Silent Lonesome Man

So, the two first matchdays for Vietnam ended, with no surprise to be made. Vietnam lost to Saudi Arabia away, then to Australia at home. With a lot of things to speak about, many Vietnamese are emotional. In my eyes, Vietnam had shown a surprisingly good form than initial expectation, even when concerns remain. A good show in the Land of Two Mosques Saudi Arabia has replaced the Turkish Ottoman Empire as the sole custodian of the Two Holy Cities, Mecca and Medina, where the Prophet Muhammad was born and died, since 1922. The Two Holy Cities alone provide Saudi Arabia wealth and power, adding with oil discovered in the Kingdom in 1936. However, Saudi Arabia was insignificant in Asian football until they began to divest the wealth for the World Cup and Asian Cup goals since the 1980s. Of course, Asian football was largely semi-professional, some were even amateur - Saudi Arabia got the benefits from a largely Asian football state very quickly. It was also the spearhead of the full profe...