At present, the round of 12 produces the first team to qualify for the World Cup, the Iranian men's football team locked the top two of the group three rounds in advance, and then the Saudi men's football team and the South Korean men's football team will pass through the World Cup in the next round as soon as possible. In addition, this round of group matches to determine the first spending round of the team, the Vietnamese men's football team suffered 7 consecutive defeats, the next round of the Chinese men's football team and the Syrian men's football team will follow closely behind.
In the last round of 12, Syria was the number one dark horse, and finally pushed China, Uzbekistan and Qatar to get the third place in the group, qualified for the play-off for the first time, and was eliminated from the two-legged competition with Australia, missing the 2018 World Cup. Now once again in the round of 12, the Syrian team has changed from a dark horse to a fish belly.
In this round of group matches against the United Arab Emirates, Syria continues to play poorly. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Khalil Ibrahim's cross was met by Kayo's header to give the UAE a 1-0 lead.
In the 70th minute of the second half, Cayo burst into the box and crossed, and Yahya Ghassani pushed the goal to help the UAE seal the win 2-0. In the whole game, the Syrian team had 52% possession, shot 12-10 on goal, shot 4-4 on target, corner kicks 7-1, a number of data dominant, still lost the game 0-2.
The UAE team reached 9 points, continuing to rank third in the group, and also made the South Korean team unable to pass the World Cup three rounds in advance. The Syrian team, which lost the game, suffered 7 consecutive games without a win, and continued to be beaten back to its original form, completely reduced to a point-giving boy.
In addition to the seven games without a win, the Syrian team is at the bottom of the group in points, goal difference and number of goals conceded, and the qualifying situation is the most dangerous.
Syria did not qualify for the top two of the group in the first three rounds, in addition, the point difference from the third place in the group was pulled to 7 points, the fastest next round out, the Syrian team in the next round against south Korea, almost can not win, while the UAE team wins can also send syria out of the early game.
Previously, in the round of 40, the Syrian team was in the same group as the national football team, once won 7 consecutive victories to advance to the round of 12, and now the performance of the Syrian team is worse than the national football team, the points are 3 points behind the national football team, 7 consecutive games have not won, and the national football team has defeated the Vietnamese team.