Former Thailand manager Peter Reid, who made his name as a player for Everton and later as boss of Manchester City and Sunderland, said today an Asian side could win the FIFA World Cup ™ just 2022.
Reid has spent a year Thailand only before returning to the Premier League as number two to Stoke City in 2009, but said he had seen enough at that time to believe that Asia could provide a winner of the FIFA World Cup Qatar in 2022.
The former England midfielder said he had been pleasantly surprised by the standard Thailand and in the rest of Asia. "Asian players and Thailand players are technically very good and very good with the ball on the floor," he told AFP.
South Korea has chosen as a prime example of how Asian players may combine the rhythm of work and the ability to great effect-Koreans reached the semifinals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. "See as Park Ji-Sung twists and turns to Manchester United and he's great on the ball as well. Plays in all the big games now, "said Reid.
And Reid said that the extreme heat Qatar benefit in teams from Asia, who are accustomed to playing in hot and humid conditions. "It is really difficult for European teams in this type of conditions so I can definitely see Asian teams qualifying. An Asian side could win? Sure, why not, I'm getting better and better. "
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