The noughties were heady times for Asian football. They say that if you remember the decade then you were there to witness some of the best footballers that the continent has ever produced at the peak of their careers. The zenith was 2006, the summer of love, when four stars from the East all gathered in the skies above Germany. That World Cup would be the only tournament they would ever appear together in. There should be a plaque in Germany to mark Asian football's Abbey Road moment when the Fab ...

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