Australia's inclusion in the Asian Football Confederation was a long time coming but we're now really starting to reap the benefits that we'd anticipated. The Socceroos have, of course, already taken on Asian opposition and now we're enjoying renewed and intriguing football battles at club level.

With the Asian Champions League now in full swing, au.fourfourtwo.com has been all over it. In just the past week we've had the inside word from our sources within Adelaide United and Sydney FC - and our minute-by-minute match reports are also ensuring you stay as close to the action as possible.

If you're a football fan, you'll find everything you'll ever need right here.

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match report Persik vs Sydney Persik Kediri has beaten Sydney FC 2-1 in their rain-delayed Asian Champions League match. Check out our minute-by-minute match report now… and be sure to stay tuned because we’ll be covering all the big matches in the future!

Four... things you must know about the week in football

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Australia News Kewell Misses Comeback Harry Kewell's highly-anticipated comeback takes a minor stutter after being dropped from the Liverpool Reserves against Sheffield United.

 

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Australia News Italians Make Viduka $20m Offer Italian side Genoa have reportedly offered Socceroo striker Mark Viduka a whopping $20 million to leave Middlesbrough.

 

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Australia News Djite 'Will Kill' For Striker's Slot Adelaide United's Bruce Djite shows he has the attitude that could take him to the top.

 

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Australia News Kemp Switches To Victory Adelaide United midfielder Matthew Kemp has turned down a new contract with the Reds to join A-League champions Melbourne Victory in a two-year deal.

Four... things we loved this week

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Australia News Aloisi Switches To Aussie Rules Ross Aloisi's week in football went from being one of the most dramatic to one of the most bizarre rather quickly...

 

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World News Maradona Released From Hospital They say that there's a fine line between being a true genius and being truly mad. The King of Argentina isn't doing too much to prove otherwise...

 

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Rumour Mill Fossie Joke Okay, so this one is not actually a proper rumour that appeared in our Rumour Mill, but we couldn't help finding some lighthearted humour in this lil quip...

 

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World News Ronaldo Is Evra So Good Manchester United's Patrice Evra thinks Cristiano Ronaldo is so good it's a joke.

Two... things that made us laugh

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442Tube Mark Viduka Tribute Song Simply put, we just don't know whether this 442Tube video should make us laugh or cry!

 

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World News I Didn't Sell Out, Says Socceroo Neill We genuinely hope you didn't Lucas, but the most jaded and cynical of us still just can't help cracking a skeptical smirk...