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As things stand, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic's Joel Kojo is going to receive legend status in 🇮🇩 Indonesia.
#AsianCup2023
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Overall a very positive campaign for 🇮🇩 Indonesia.
One they can be proud of while also believing there's plenty for Shin Tae-yong to work with. But important to build on this and avoid what happened after 2016 runners-up finish.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Guilherme not happy after being substituted. For some reason decided to stare down the 🇲🇾 Malaysian fans that were giving him a round of applause despite his display, before throwing a bottle at the bench.
Not sure what the fans did wrong.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
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Purely from a musical perspective, 🇮🇩 Indonesia Raya has to be the best national anthem in Southeast Asia. Possibly the entire world.
Don't @ me.
#SEAGames
#SEAGames31
#SEAGames2021
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Heartwrenching moment as Thailand coach Alexandre Polking reveals he brought goalkeeper Kawin Thamsatchanan on to "give him a happy moment" after his father passed away today, before breaking down in tears.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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3 steps to motivate yourself a la Tomoaki Makino...
1) Start with a Haka
2) Stationary John Cena "You-can't-see-me
3) End with a Hadouken
#ACL2019
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JDT can feel very hard done by. That goal from Bergson probably should have stood in my opinion.
#ACL2021
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Arif Aiman is a delight to watch.
Not just because of the sheer pace and skill. His game intelligence is also impressive given his youth.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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@whoosahhhh
I love a quote that Thailand coach Mano Polking said yesterday.
"Local leagues must improve but the best players cannot wait for the leagues to improve. If they are good enough, they should move first."
I think it best sums up the situation for these talented youngsters.
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Mood when someone is telling me to stop eating so much of the 🍖🥩 Christmas roast...
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TCH on Guilherme:
"I will handle this matter. He's giving his best in training + very committed. Sometimes this is frustration because he couldn't get a goal.
"I'm sure De Paula is mature enough, hope he can set a good example for the team."
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
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That's some stat by the commentator.
🇭🇰 Hong Kong have scored the 1,000th goal of the
@afcasiancup
, 68 years after scoring the 1st at the inaugural tournament in 1956.
#AsianCup2023
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Not the result you would have wanted but - when the dust settles - massive congratulations to
@JYH7
on joining the centurion club. You've led 🇵🇭
@TheAzkalsPH
from minnows to contenders and deserve all the credit. 100 caps ain't too shabby. Congrats mate.
#respect
#AFFSuzukiCup18
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🇻🇳 Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo, on being told 🇮🇩 Indonesian media have spoken about being unimpressed by them:
"If they feel we haven't shown strong performances, they can come out and attack us tomorrow. We will welcome that."
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Thanks for everything, Shebby.
You were truly one of a kind and I learned plenty for you. Am sorry we never got down to writing your autobiography, which would have been quite a story. RIP.
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Football in South America called off because players allegedly violated quarantine.
Football in Africa called off because of coup d'etat.
Football in Southeast Asia usually called off because of heavy rain and lightning. 😅
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If I were a 🇲🇾 fan right now...
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Don't say it.
Dont' say it.
IT'S COMING HOME BOYS!!!
#AFFSuzukiCup18
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka needs to learn how to play right-back from Asnawi, Narubadin, Zulqarnaen, Van Thanh, etc.
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Asnawi's every touch getting booed.
Either some Singaporean fans are in the house or Thailand fans are also not a fan of his semifinal behaviour 😅
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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The random things you think about just before sleeping before grabbing your phone to verify.
What do 🇱🇦 Laos new striker Billy Ketkeophomphone, ex-🇲🇾
@MFL_MY
star Dickson Nwakaeme and
@Arsenal
man Nicolas Pepe have in common?
They all played together at
@AngersSCO
in 2016-17!
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Given 🇸🇬 Singapore had to have at least 4 at the back and were still trying to show attacking intent, can we appreciate that the formation at times was 4-1-3 and Shahdan Sulaiman was effectively a one-man midfield? 🤯
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Can't wait to see him from the second group game onwards. Probably my favourite 🇮🇷
@TeamMelliIran
player at the moment & one of the best young Asian players in the world.
#WorldCup
6️⃣DAYS TO GO! 🏆🇷🇺
Our number 6 and defensive shield- Saeid Ezatolahi.
This man has come such a long way in short space of time, rightfully being called up to the squad even at the age of 21. A huge loss not to have him for the first game due to a suspension.
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How many times a season does
@Neil38Etheridge
want to save a penalty and make us all wish we would be watching him at the
@afcasiancup
??? 😭😭😭
#LEICAR
#AsianCup2019
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As Germany found out at the 2018
@FIFAWorldCup
, it takes something special to beat Jo Hyeon-woo.
Both
@OfficialJohor
goals from
@Forestieri45
and Bergson were something special. Befitting a famous
@TheAFCCL
triumph.
#ACL2022
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Intrigued by all that's coming out from the SEA Games. My memories of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup in Manila were extremely pleasant. PFF did an excellent job in catering, including for the media.
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You know it's party time for 🇮🇩 Indonesia when even a centre-back like Elkan Baggott is popping up on the edge of the box and scoring 20-yard piledrivers.
#ACQ
#ACQ2023
#AsianCup
#AsianCup2023
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Akhyar gets fouled, picks himself straight up and races to find the ball instead of asking ref to show yellow. Refreshing.
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Four 🇮🇩 Indonesia players ruled out of the
@affsuzukicup
final 2nd leg after violating bubble regulations:
- Elkan Baggott
- Rizky Ridho
- Victor Igbonefo
- Rizky Dwi Febrianto
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Especially in Asia, clubs signing foreign strikers is prevalent - and there's no wrong in that.
But even in 🇯🇵 J1 League & 🇰🇷 K League 1, locals have scored 73% and 65% of goals this season. 🇸🇬 Singapore Premier League's 33% is an unhealthy figure.
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Extremely grateful to have won Story of the Year at FAS Nite 2018. Heaps of people that deserve credit for this, none more so than
@IanGriffiths67
, who pointed a young me in the right direction over 7 years ago.
#ThanksGaffer
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As promised, taking a closer look at Esteghlal ahead of MD3 of
@TheAFCCL
.
But also found time to highlight the very impressive
@dhee_singh01
of
@FCGoaOfficial
, who first caught our eyes at the U-17 World Cup a few years ago.
#ACL2021
Can 🇮🇳
@FCGoaOfficial
's impressive
@dhee_singh01
pass his toughest test yet against
@PersepolisFC
? And do 🇮🇷 Iran have TWO contenders in
@TheAFCCL
with Esteghlal also in fine form?
@gabetan13
looks ahead to Match Day 3 of
#ACL2021
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JDT, finally!
Lovely wing-play by Arif, Safiq did brilliantly to keep his composure inside the area but what a finish by MY MAN Leandro Velazquez!
#ACL2021
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Taking a break from a hectic night of work to congratulate 🇵🇭 on joining 🇹🇭 & 🇻🇳 as ASEAN's representatives at the 2019
@afcasiancup
. We'll be supporting you all.
#ACQ2019
#AsianCup2019
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After some monumental results in
@TheAFCCL
yesterday evening, my thoughts on a magical
#ACL2022
night for ASEAN football.
Well done 🇸🇬
@lioncitysailors
, 🇲🇾
@OfficialJohor
and 🇹🇭
@bgpuofficial
.
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Why are they checking everything possible?! Do they not want Vietnam to score? 😅
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Mistakes happen, especially in the heat of the moment even if that isn't an excuse.
Most important is the take ownership and do the necessary amendments. And it comes full circle when the apology is graciously accepted.
✅ 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐈!
Official Timnas Thailand yang memukul Manajer Indonesia, Sumardji di laga Final semalam menyampaikan permohonan maaf langsung kepada Bapak Sumardji.🇮🇩🇹🇭
Semoga kejadian ini tidak terulang kembali & menjadi pembelajaran untuk semua pihak.
🎥
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Someone please tell me if I'm wrong BUT even though group winners are not yet confirmed, I believe 🇯🇵 Urawa, 🇰🇷 Jeonbuk and 🇯🇵 Vissel are through.
The lowest they can finish in their groups is 2nd with 7 points, and NO TEAMS in Groups G and I can finish 2nd with 7.
#ACL2022
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I have nothing against the 🇹🇭 Thailand coach but this is the MILO-VAN I've been dreaming off since secondary school days...
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I'm not saying I'm a seasoned veteran of listening to 🇻🇳 Vietnamese commentary...
But I now know not to look up just because there's screaming because there is a 93.8% chance the ball is still at the halfway line.
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So many Messis at the
@affsuzukicup
. Thai Messi. Vietnamese Messi. Indonesian Messi.
Which made me wonder... why are there no "(insert country here) Ronaldos"? Like there literally hasn't been anyone called the Cambodian Ronaldo has there?
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
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It just had to be - Marselino Ferdinan, at the age of just 19, is a scorer at the
@afcasiancup
.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's first scorer in the tournament since Elie Aiboy in 2007.
#AsianCup2023
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Was not expecting a day would come that I would be quoted on my musical preferences 😅
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The Most Valuable Player at the 2020
@affsuzukicup
- and for the third time in four editions - is Thailand's Chanathip Songkrasin!
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Love this from
@omomani
.
.
@Cristiano
's hopes of further glory with 🇵🇹
@selecaoportugal
may have ended last night.
But he still departs
@EURO2020
as the new king of international football after drawing level with 🇮🇷 Ali Daei as the all-time men's top scorer on 109 goals!
#EURO2020
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Second Group B in a row at the
#SEAGames
where there has been LATE, LATE drama!
🇹🇭 Thailand 1-2 🇲🇾 Malaysia in the 94th minute!
#SEAGames31
#SEAGames2021
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🇵🇭
@TheAzkalsPH
international Amani Aguinaldo gets off the mark of
@pknp_fc
.
#LigaSuper2019
#AzkalsAbroad
21'| GOL AMANI!
Gol pertama muncul pada malam ini di Manjung apabila sepakan percuma Hafiz Ramdan ditanduk masuk oleh pertahanan PKNP FC Amani Aguinaldo!
@pknp_fc
1-0
@FCTerengganu
#LigaSuper2019
#MFLLive
#PKNPTER
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The Vietnamese commentators are a godsend when you're watching multiple matches.
The shouts of CONGGG PHUOOONG and QUAAANNGG HAIIII and then you look and the attack is still building up about 45 yards from goal.
#AsianQualifiers
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✔️ The heartbreak of the 2018
@FIFAWorldCup
✔️ The ongoing
#AsianQualifiers
campaign
✔️ What it means to captain 🇮🇷 Iran
✔️
@TeamMelliIran
's bright future
I haven't enjoyed a sit-down like this in awhile. Thank you once again to
@Alirezajb7
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Caught up with new
@lioncitysailors
coach Kim Do-hoon, who won
@TheAFCCL
with
@ulsanFC
last season.
Claims that both Kim In-sung and Yoon Bit-garam wanted to follow him to the
@SGPremierLeague
upon hearing about his move.
More to follow on
@ESPNFC
.
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🇹🇭
@Changsuek_TH
's Kritsada Kaman will probably get my vote for defender of the
@affsuzukicup
. Absolutely outstanding. And incredibly only 22.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Already have tomorrow morning's
#ACQ2023
commentary sorted both in headline and angle.
🇮🇩 Indonesia, PLEASE DON'T LET ME DOWN. Over to you. 😅😰🤪
#AsianCup
#AsianCup2023
#ACQ
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Brilliant for Asian football that Hwang Hee-chan and Takumi Minamino both scoring in the
@ChampionsLeague
against the defending champions. Unless you're a Liverpool fan of course...
#UCL
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Leandro Velazquez has been fantastic for
@OfficialJohor
for me today. Not just your typical No. 10 waiting to receive the ball in and around the final third.
Chasing down, tracking back to win the ball back and offering plenty of energy.
#ACL2021
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Obviously not supposed to take sides. But in 24 hours time, I hope to be celebrating a third ASEAN side at the 2019
@afcasiancup
. Over to you
@TheAzkalsPH
💪💪💪
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When
#scheduling
means
#AFCU23
&
#ACL2018
at the same time...
#GoneBlind
#MassiveHeadache
#WhoScoredWhere
#6Games1Night
#NoSweat
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Can't believe an entire month of riveting action comes down to this. Just over an hour to go to the
@affsuzukicup
decider and it promises to be an all-time classic.
The head says 🇻🇳 but the heart says 🇲🇾. Either way,
#AFFSuzukiCup18
will have very deserving champions.
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FELDA United finishing third after starting 2017 losing 5 of their first 7 games is quite the remarkable revival. Sathia magic once again?
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I cannot claim to have an unfulfilled life. But having grown up watching John Dykes & Shebby Singh on TV, I always had this one dream. Today I accomplished it. My first-ever words to
@JohnDykesFC
on television. Were. "YES JOHN".
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Just my two cents on the negative reaction to 🇸🇬 Singapore's loss to Thailand at the
@affsuzukicup
last night.
And why Tatsuma Yoshida and his boys should just brush it off.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Been a huge admirer of his skills since the 2012 Suzuki Cup. Heard murmurings but would be brilliant if this is confirmed.
#Theerathon
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Enjoyed doing this interview and writing this piece, especially how I've followed James (and Phil!) over the past decade.
Once again, congratulations
@JYH7
on a great career and just being one of the nicest blokes around. Excited for the next chapter!
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Not much left to be said about this 🇹🇭 Thailand team.
Class throughout and now champions of the
@affsuzukicup
for a record 6th time.
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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Rumour has it that
@cedelfptINQ
is still screaming in celebration of
@PhilYHusband
's winner against Tajikistan. Care to confirm bro? 😅😉😚👌
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.
@TheAzkalsPH
and everyone involved with Philippines football and its rise over the years can be proud based on this one result.
#AsianCup2019
One of the few times you feel proud walking off the pitch with a loss. Well done
@TheAzkalsPH
. Hats off to
@FOXSports_PH
and
@FOXSportsAsia
for the excellent coverage and for capturing the emotions and passion of the ever growing Filipino football community.
#azkals
#AsianCup2019
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Apparently it is now more acceptable behaviour to ask for selfies & autographs at a mixed zone than actual interviews. As in a minder actually told me no to asking for a soundbite then ushered the player on to more camera phones and memorabilia. At a mixed zone. Welcome to 2019.
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Dream come true. Watching J.League. Go Chanathip, go Ono, go Inamoto. Come on Consadole!
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The
@affsuzukicup
will crown new champions this year with 🇻🇳 Vietnam dethroned by 🇹🇭 Thailand in the semis!
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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🇮🇩 Indonesia coach Shin Tae-yong: “We’re ready for 🇻🇳 Vietnam but there have been some unexpected matters that have happened. I will save the details for after the match tomorrow.”
#AFFSuzukiCup
#AFFSuzukiCup2020
#RivalriesNeverDie
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It is just me or is it a really cool thing that two of Asia's top leagues have local top scorers.
🇯🇵
@J_League_En
: Daizen Maeda (23 goals, tied with Leandro Damiao)
🇰🇷
@kleague
: Joo Min-kyu (22 goals, four ahead of next best Lars Veldwijk)
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Always thought I would never replace my Twitter profile photo.
But maybe I can update it with latest 2022 patch. #天才
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Whenever I think about people in my industry that have inspired me, I don't differentiate between male or female.
I just think of
@nollers74
.
#iwd2021
#internationalwomensday
#choosetochallenge
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Honestly I decide to watch a Premier League game for the first time in a month and I already wish we still had
@affsuzukicup
on. 😴😴😴
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FULL VIDEO of Part 1 from my sit-down with the wonderful
@Alirezajb7
, who looks back on his time with
@OfficialBHAFC
fondly but is ready to be important in
@Feyenoord
's quest for success.
Can't wait for Part 2, where we talk all things 🇮🇷
@TeamMelliIran
!
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🔈
@Alirezajb7
: "The perception (that 🇮🇷 Iran and all other Asian teams will be eliminated in the group stage) only serves as extra motivation. Asian football is at the highest level it has been."
#FIFAWorldCup
#Qatar2022
#TeamMelli
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Absolutely supreme in the air today.
And caused us an embarassing moment when
@SazaliAbdulAziz
and I shouted APPEEEEEKKKK when he touched the balll... and literally 3 stadium security/ushers (all ahpeks) turned to look because they thought they were being called.
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To all the
@OfficialJohor
and 🇲🇾 Malaysian football fans that see this, would like your genuine thoughts on which is the bigger result in your opinion, factoring in opposition and what state of their progress in Asia JDT were/are...
#ACL2022
JDT 1-0 Kashima MD5, '19
161
Ulsan 1-2 JDT, MD2, '22
549
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It's been a blast, .
Thanks for taking me places I never thought I'd be.
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Just three minutes in and we have the first goal of the Kim Pan-gon era.
Lovely individual play by Akhyar - 🇲🇾 Malaysia 1-0 🇵🇭 Philippines.
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🇻🇳 VIETNAM are through to the
@afcasiancup
Round of 16 as they beat 🇱🇧 LEBANON 5-6 on yellow cards.
#AsianCup2019
#LIBvPRK
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