World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia ushered in the 8th round of competition, Japan and Saudi Arabia became opponents, this game was played at Saitama Stadium, in the first half of the game, Japan took the lead in scoring, Jun Ito also assisted Takushi Minamino to score, the score came to 1-0, Jun Ito also became the key to the Japanese team again, if this score is maintained until the end, the Japanese team will be expected to compete for the top spot in the group!
Both the Japanese men's soccer team and the Saudi men's soccer team are strong teams in the Asian region, the former just got a wave of 4 consecutive wins, the points reached 15 points, the Saudi team performed even stronger, 7 unbeaten, scored 19 points, is one of the highest points in The Asian region. In this round of competition, the two strongest teams in Group B meet narrowly, and if Saudi Arabia wins, the points will come to 22 points, which will be closer to the World Cup qualification. If Japan wins, it will reach 18 points and will have a chance to compete for the top spot in this group. Of course, Australia is sitting on the mountain in this round of competition, their opponent in this round is Oman, if the Australian men's football team gets 1 point, it means that the national football team is out.
Japanese coach Hoichi Mori attaches great importance to this game, which can be seen from the team's starting lineup, the team's ace Jun Ito also continued to start, Takumi Minamino and Daisuke also appeared on the offensive line, saudi arabia also had the strongest lineup to play, and neither team wanted to lose points in this game.
Just five minutes into the game, Saudi centre-back Breshi fouled and received his first yellow card for the match. Within a minute, the Saudi players fiercely put down Yūya, and it was Breshi who fouled him, but the referee opened the net and did not continue to play cards. Such a penalty made Mori Baoichi unhappy, and the Japanese coach believed that the referee should play his cards. In the 10th minute of the match, the Saudi team launched an attack on the left side, a cross into the Japanese team's penalty area, and the defender's header was released.
In the 22nd minute of the match, Saudi Arabia won a free kick opportunity on the left side, driving the ball into the box, and the attacking player grabbed the first point, but the Japanese defender quickly released the ball out of the box. In the 23rd minute of the match, the Japanese team launched an attack, and Daisuke yong also fell to the ground in the penalty area, but the referee raised the flag to show that the offside was first, and the Japanese player did not appeal to the referee.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Japan's Jun Ito also forced a breakthrough on the right side, and then crossed to the goal, Takumi Minamino took the ball, after dodging the opponent's defender, Takumi Minamino shot a kick to break the goal, although the Saudi goalkeeper made a save, but could not block the ball into the goal, Takumi Minamino slid to celebrate. I have to say that Junya Ito's breakthrough ability is very outstanding, at least in Asian football, few defenders can stop him, against the two legs of the national football team, the winger's play is a phenomenon, can be called the nemesis of the national football team!