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World Football: At the Asian Cup

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At the Asian Cup

09/01/2015

BBC World Service - World Football, At the Asian Cup

World Football travels to Melbourne for the kick-off of the Asian Cup

World Football travels to Melbourne for the start of the Asian Cup. 

Hear from Kuwait’s Aziz Mashaan, and the first coach to lead Australia to a World Cup, Rale Rasic.

World Football travels to Melbourne for the kick-off of the Asian Cup. 
 
Hear from Kuwait's Aziz Mashaan, Iran's Alireza Jahanbakhsh and the first coach to lead Australia to a World Cup, Rale Rasic.
 
Meanwhile, Palestine prepares for its first ever Asian Cup.
 
Plus FIFA Presidential candidate Jerome Champagne reacts to this week's news that Prince Ali of Jordan has also put himself forward as a challenger. Can either man oust Sepp Blatter?

(Photo: Japan win 2011 Asian Cup. Credit: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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