I'll start off with some background information. Asian soccer is governed by a body called the Asian Football Confederation or AFC for short. The AFC has 47 countries within it, which are split into five regions.
- 12 from west Asia
- 6 from central Asia
- 7 from south Asia
- 10 from east Asia
- 12 from south east Asia
Unfortunately, research that I've done indicates that Asian soccer is on the decline. The main reasons given are match fixing, poor domestic leagues and too few players playing abroad. I find that the 2nd and 3rd reason tie into each other. If all the talented asian players are playing in these poor domestic leagues then they don't have a chance to develop their talent like they could in a european league.
Maybe the reason Asian soccer is on the decline is because things like this happen:
haha, just kidding. Things like this can happen in any game of soccer.
thats all for now.
(Pictures and information taken from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation and worldsoccertalk.com/2014/07/01/5-reasons-why-asian-soccer-is-on-the-decline/ )
(Youtube video taken from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1uBlqM_1R8 )