ACL winning prize money was $1.5 M last year and by winning it, you can participate in the Club World Cup which guarantee at least extra $ 1 M so it's $ 2.5 M worth at least, which is way higher than J.League winning prize money $ 1 M. And it's not all about money. It's an honor thing as well. Some major Middle East clubs or Chinese clubs are way richer but they all do care a lot, and Japanese clubs do care a lot too and i can say this because i live in Japan. It's just some sore losers who bring it as an excuse for not doing well in ACL.
Well of course it's true that ACL is still not yet as prestigious as in europe or s.america, but it's getting bigger and bigger, which i think is good for Asian football scene.
Pune FC never won I-league nor Federation Cup. This entry in qualification for AFC Champions League was very much a Back Door entry. what else can we expect??? Lets see how they perform in AFC Cup 2014.
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X plays Ball to Riga , his first poor Touch
X plays Ball to Riga , his shot goes wide , goes above
X plays Ball to Riga and Riga gave away shame on him !
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