Tough journey: Bahrain has to switch focus to Asia

Tough journey: Bahrain has to switch focus to Asia

Published Nov. 17, 2009 7:58 a.m. ET

Just four days after being knocked out of World Cup contention at the last hurdle with a defeat in New Zealand, Bahrain must take a 20-hour trip to Yemen for a 2011 Asian Cup qualifier in what is one of the toughest journeys of the season.

Bahrain is not the only nation switching attention from the global to the continental stage. Some teams are using qualification as preparation for South Africa 2010, while others are trying to use the Asian Cup as a way to forget world failures.

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