on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to a stray liya governing body faith has also called for the players' release we agree that this is now become an emergency situation we want to see progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for a trial end and to the prime minister. to release him immediately and these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. you know that this case is getting a lot of international attention is that simply because we're talking here about a professional football player i mean of course it helps having a profile like that and having a community such as a football comedian behind you but this is this is down to basic human rights for refugee activists say that the top thirty seven lawfully imprisoned came. based on international law that prohibits a refugee from being returned to a country where they f

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to australia governing body faith has also called for the players release we agree that this has now become an emergency situation we want to see progress along with this week ok given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. a trial end and to the prime minister. to release immediately. these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention for says that he wants the case resolved before friday. night the story is getting a lot of international attention is that just because he came he happens to be a professional football player not at all i mean this is this is an example of a guess what activists are saying is unlawful detention in thailand based on the principle of nonperformance which under international law says all pretty puts the return of a refugee to a country where he or she may feel persecution in the fact that the interpol red notice was withdrawn after it was i

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya is returned safely to a stray leah governing body faith has also called for the players release we agreed that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. thailand and to the prime minister. to release immediately enough of these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention falsest said he wants the case results before friday. it watching news from berlin coming up next part one of our documentary series berlin with trouble us of crime looking at the german capital's turbulent years leading up to the nazi era and more still to come. state by state. colorful. liveliest. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. on t w dot com.

had an email from our sports department we've actually just had some reaction from the asian football confederation in a statement sent to al-jazeera they say quote we are conducting a thorough investigation into events at the asian cup twenty nine hundred seventy final between the u.a.e. and qatar once that investigation has been completed the a.f.c. will decide on the appropriate next step so let's talk about that with our guest joining us on skype from london it's andrew warshaw he is the chief correspondent for inside world football that's a predictable sort of statement from the asian football confederation they i think any confederation would have to investigate things that happened like this but really you could have seen this one coming didn't you everything was building to a pretty ugly atmosphere. well you know that's right kamau particularly with the geopolitical situation that's going on in the area and located all your viewers will obviously know about you know like it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action i suspect there will be wrestling w

could face torture or possibly even death and that we've also got a statement from the asian football confederation which we understand is actually led by a man who is part of the bahrain well family what role if he had in this year so shake been. he's the president or sorry the president of the i.o.c. and the vice president of faith so massive figure in world football but he's been completely silent over this issue and became claims that shakes ohman is behind this extradition process he accused. of discriminating against shia muslims and also of persecuting bahraini athletes that protested against the royal family during the arab spring so he believes this is a political move from selman and activists very concerned about his silence and they feel that he should be removed from office if indeed hacking is sent back to bahrain yeah expat joining us from sports thank you. you're watching t.v. news a quick reminder of our top story u.k. lawmakers have given prime minister to resign a mandate to return to brussels and reopen gregg's the talks with the european union of brussels says but the deal is n

to free a refugee bahraini football player from a thai prison have picked up face the asian football confederation is calling for hakim b. to be released despite an extradition request from buffer. expat from sport is here with us to fill in the details of it so we got this football player a ride b. he's originally from bahrain why is he sitting in a prison in thailand so he has been stressing twenty four tane on refugee status on the basis of claims that he was wrongfully imprisoned and tortured in bahrain back in november of course he was arrested by thai authorities up to bahrain requested a red notice from interpol he's been sentenced to ten years in jail in bahrain for alleged an attack on a police station dating back to two thousand and twelve this despite there being footage out there of him playing in a football match at the time of the alleged crime. football community has rallied around came particularly for mr crewe craig forster and other ones pushing the charge to get his lace for. the top prison. more than sixty days after first being detained in thailand became al-arabiya remains in

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to a stray leah governing body faith has also called for the players release we agreed that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. thailand and to the prime minister. to release had been immediately. told these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention forces said he wants the case resolved before friday. and we are joined now by. an expat from sports to tell us a little bit more about why bahrain is so determined to see al arabiya returned yes to the bahrain authorities claim that al-arabiya committed a us an attack on a police station back in two thousand and twelve obviously a very serious crime and the sentence into a ten year prison sentence in his absence the only problem with this is that there's actually footage of him playing in a televised football match on the day

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya is returned safely to a stray liya governing body faith has also called for the players release we agree that this is now become an emergency situation we want to see progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. the trial end and to the prime minister. to release immediately. these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention for said he wants the case resolved before friday. and more now on this case from bangkok and correspondent and heartache so busted how has it come to this for this young football player because i mean he's a refugee seeking asylum in australia and he was arrested on honeymoon in thailand . yeah that's correct so he was detained here at bangkok's main international airport when he arrived here with his wife to go on their honeymoon as you said and his wife has actually since spoken out and she said that they decided to go to thailand be

football official had his entry into the united arab emirates delayed by twenty four hours ahead of the asian cup which begins on saturday syed omar hannity who's also vice president of the asian football confederation and wasn't around to take his flight from oman to the u.a.e. qatar football association has now confirmed that the hannity is in the country cats or is still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all. blockade the man in charge of world football says he's still open to the idea of catalyst twenty twenty two world cup being shared with saudi arabia and asian cup hosts the u.a.e. the for president gianni and francine and wants to expand cuts us tournament from thirty to forty eight teams while earlier on we spoke to football writer andrew was sure about how likely that expansion is in how one of these delayed entry reflects on the organizers. you know seldom have a manatee. is not only the the organizing. director of the competition but is also an a.f.c. vice president which only increases the embarrassment as far as the organizers are concerned because it's asia's showpiece international tournament but what would like to think that this is a one off inci

on shoes day the asian football confederation white into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya is returned safely to a stray governing body faith has also called for the players release we agree that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. trial and the prime minister. to release immediately and up all these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. is a reminder of our top stories at this hour people across venezuela have been protesting against president nicolas maduro and calling for fresh elections the demonstrations were called by opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president one quite. a few leaders are insisting that the deal they made with the u.k. cannot feed me go say to us despite the british prime minister the parliamentary mandate to seek a fresh negotiation. business news is up next have a good day. how about taki

football official had his entry into the united arab emirates delayed by twenty four hours ahead of the asian cup which begins on saturday sorrow mohammadi who's also vice president of the asian football confederation wasn't around to take his flight from oman to the u.a.e. qatar football association has now confirmed that the hannity is in the country cats or is still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all despite that blockade the man in charge of world football says he still opens the idea of cattle twenty twenty two world cup being shared with saudi arabia and asian cup hosts the u.a.e. the for president gianni and francine and wants to expand cuts all tournament from thirty to forty eight teams while earlier on we spoke to football writer andrew was sure about how likely that expansion is in how the hannity's delayed entry reflects on the organizers. you know seldom have a how to eat. is not only the the organizing. director of the competition but he's also an a.f.c. vice president which only increases the embarrassment as far as the organizers are concerned because it's asia's showpiece international tournament but what would like to think that this is a one

four years also there has been criticism of australia's football governing body and the asian football confederation the governing body for football in this region which happens to be run by a member of the bahrain royal family shaikh selman a man that he has personally criticised in recent years but it's understood that those two governing bodies have now met to discuss the case incidentally bahrain are actually playing thailand at the asian cup later and the u.a.e. on thursday that's also where japan one of the powerhouses of asian football came from behind to beat a team ranked one hundred twenty seventh in the world a stunning strike from turkmenistan's captain put his team in front after twenty seven minutes. i'm a novel with an early favorite for goal of the tournament in the united arab emirates japan didn't hit back until ten minutes into the second half. with the first of his two goals as the four time champion struck three times in fifteen minutes but to permit a san we're not finished a goal from the penalty spot ensured japan had to battle until the end for a three two win. i think we ma

four years also there has been criticism of australia's football governing body and the asian football confederation the governing body for football in this region which happens to be run by a member of the bahrain royal family shaikh selman a man that he has personally criticised in recent years but it's understood that those two governing bodies have now met to discuss the case and thailand have just battled bahrain in football's asian cup. song customer with the only goal in a first win for the thais in pool play it's new mill about twenty minutes into the match between jordan and syria later hosts the u.a.e. and go top of group a if they defeat india. from the bizarre in brazil file team medics coming to the aid of a football in that up hitting him even more they drove over the foot of the under twenty player by mistake but in true football fashion there was an air of the dramatic player making a quick recovery to get back into action soon after and. twenty eight professional tennis players have been arrested by the spanish civil god after an investigation into match fixing one of those players

national also with the charge government a relation i can name as yet they saw and saw the asian football confederationit's not just confounding it's actually destroyed school under our human rights obligations within the entire football community incidentally bahrain are actually playing thailand at the asian cup later in the u.a.e. on thursday groups like amnesty international say the fact a keen could be sent back to bahrain is abort now the face of female wrestling in japan has retired a year out from the tokyo olympics saying it's time for the new generation to step up and take charge sorry you know she was supported by her mother for the announcement at a packed news conference the thirty six year old won it consecutive thirteen world championships and three olympic titles but she's taken time away from competition since missing out on a fourth straight gold medal at the two thousand and sixteen games now peter will be back with more sport eight hundred g.m.t. but for now back to their thank you for that and thanks for watching the news grid you can keep in touch with us as always on social media

of the dispute have been felt at this events qatar as the hunted vice president of the asian football confederation had as a rival delayed by u.a.e. officials and a group of katter based journalists were refused entry into the country very few fans have been able to support cabs are joining the tournaments it's now a criminal offense to show public sympathy for cats are in the u.a.e. our reporter dave itself has more. talk about maximizing home advantage the united arab emirates has bought the remaining tickets for the semifinal against cats and handed them out for free but crucially only to their phones effectively blocking away support so not for the first time this tournament catalyst players will largely be alone when they take to the pitch in abu dhabi but despite the prospect of a hostile crowd of forty two thousand they fancy their chances they are the form team after all with five wins from five and no goals conceded so far reaching the deal very good with that. of course all of us we know that that is the pressure readers is a semifinal but i think we are more costly than under pressure to

claims it has less power than it does in this instance of course we're talking about the asian football confederation for this tournament they for instance accredited to cover the tournament it's actually the u.a.e. that wouldn't allow journalists in from qatar so sanctions always a possibility for faith they won't be comfortable with this situation it hasn't gone entirely smoothly for the u.a.e. although there's there's actually been a very good football played on the pitch there has been a success of course you have this wonderful story of qatar making their way through before they host a tournament in twenty twenty two big doesn't sit right does it come out it doesn't sit right there actually were in a situation the people couldn't conceive how well sports and politics don't mix actually these are the rules of the u.e.a. the tournament can just go ahead we're seeing increasingly we're seeing issues at the moment about where the golfers were going play in saudi arabia this wake actually sport and politics are mixing and then needs to be more sensible decision making one of the people turning the ot

it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that lead to a catchphrase of this tournament was going asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in terms of shoes a big baby pelted it at the guitar we is not of the team and certainly in the stands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competitive liverpool are blown

it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action and i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of it what's so ironic is that lead to a catch phrase of this tournament was a bringing asia together well this game show as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in some of shoes that a big baby pelted it at the ghetto he is not of the team and certainly in the stands same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was it was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competitive liverpool are s

it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because if you're a big host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors well maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that lead to a catchphrase of this tournament was a growing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the glitz good fun and you could if you could say not a little fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in some of shoes a big big pelted it at the guitar we to is not of the team and certainly in the stands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competitive liverpool have

reporter: on tuesday, the asian football confederation weighed into the issue, asking thailand's primeinister in an open letter to ensure mr. al-araibi is returned safely to austria. governing body fifa has also called for the player's release. >> we agree that this has now become an emergency situation. weant t to see prorogress along with fifa this week given the immediacy of the situation, and we continue to call for thailand and to the p pme minister, pray it to release hakeem immediately and uphold his international human rights. reporter: with al-araibi having spent two months in detention, foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. brent: sports news now, austrian marcel hirscher has stamped his authority on alpine skiing's ninth race yet again. his victory in the spectacle, which takes place in his own country, means he is likely to win his eighth overall world cup title this year. reporter: the lights were on in austria, and the home favorite, marcel hirscher, who was already leading after his first run, had one objective -- to win his 10th victory of the season. an

to contravene the international human rights of the right be on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya is returned safely to a stray leah governing body faith has also called for the players release we agreed that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. trial end and to the prime minister. to release immediately. these international human rights with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. there's been a breakthrough in the search for time football and merely an asylum investigators have found two seat cushions they believe to be from the plane he was traveling in when he vanished on the twenty first of january players and fans of cardiff city who had just signed him paid tribute to their premier league game against arsenal. transfer three to five no just days before he went missing. last year's marcel here has stoppe

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya is returned safely to a stray leah governing body faith has also called for the players release we agree that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. trial end and the prime minister. to release him immediately and these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. but there has been a breakthrough in the search for arjun talking football and million of salah investigators have found their game against arsenal the welsh club paid a record transfer to fame side north just days before he went missing. a court in germany is preparing to rule on the case of two students accused of theft because they went dumpster diving taking discarded food items from a supermarket rubbish contains is a common enough practice but in germany it is illegal many peop

on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to a stray leah governing body faith has also called for the players release we agreed that this is now become an emergency situation we want to say progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for trial end and to the prime minister. to release have clean immediately enough of these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. or sports news no austria's marcel here sure has stamped his authority on alpine skiing night race yet again his victory in the spectacle that takes place in his home country also means that he's likely to win his eight successive overall world cup title this year. the lights were on in shuttling austria and the home favorite marcel hit show who was already leading after his first run had one objective to win his tenth victory of the season and he had some fifty thousa

it's inevitable that the asian football confederation has to take some sort of action but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because of you know even the host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of either flying or playing behind closed doors or maybe even stronger but of what's what's so ironic is that they need to catch phrase and this tournament was a bringing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the political front and you could have you could say not on the football fun earlier given the displaced loosies we saw in the shoes a big big pelted it at the guitar we to is not of the team and certainly in the stands same with bottles but one has to say that the football itself was was super old reports i've read suggest this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament the football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competitive. he as

while he is here is the fact that thailand doesn't recognize the rights of refugees the asian football confederation the governing body in this region has been criticized a lot for its apparent inaction over this case hakim himself has been a vocal critic of the a of c. president shake selman been. who happens to be a member of bahrain's royal family in manchester city have suffered a major blow in the defense of their e.p.l. title in the champions were upset by newcastle united two one away it means they stay four points behind liverpool having played a game more all the gunners so sure avoided his first losses manchester united boss his side coming back from two no down to draw with burnley however they fall two points behind fifth place arsenal beat cardiff city to whine i had a bad match there was a minute's silence for a million it was cardiff first game since the disappearance of the plane carrying the argentinian to wales last week so i had just signed for the welsh club from not the official search was called off on thursday but celis family have raised funds for it to resume. conor mcgregor

the who's also a vice president of the asian football confederation wasn't allowed to take his flight from oman to the u.a.e. but the katter football association has now confirmed all mohammed the is in the country cats are is still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt earlier we spoke to inside world football he believes the u.a.e. would be making a big mistake if it allowed broader political disputes to impact the tournaments. this has been solved pretty quickly fortunately the organizers are but this guy wasn't. just any old official i mean you know seldom had a manatee. is not only the the organizing. director of the competition but he's also an a.f.c. vice president which only increases the embarrassment as far as the organizers are concerned because it's asia's showpiece international tournament so of course it's embarrassing of course if it doesn't all go well for the tournament as a whole does fairly important that the usa put on a good show at this event it's asia's trying to limit its at the same time of year as the world cup will be it's rou

the top three football official has entry into the united arab emirates delayed ahead of the asian cup which begins on saturday. who's also vice president of the asian football confederationwasn't allowed to take his flight from out of school e.u. eight but the qatar football association has now confirmed he is in the country cats are still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt. or yemen of qualified for the tournament for the first time in their history the lowest ranked team in the competition groups alongside iran iraq and vietnam remember the security situation in yemen really bad at the moment means the domestic league is suspended and the national saying that's a play all the home qualifies in cuts are a lot of conditions back everyone but this has become normal players are trying to focus on doing good. they want to challenge you the third constantin and i think suffering generates creativity this is our goal in the coming days manchester city manager put quite a goal or admitted his science english premier league title defense would have been all but over how they not beaten leaders liverpool on thursday the champions playing at hom

football official had his entry into the united arab emirates delayed by twenty four hours ahead of the asian cup which begins on saturday syed omar hannity who's also vice president of the asian football confederation wasn't around to take his flight from oman to the u.a.e. the qatar football association has now confirmed that arma hannity is in the country cats or is still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all despite that blockade the man in charge of world football says he's still open to the idea of catalyst twenty twenty two world cup being shared with saudi arabia and asian cup hosts the u.a.e. the for president gianni and francine and wants to expand cuts us tournament from thirty to forty eight teams while earlier on we spoke to football writer andrew was sure about how likely that expansion is in how armor one of these delayed entry reflects on the organizers. you know seldom have know how to eat. is not only the the organizing. director of the competition but he's also an a.f.c. vice president which only increases the embarrassment as far as the organizers are concerned because it's asia's showpiece international tournament but what would like to think

while he is here is the fact that thailand doesn't recognize the rights of refugees the asian football confederation the governing body in this region has been criticized a lot for its apparent inaction over this case hakim himself has been a vocal critic of the a of c. president shake selman been britain. who happens to be a member of bahrain's royal family. conor mcgregor and can be mayor of this have been suspended and fined for the brawl that followed their u.f.c. title fight back in october after the russian won the highly anticipated bowed in las vegas a melee broke out between both corners and even spilled into the crowd mcgregor has been fined fifty thousand dollars and banned for six months while could be received a five hundred thousand dollars fine and was suspended for nine months and that's all your support for now much more coming up later but for now it's back to merriam in london thank you for a while that wraps up the news hour but remember you can get more on everything we're covering all your news and sports on our website al-jazeera dot com is the address that you'll find called

while he is here is the fact that thailand doesn't recognize the rights of refugees the asian football confederation the governing body in this region has been criticized a lot for its apparent inaction over this case hakim himself has been a vocal critic of the a of c. president shake selman been. who happens to be a member of bahrain's royal family cardiff are set to play their first match since the disappearance of the plane carrying their new signing a million it was solid the welsh side will be taking on arsenal away in the english premier league later on chouse day the search for salah himself is also set to resume his family have raised funds for a private mission over the english channel the official search for the argentinian striker and his pilot was ended last thursday four days after a single engine plane went down this is a relatively small search area this is nothing like image three seventy but there are complications in terms of it being a small plane the bottom is very hard there's lots of other wreckage out there and we have the weather but the point that i want to emphasize is the

from football's world governing body fifa, from the asian football confederation and from human rightssonment, torture and possible death. please help my husband. i don't want to lose him." and this is his lawyer his wife want to say that please continue help her on this case, they have to fled to australia, because they were afraid of persecution, and there was dangerous in bahrain. for its part, bahrain has filed an extradition request for mr al—araibi. it's been forwarded to thai prosecutors for deliberation. but it could be months before the case is resolved. in the meantime — mr al—araibi's case is garnering a lot of attention. former australian football captain craig foster is heavily involved. a young woman who fled saudi arabia for several weeks to try to reach australia, but that authority stopped her, and it was only after a un intervention that she eventually received asylum in canada, we also a report now and other saudi women who have fled their country, and in this case they had headed to the uk, where some have had to go into hiding, this report comes from. i left saudi

emirates for the asian cup which begins on saturday so he who is vice president of the asian football confederation wasn't allowed to take his flight from amman to the u.a.e. he was told this clearance to enter hadn't yet been registered the f.c. say they are investigating the matter the incident happened with qatar still under a blockade imposed by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt bachus their city manager pep guardiola has admitted his side's english premier league title defense was all but over had they not beaten leaders liverpool on thursday the champions playing at home down the reds two one it was the first time this season that liverpool have tasted defeat in the league sergio where only resign and getting the goals for city. both teams played to to win. and. nothing so is not the final it was a final for us because it was in today was almost over. and we need today we are already there so know the premier league is everybody time again to see the top in the future to the end we lost it and we have to take that we take that some of us came in last and i will live and move on that p

football about the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could face. it's inevitable that the asian focal confederation has some sort of reaction but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because of your you being the host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of why do why you are playing behind closed doors or maybe even stronger but it was what's so ironic is that need to catch phrase of this tournament when. bringing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the political one and you could if you could sorry not a little fun earlier given the just baseless is we saw a shoes be pelted at the good tory if not the team and certainly understands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football it so was it was super old course i've read suggests this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competi