China’s fight against Mesut Özil wasn’t the only political issue that the country has faced in the last week. With domestic conflicts and criticism abroad, football wasn’t left behind, and Europe had to chose between its ideology or Chinese money.
Abu Dhabi will act as host for an intriguing friendly between Brazil and South Korea. We gathered our two specialists, one for each team, to answer five questions about the match.
The AFC Cup is a fascinating tournament that always involves football with politics and other different issues.
The 2019 edition of the competition has gathered Lebanese champions Al-Ahed, who are related to the Hezbollah, and April 25 - North Korea’s biggest club. A football match between Hassan Nassrallah and Kim Jong-un. Game on!
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.
