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The warning signs were all there. In September 2006 a predominately European-based Australian team lost 2-0 to Kuwait in Asian Judi Online Cup qualifying. That defeat went unheeded, brushed off as a mere bump in the road. Worryingly perhaps, several of the Australian players blamed the oppressive heat for their lacklustre performance. It didn’t prevent Australian coach Graham Arnold from later claiming that “anything less than an appearance in the Asian Cup final would be a failure.”

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Friday the 13th - Judi Online?

    Friday the 13th, 2007 is a day that will dwell in infamy for Australian football fans. I pondered the depths of their despair as I tramped along the dusty perimeter of Rajamangala Stadium in the aftermath of Australia’s 3-1 defeat to Iraq, where I stumbled upon a group of young Thai’s playing street-ball in the expansive forecourt of Thailand’s national stadium. Their movement was fast and fluid – they played purely for the love of the game. Their football was in stark contrast to Australia’s. There’s nothing fun about being an Australian football fan at the present moment in time.   Australia ’s debut at the Asian Cup has been an unmitigated disaster thus far. History will show that a turgid performance in the 1-1 draw with Oman was followed by that humiliating 3-1 loss to Iraq. What the scoreline fails to reveal is the sheer depth to which Australian football plunged in those catastrophic ninety minutes. Just over a year after Australia went within a whisker of knocking eve

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