The journey of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia continues, and the eighth round of competition will be in full swing. In this round, the 6 teams from group B will have three strong dialogues, in addition to Vietnam's home game against China, Japan and Saudi Arabia will stage a group top battle, and Australia will also face the challenge of Oman, after the end of this round, how will the qualifying situation of the top 12 change?
First, let's look at the Battle of China and Vietnam that fans are most looking forward to. Although the national football team lost 0-2 to Japan before, and the scene was extremely ugly, many fans looked down on the national football team. Indeed, from the current points points points, the Chinese team wants to complete the goal of qualifying for the World Cup will be more difficult (the last three wins, and Australia three games are defeated), but this round of playing Vietnam, winning and even big wins are very promising, the national football team no matter how bad, can not turn Vietnam's fish belly team to humiliate, this battle Li Xiaopeng is bound to teach them how to behave.
In history, the Chinese team and the Vietnamese team have met a total of 9 times, and the national football team has won all of them. During this period, the Chinese team scored a total of 27 goals, and only conceded 6 goals, netting as many as 21 goals against the opponent, which shows the super strength of the Chinese men's football team in front of Vietnam. Last year's first leg of the meeting, the Chinese team also scored 3 goals in the face of Vietnam, and the martial arts king Mei Kai twice showed the true color of the La Liga striker, to know that Japan only scored 1 goal in the face of Vietnam at that time, that is to say, in the offensive firepower, the national football team facing Vietnam can be described as a dimensionality reduction blow, and the Chinese team defeated Vietnam with a big score similar to 3-0 can be said to be a nail in the coffin.
However, the battle for the top spot between Japan and Saudi Arabia is very interesting. The two teams were representatives of East and West Asian passing football, and in the first leg of the meeting, Saudi Arabia won 1-0 at home, when Shibasaki lost a goal in midfield to give Saudi Arabia a chance to shoot a single knife. At present, the Japanese team has won 4 consecutive wins in the round of 12, Saudi Arabia is at the top of the list with 19 points, the status and strength of the two teams are very close, not to mention that the two main center-backs of the Japanese team, Fuan Jianyang and Yoshida Ma, are still absent due to injury, considering Japan's weak offensive strength and Saudi Arabia's extremely stable defense, the possibility of a draw between the two teams is quite large.
And the match between Australia and Oman, the suspense is not very big. In the first leg, Australia won 3-1 at the neutral home, not to mention that the kangaroo army just won 4-0 against Vietnam in the last round, the morale of the team is high, and Oman is losing to Saudi Arabia, and the current Chinese team is basically out of the way, so the players have long lost their morale. Not to mention that Oman and Australia did not have any grudges before, and people did not have to consider what could not be lost on the first day of the first month, in general, it was not difficult for Australia to take Oman lightly.
In this way, the standings after the eighth round of the Round of 12 will become the following situation: Saudi Arabia still ranks first with 20 points, while Australia ranks second with 17 points, Japan ranks third with 16 points, the national football team accumulates 8 points to fourth, Oman continues to slide 7 points to 5th, and Vietnam is at the bottom of 0 points. Therefore, the biggest beneficiary of this round is undoubtedly Australia, they will force Japan to get rid of the cruel play-off zone, and for the national football team, although it will not be able to qualify, but it will be able to beat the arrogant Vietnam in the New Year and come to the fourth place in the points, which will also make the fans satisfied.