Saturday, 21 April 2007

Asia Cup: Four Cup hosts a problem

Four Cup hosts a problem, AFC chief says

The president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has admitted that his organisation had made a mistake be allowing four countries to host this year's Asian Cup.

"With four countries this is a problem," Mohamed bin Hammam told Reuters late on Thursday.

He added: "If one country fulfils its obligation and another one doesn't, this is no good to us."

The July 7-29 Asian Cup will be shared by Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, and the AFC has made no secret of its dissatisfaction with some of the co-hosts.

They'd better get it right! Seems to me the AFC have a number of organisation problems.

They'll be a lot of upset football fans across Asia if this tournamnet doesn't match international standards.

The credibility of the AFC is on the line here.

What do you think can the AFC pull-off a successful tournament?

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