SOCCER FOOTBALL 24H

Having been in the coaching business for over a quarter of a century Carlos Queiroz knows that you need depth to win any major tournament. So despite Iran having only played one international in the past six months, Queiroz used his side's final AFC Asian Cup warmup match to give many of his up-and-coming stars a chance to shine on the international stage.  The Team Melli boss chose to leave established stars Javad Nekounam, Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad and Alireza Haghighi on the bench while the likes of Alireza Beiranvand, Soroush Rafiei and Ramin Rezaeian were given a chance to impress. "It was a good opportunity to give some experience to our young players, our young players they need to play," the 61-year-old Portuguese said. "They start the game a little bit nervous because it was the first time they play a natio...

Group  A Australia, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Oman 09 Jan 2015 07:30pm Australia Kuwait V Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 10 Jan 2015 04:00pm Korea Republic Oman V Canberra Stadium 13 Jan 2015 06:00pm Kuwait Korea Republic V Canberra Stadium 13 Jan 2015 08:00pm Oman Australia V Stadium Australia 17 Jan 2015 08:00pm Australia Korea Republic V Brisbane Stadium 17 Jan 2015 08:00pm Oman Kuwait V Newcastle Stadium Group  B Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Korea DPR, China PR 10 Jan 2015 06:00pm Uzbekistan Korea DPR V Stadium Australia 10 Jan 2015 08:00pm Saudi Arabia China PR V Brisbane Stadium 14 Jan 2015 06:00pm Korea DPR Saudi Arabia V Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 14 Jan 2015 08:00pm ...