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MELBOURNE, Australia - Hamza Aldaradrehs dominating four-goal performance against Palestine has given Jordan coach Ray Wilkins a selection dilemma ahead of his teams must-win final group match against Japan.Man of the match Hamza became just the fourth player to score four goals in an Asian Cup match to help Jordan keep its tournament hopes alive with a 5-1 win over Palestine on Friday.Wilkins said Hamza was just the third-choice striker when Jordan started its Asian Cup campaign, behind Odai Al Saify and Ahmad Hayel.Now Hamzas given me a horrible bloody headache that I have to try and sort out, the former England midfielder said. Nevertheless Im delighted for him and Im delighted for the lads as well.Jordan shares second place in Group D with Iraq on three points behind leader Japan on six. Palestine is now eliminated after two losses.We lost because we didnt score in the first half or 25 minutes, Palestine coach Ahmed Al Hassan said. Then (we conceded) two goals in two minutes.Palestine looked the more organized early in the match, but it was Jordan that made the breakthrough in the 33rd minute when midfielder Yousef Ahmad Mohammad gathered a Hamza pass in the area and sent a long, curving strike into the top corner of the net.Hamza scored another just over a minute later when he met an Abdallah Deeb cross in front of goal and slid it inside the far post.The striker scored his second goal in first-half stoppage time when he raced into the box and connected with a Saeed Murjan cross, volleying past Palestine goalkeeper Ramzi Saleh.Hamza completed his hat trick in the 75th minute when he burst onto a Deeb pass and sent a low shot into the net, then brought up his fourth five minutes later by beating Saleh with a low strike from just outside the box.I felt the score line was a little bit heavy in our favour if Im perfectly honest. They had a number of chances and Amer Shafi made some very good saves for us, Wilkins said. I think defensively, both sides would not have been as happy as they were offensively.Palestine scored its first-ever Asian Cup goal when midfielder Jaka Hbaisha converted a set piece in the 85th minute to the roars of almost 10,000 Palestine fans in Melbournes rectangular stadium. It plays its final match of the tournament against Iraq on Tuesday in Canberra.For Jordan, preparations will now start for its final group match against tournament favourite Japan in Melbourne.We play in four days time, so immediately we get back Ill take a look at the video and well see the end of the Japanese game and well see where we go from there, Wilkins said.But its back to the drawing board because the game we face now is critical for us. Weve done a good job tonight, but the next game is crucial.Wilkins said he hoped to have Hayel available to play against Japan after he missed Fridays match due to dehydration. Hayel experienced dizziness, nausea and vomited during a protracted attempt to submit a urine sample after Mondays 1-0 loss to Iraq in Brisbane.Hes improved very well indeed ... we got a lot of fluid into him and it looks as though hell be OK to train tomorrow, he said. If hes not good enough, then we wont play him. Balenciaga Baratas Chinas Online .5 million contract with the right-handed reliever. Ziegler revealed the agreement via Twitter, saying hes "really excited to stay in Arizona for a couple more years, at least. Zapatillas Balenciaga Baratas España .C. -- Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe is resigning after 13 seasons at the school. http://www.balenciagabaratas.es/. Players suspended during the season for a performance-enhancing drug violation will not be eligible for that years post-season. 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Most notably, Arizonas Bill Bidwill, who saw his Cardinals go 10-6 and not get in, while Green Bay (8-7-1) qualified by winning the NFC North. The current format of four division winners and two wild-card teams has existed since 2002, when Houston joined the league as an expansion team, bringing the membership to 32. "There will be a report on the potential of expanded playoffs," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday. "We dont know if there will be any vote at this meeting." Also on the agenda will be alterations to extra points, changing who oversees video replay reviews, and further clamping down on the use of racial slurs by players during games. A change in the playoff structure would be needed if 14 teams qualify, with the top seed in each conference still getting a first-round bye. The next six teams would play in what is now the wild-card round, with the second seed facing No. 7, the third seed taking on No. 6 and the fourth and fifth seeds playing each other. But the NFLs influential competition committee is not presenting a proposal to the owners. One reason the league is looking at more playoff teams is a stalemate in talks with the players union about expanding the regular season from 16 games. Another is the added revenue stream two more post-season games would provide, with those matches up for bidding among the current network partners -- Fox, NBC, ESPN and CBS, which just grabbed an eight-week Thursday night package -- and potential new broadcasters such as Turner Sports. Scheduling of the extra wild-card games also would be dicey, although Monday night would seem logical for one of them. Of course, adding two more playoff teamss enhances the chances for teams with .dddddddddddd.500 or losing records to get in. Commissioner Roger Goodell has suggested a change to the one-point kick on extra points might be needed because they have become so automatic. New England has proposed moving the line of scrimmage to the 25 for a one-point try, but leaving it at the 2-yard line for a 2-point conversion. "There are a lot of different views in respect to the extra point," said Falcons President Rich McKay, co-chairman of the competition committee. "There were 1,267 tried and 1,262 made (in 2013), and so there is that thought with the extra point maybe we need to add little more skill, and one of the ways to do it might be the way New England proposed." But its a long shot that anything will be done next week, except perhaps experimenting with longer kicks for one week of the preseason. The Patriots also proposed extending the height of the goal posts 5 feet to make it easier to determine whether a kick is good. New England also suggested allowing coaches challenges on everything except scoring plays, which are automatically reviewed. Replay as an officiating tool always is in the news, and owners are expected to discuss having the NFLs director of officiating, Dean Blandino and his staff at the league offices be involved in some review decisions. The league saw several inexplicable replay decisions made by referees last season, although McKay and Rams coach Jeff Fisher, the committees other co-chairman, praised the overall quality of officiating. As for the use of racial slurs and verbal abuse, there already are rules on the books to deal with the issue. But an emphasis on stronger discipline will be discussed by the owners, and McKay noted that taunting fouls went up significantly from 2012 to 2013. "We are going beyond the field of play, we are going to the workplace," Fisher said of trying to eliminate such language. "This is going to be a very significant point of emphasis." ' ' '