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Asian Cup: Socceroos v South Korea

Socceroos will take on South Korea in the last group stage match of the AFC Asian Cup.

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2015-01-14_1332On Saturday night, the Socceroos will take on South Korea in the last group stage match of the AFC Asian Cup.

ABC TV and iview will broadcast from 10.00pm AEDT, with Live coverage on ABC Radio and live blogging on ABC Online from 8.00pm AEDT.

It’s a battle for the coveted top spot in Group A, as the winning team will avoid a possible meeting with defending champion Japan, prior to the Final. Both teams take two wins into the match, both have secured a place in the Quarter Finals, and both want the win.

On ABC TV, Stephanie Brantz will be joined by former Socceroo and current Australia Under 20s coach Paul Okon, providing insight and analysis into both Australia and South Korea’s performance.

Justin Holdforth, Head of ABC Sport and Events said, “The Socceroos have had a great start to their AFC Asian Cup campaign and we hope all Australians get behind them as we move towards the knock out phase. We look forward to Saturday night’s match against South Korea, and from the Quarter Finals we are delighted to be providing all the Socceroos’ matches live on ABC TV, online and radio.”

The AFC Asian Cup Quarter Finals take place on Thursday January 22 and the ABC coverage enters its total Live phase. Stephanie Brantz will be joined by Gerard Whateley, Brett Emerton and Archie Thompson on ABC TV’s live coverage of the Socceroos’ finals. Francis Leach will provide live commentary on ABC Radio and live crosses to the TV studio. The team from ABC News will continue to live blog on ABC Online.

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  1. I used to be a big fan of football and even played to a reasonably high level, but my interest in the game has faded since the money-men wrenched the sport away from free-to-air. I haven’t watched any Asian Cup games so far and to be honest I’d rather go down to the park and watch a local league match.

  3. Yes, I find the ABC not providing Australian group matches live, is a complete disaster for the sport. 235,000 for the opening match last Friday on Foxtel, and 336,000 on Tuesday. Given its non-ratings with little competition, the ABC would have a far greater reach. And surely you want viewers watching from the get-go, with viewers building viewers throughout the comp.
    Really the ABC should not have been bidding against SBS to begin with.

  5. @tvf ABC only broadcasts the group matches that are in your state to your local radio (ABC 774 in Melbourne for you). The other matches that are not in your state you can listen to on ABC Grandstand Digital Radio

  6. Just about every other nation in this tournament have group matches live on free-to-air in thier countries. Yet we’re hosting it and all we get are 2 hour delayed Australia group matches and a pitiful highlights package buried late at night. This sport will not go anywhere with these clowns at the FFA killing the code by giving big games to exclusively to pay tv. No other sport in their right mind would would treat their fans like this.

  8. FFA have missed a massive promotional opportunity by not having the group stages live on free to air and deserve the criticism for such a poor decision.

    Regarding radio Saturday nights game was live on ABC 774. Tuesday turned on ABC 774 and it wasn’t on. It’s bad enough that the games were delayed on free to air and then one has to figure out which ABC radio station to listen to it. Watched the big bash instead.

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