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00:00 I guess Parker the same could
00:07 be said in the Asian Cup right
00:08 now right like there are some
00:09 good nations out there I know
00:10 Australia Korea are some of the
00:13 nations that maybe the casual
00:14 fan has heard of and seen play
00:16 in World Cup settings but there
00:18 is other good squads out there
00:20 in the Asian Cup what's going
00:22 on in that tournament. Yeah
00:25 very similar in terms of plenty
00:28 of good teams they're still
00:30 working their way through the
00:31 quarterfinals as well kind of
00:33 taking place throughout the
00:34 weekend and round of 16 was a
00:36 little more standard for them
00:38 but you definitely had some
00:40 teams making some some surprises
00:42 teams like Thailand making it to
00:43 the knockout Palestine and
00:46 Syria given everything going on
00:48 in that part of the world
00:49 advancing into the round of 16
00:52 for the first time ever
00:53 absolutely remarkable even
00:54 though those teams were not able
00:57 to make it further you still
00:58 have some of those classic
00:59 favorites as you mentioned I
01:01 think Japan is certainly a team
01:03 that people have high
01:04 expectations for they did
01:05 struggle a little bit in the
01:07 group stages same could be said
01:09 for South Korea Jürgen
01:10 Quinsman's time as a manager
01:12 will definitely send some some
01:15 flashbacks to the way of US men's
01:17 national team fans who had some
01:19 inconsistent results when he was
01:21 at in charge of the Yanks but
01:24 it's been a fun tournament as
01:26 well I think something that has
01:27 really added to both of these
01:28 tournaments Asian Cup and
01:30 African Cup of Nations has been
01:32 the third place teams advancing
01:35 getting 16 out of the 24 teams
01:38 in each tournament making it to
01:39 the knockout phase has allowed
01:40 for some really great stories
01:42 and a lot of surprises and it's
01:43 something that we're going to
01:44 have to get familiar with
01:46 heading into the expansion of
01:48 the World Cup where we're going
01:49 to have a lot more teams
01:51 involved a lot more teams
01:52 getting through and this is
01:54 something that we can get used
01:55 to in major tournament football
01:57 it's already a thing in the
01:58 Euros as well it'll be coming up
01:59 this summer so you know it's
02:01 it's been a nice primer for some
02:03 of that.
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