos striker Thompson after a one-hour training session in the heat and humidity of Bangkok. "We know they're going to be full of confidence after a good result. But we're just going to go out and play the football we've been playing. We're here to get three points. Anything less, I would be disappointed." Merrick is expected to make one change to the line-up that defeated Pohang, with Daniel Vasilevski in line for a call-up in place of Adrian Caceres. MY PICK MELBOURNE @ $1.65 10/10

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 DeMMa, any chance for more previews on the AFC - Asian Championship games........? Thanks for this one..........:D

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Dude.. i dont have a write up etc.. But Pohang Steelers @ $1.45 is a steal... easy free money... Best team in group, playing a bad game vs Adelaide... losing 2-0, need to win, against imho the weakest or one of in the entire champions league.. Good Luck brother

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Dude.. i dont have a write up etc.. But Pohang Steelers @ $1.45 is a steal... easy free money... Best team in group, playing a bad game vs Adelaide... losing 2-0, need to win, against imho the weakest or one of in the entire champions league.. Good Luck brother

Thanks DeMMa, saw your post at HT, 1-0 to hosts, followed your advice and had a go on Steelers on the in - play and the Over at 1,80. 1-3 now, bless you! P.S. :lol .. Iin the meantime while writting this it got to 4-1 Steelers :ok

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Chonburi Football Club (THA) - Melbourne Victory (AUS) 5.00 -3.50 -1.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chonburi coach Jadet Meelarp is expecting another difficult encounter in the AFC Champions League when his side take on Melbourne Victory at Supachalasai Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Thai champions secured a surprise 1-1 draw with Japan's Gamba Osaka on Matchday 1, with the J.League side only salvaging a point thanks to an injury-time equaliser from Brazilian striker Lucas, and Jadet is preparing his team for another monumental challenge against the 2007 A-League winners. "It will be a tough match for us," he said. "They beat Chunnam Dragons 2-0 in Melbourne while we were lucky to get a point against Gamba Osaka. "But we have to beat them in this game if we want to find a way out of the group stages of the AFC Champions League. "They have many good players, like Archie Thompson who is an Australian International and who came to play in the Asian Cup in Thailand last year. "We will have to put on our best possible performance and I believe we can win against the Australians on our home ground." Only one Thai side has successfully negotiated the group phase of the AFC Champions, when BEC Tero Sasana qualified from a group that also featured Kashima Antlers, Shanghai Shenhua and Daejeon Citizen of Korea before going on to reach the inaugural final, where they lost to Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates. Chonburi face a task of similar magnitude to that overcome by BEC in this year's competition and Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick is determined his side will come away from Bangkok with a win which will move them a step closer to not only the knockout phase, but also to eliminated the Thais. "We all felt quite good and felt sharp out there," said Socceroos striker Thompson after a one-hour training session in the heat and humidity of Bangkok. "We know they're going to be full of confidence after a good result. But we're just going to go out and play the football we've been playing. We're here to get three points. Anything less, I would be disappointed." Merrick is expected to make one change to the line-up that defeated Pohang, with Daniel Vasilevski in line for a call-up in place of Adrian Caceres. MY PICK MELBOURNE @ $1.65 10/10

Melbourne lost 3-1 :\ I hope you didnt lose too much ! I watched the game on bet365 and the 2nd goal of chonburi was a fantastic strike! I have to say that melbourne did not impress me at all.

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Kashima win by more than 2 goal margin against Beijing Kashima have opened their Asian Champions league campaign in fine form with two huge wins: 9-1 and 6-0. Beijing have also won both their games beating the same two teams 4-2 and 3-1. Kashima have some very good midfielders and with Marcos Araoujo already with 4 goals it would be hard for Beijing to stop their fine form especially with the game being played in Japan Melbourne - Gamba over 2.5 Melbourne won their first game 2-0 at home against Chunnam while they lost their next game 3-1 away to Chumburi. Gamba drew 1-1 away to Chumburi before a 4-3 win away to Chunnam. Both teams have shown that they prefer to attack and this should be an open game, as their defences are not the best. With it being a very close group then 3 points is vital especially for Melbourne so we should see some goals here Binh Duong - Adelaide over 2.5 Bind Duong lost their first game away to Changchun 2-1 and then lost 4-1 at home to Pohong. Adelaide win their first game away to Pohong 2-0 and then drew 0-0 at home to Changchun. You would expect a comfortable Adelaide victory here but with the game being played in Vietnam and where in the past the humidity has affected Australian teams, this will make this game alot closer. For teams not used to the humidity, they tend to tire quickly, where they make mistakes and their defence starts to fall away. Adelaide will look to score early and then try to hold on while Duong will continue to chip away at them

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Gamba -1 (EH) Gamba toyed with Melbourne in the first leg, as they seemed to score with ease. While they did also concede goals, it was a 3-3 draw, the manner in which they played suggests that now that they are on home field, with their supporters behind them, they will look to make the most of their advantage. They seem to construct their plays alot better and hence should provide further opportunities to score. Should be a comfortbale win.

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 Hello bro blackcrow ... Can u show me some sites have AH and O/U of AFC Champions League ? Thanks a lot !

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Re: AFC - Asian Champions League 2008 DJ BU bet365 do both of these. Not sure about any others.

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Hello bro blackcrow ... Can u show me some sites have AH and O/U of AFC Champions League ? Thanks a lot !

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