No Asian team managed to go far this World Cup (again). What's holding them back?

For the sixth World Cup in a row, no team from the Asian Football Confederation made it past the first knockout round. NPR News reports the AFC won only three games out of twenty-nine matches. Asian teams remain competitive—but apparently only to a point.

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