AFC Asian Cup and Domestic Leagues again.

In the Asian Cup, Australia only managed a tie with South Korea, drawing 1-1 in their match today while in the other Group C match, Bahrain slammed India with a 5-2 loss. Australia face Bahrain next while the Koreans will meet the eliminated Indian team. South Korea opened the scoring in their match with an easily placed goal from Koo Ja-Cheol in the 24th following a nice play from Ji Dong-Won. Harry Kewell and Tim Cahill both had chances while the Koreans were spurred by Park Ji-Sung to almost score a second, but Mile Jedinak put away a header to equalise in the 62nd minute. A goal which came without reply. Bahrain v.s. India was another match altogether though. Faouzi Aaish put the Bahrainis ahead early, scoring in the 7th minute before Gouramangi Singa equalised two minutes later. Ismaeel Abdullatif was the difference though, the 24 year old scored four goals against India which included the use of a defensive error to restore the lead, finishing a cross from Jaycee John three minutes later, and settling a ball from Faouzi Aaish before striking it home in the 35th. Sunil Chhetri made the score 4-2 early in the second half when he converted for the Indians but Abdullatif then went solo in the 77th, scoring his fourth goal to crush the Indian's spirit. Meanwhile, domestic action followed a pattern as in Portugal, Portmonense welcomed Braga to their home and forgot how to play football. Yes, Braga were held for scoring until into the second half but they couldn't manage anything of their own: Helder Barbosa opened the scoring in the 51st minute before Lima converted two minutes later to make it 2-0. But the Braga players weren't done there. Alan then put away a third in the 70th to make it 3-0. Another day at the office for 5th placed Braga. Things were only a little different in Germany with 3rd place Leverkusen welcoming league leaders Dortmund unsuccessfully. Yes, Dortmund weren't allowed to score until the second half either, but again, when they started they couldn't be stopped. Kevin Grosskreutz opened the scoring in the 49th minute before converting a second four minutes later. In between these two goals he was also carded. Mario Gotze scored two minutes after Grosskreutz's last goal to make it 3-0 with a good portion of the second half to go. But Dortmund didn't score again. Instead, Leverkusen struck one back in the 80th minute thanks to Stefan Kiessling to finish the game 3-1.