On the evening of January 27, the World Preliminary Round of 12 Group A, UAE vs Syria. 2-0, the UAE won the victory, in the battle for 3, harvested a valuable 3 points! This victory will disappoint the South Korean team slightly, and the "Taiji Tiger" did not have the opportunity to advance to the World Cup 3 rounds earlier.
The situation in Group A of the Round of 12 is clear: Iran and South Korea are strong and firmly occupy the top 2 positions; the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria are competing for the third place (play-off qualification). Iran has qualified early and South Korea is looking forward to qualifying – if the UAE can't win, South Korea will break into the World Cup!
The UAE line up the 4231 formation, with Canedo leading the attacking line and Ali Saleh in the midfield; Syria is the 442 formation, with Chinese fans familiar with Omar Soma and Jeribbin joining the front. Both teams have a strong desire to win: there is a great deal of hope of winning.
Before the end of the first half, the UAE broke the deadlock:
This is the UAE's left side attack, after breaking into the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, Carnedo wrapped it in place, snatched the goal in front of the goal and broke the goal, the UAE led 1-0!
The goal made the uae team rejoice! However, for the Korean team in the same group, this is not good news. The South Korean team "expects" the UAE to win so that they can qualify for the World Cup 3 rounds in advance;
In the 72nd minute, the UAE scored another goal:
The UAE attacked, Al Hassani wrapped up and sent the ball into the empty goal! However, the referee decided that the goal was offside.
After the approval of the VAR, the UAE attacked without offside, the goal was valid, and the UAE led 2-0!
In the 93rd minute, the UAE scored a goal, but was blown offside and the goal was invalid.
In the end, the UAE beat Syria 2-0 to pocket 3 points. The UAE fans were extremely excited and celebrated the team's victory.
Group A ended 3 matches with South Korea 1-0 Lebanon, Iran 1-0 Iraq and UAE 2-0 Syria. Iran is out, South Korea still has to wait, but there is little suspense. In the battle for the 3rd place in the group, the UAE has 9 points in 7 games, 4 points ahead of the 4th Lebanon! The UAE finished 3rd in the group and had great hopes of winning the play-offs.
For Syria, this 0-2 defeat means that it is basically out. Syria, which scored 7 points in 7 games, is 7 points behind the UAE, and with only 3 games left, Syria wants to surpass the UAE (9 points), Lebanon (5 points), Iraq (4 points) in one go, and there is almost no hope...