At 1:15 a.m. Beijing time on January 28, the 7th round of Group B of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in the Asian Zone, Oman faced the top team Saudi Arabia. In the first half, the two teams did not succeed each other, in the second half Firas Brykan scored the winning goal, Oman fell 0-1, suffering two consecutive defeats in the World Preliminary Round.
According to the latest fifa rankings, Oman is currently ranked 79th in the world and 10th in Asia. This time in the round of 12, Oman is only the 5th gear team, which is one notch lower than the national football team.
However, Oman created a miracle in the first match, beating the Japanese team, which was still the first in Asia at the time, 1-0 away, and instantly became a big dark horse. But they were quickly beaten back to their original form, and after five rounds, they only won 1, drew 1 and lost 3, and the ranking fell sharply.
Before this match, Oman ranked 4th in the group with 7 points, and they resisted the half-time against saudi Arabia. Just four minutes back in the second half, Sultan Ganem fired a powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area, oman goalkeeper saved the ball, Andras Brykan smiled in front of the goal, easily made up for the shot, 1-0!
In the 91st minute, El Shad Alawi fired a cold arrow outside the penalty area, Mohammed Orvis flew over the crossbar, and Oman regrettably missed the draw. In the end, Oman lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia and suffered a two-legged double kill. In the past 11 years, Oman has encountered Saudi Arabia four times in the World Preliminary Tournament, with 2 draws, 2 losses and one win.
Throughout the game, Oman is not as good as Saudi Arabia in terms of possession rate, shooting and number of shots on target, and losing can only be said to be inferior to people, and it can also be said that it is unlucky. Oman swallowed two consecutive defeats, only 1 point in the last 3 rounds, the only surprise was a 1-1 draw with the national football team.
After seven rounds of matches, Oman stayed at 7 points and continued to rank 4th in the group, behind Japan at 2nd by 8 points, basically losing the possibility of directly qualifying for the World Cup. At the same time, Oman is still only 2 points ahead of the national football team, and if it loses to Australia in the next round, it is likely to be overtaken by the national football team.
As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad, when Oman is frustrated and frustrated by the defeat of the draw, the Saudi team is celebrating indulgently, they have achieved a feat of unbeaten 7 consecutive games, and led the table with 4 points, one step closer to World Cup qualification.