# Road to the World Cup: How are the Asian teams looking?

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Podcast: [The Brazilian Shirt Name Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brazilian-shirt-name-podcast-1176566)
Published: 2026-02-12T07:00:02+00:00
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Dotun Adebayo and Tim Vickery are joined by John Duerdan to take a closer look at the Asian sides who qualified for the World Cup. They discuss if Japan are serious contenders, what happened to Australian football and if politics will get in the way of some Asian sides. Watch this episode on youtube: https://youtube.com/live/bcWhcX_65Ec?feature=share Join the Brazilian Shirt Name Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBNgO58PgsAgQXRP32T

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