Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Adelaide: Football can be a cruel game. For every last-minute winner, there is a beaten goalkeeper. For every player who benefits from a stroke of luck, there is another who suffers.
Adelaide United defender Robbie Cornthwaite had the misfortune of scoring an own goal in a match he considered the biggest in his club’s history, but unlike most players, the 22-year-old managed to turn his calamity into triumph.
Speaking to the-AFC.com more than a decade on, Cornthwaite recounts the tale of his own goal in the first leg of the 2008 AFC Champions League quarter-final against Kashima Antlers, and how he went from villain to hero just a week later.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With AFC Champions League football on hiatus over the past two months, the-AFC.com has scrolled the archives to bring you some of the finest goals the competition has witnessed in its rich history.
This week, our '5 of the Best' series looks back at some of the most eye-pleasing curling efforts that have left outstretched goalkeepers with no chance and brought fans to their feet in appreciation. Once you've reviewed our selection, don't forget to vote for your favourite at the bottom of the article!
Also take a look at past editions that feature acrobatic goals, solo goals, volleys, long-range screamers, chips, free-kicks and flicks, tricks and backheels.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia has been picked as ASEAN's favourite stadium by fans in a poll conducted by the-AFC.com.
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium obtained 58 percent of the votes with Malaysia's Bukit Jalil National Stadium second with 19 percent.
Check out all the ASEAN nominees below and look out for Great Grounds of Asia: East on Friday.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: On Friday, Korea Republic will join Chinese Taipei and Turkmenistan among the few active domestic football leagues as the game on the Continent slowly begins to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League before being revamped and renamed as the K League in 1998, Korea's top flight boasts a number of powerhouses on the Continental stage, with no fewer than four sides having won the AFC Champions League and a further two having lifted its predecessor, the now defunct Asian Club Championship trophy.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: DPR Korea was the first Asian men’s side to make a significant impact at the FIFA World Cup level, but it is the women’s game which has led the country to its greatest footballing highs.
While the 1966 heroics of Pak Do-ik and company awakened the world, it was the women’s youth teams of the 2000s and 2010s that conquered it.
Over a period spanning 12 years, DPR Korea emerged as a nightmare opponent for nearly any team in any women’s youth tournament on the globe, ultimately winning a total of four world titles and four Asian crowns in two age groups.
While their 5-0 victory over China PR in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final was a stunning result, and their 2008 U-17 crown won against the United States a momentous achievement, no period summed up DPR Korea’s dominance like 2015 to 2017, with the nation producing simultaneous world champion sides at U-17 and U-20 levels.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: What type of player are you? Take the-AFC.com's football personality quiz and find out.
Are you Son Heung-min or Sam Kerr? Could you be Akram Afif or Omar Khribin? Or is your playing style similar to that of Sardar Azmoun or Wu Lei? Answer the questions and find out.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Ever since it burst into life just over six decades ago, the AFC Asian Cup has been a constant source of joy for football fans throughout our Continent.
From Korea Republic’s triumph in 1956 to Qatar’s success last year, the competition has come to represent Asian football at its finest, the embodiment of all that is good about the game we love so dearly. Of course, much has changed since the AFC Asian Cup’s inaugural event.
Both on and off the pitch, the continental gathering has moved with the times and morphed from its somewhat humble beginnings into a showpiece tournament which is now admired around the world.