The AFC Champions League semifinal between Al-Hilal and Al-Sadd seemed to be done and dusted after the first leg, but it was all but over. The Qatari’s and Saudi’s produced a memorable match, while also providing some optimism on the political front.
He’s been coaching in central Asia, the US, Middle East and West Africa. He nurtured football culture in Kyrgyzstan, worked at the famous Aspire Academy in Qatar and guided Hearts of Oak in Ghana. The amazing career of Kenichi Yatsuhashi is indeed a fascinating one. Walid Bylka interviewed him exclusively for BabaGol: They talked African football, the best food he had in his journeys, and where he was blamed to be an engineer rather than a football coach. A must-read interview.
The Chinese FA is losing patience with the national’s team slow growth process, and has decided to quicken up the naturalization process of four more Brazilian players, who will soon join the squad.
Saudi Arabia arrived for a first-ever football match in the West Bank against Palestine. Uri came back with his thoughts about the progress of Palestinian football.
North Korea against South Korea. It can’t get any more tense and interesting than this. It is the South’s first visit to Pyongyang in almost 30 years, this time for a crucial World Cup qualifier. To celebrate this big event, we examined the football history of the the Korean peninsula.
