Beijing time last night, the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia all 6 games were completed, the 3 giants all won, namely Iran, Japan, South Korea, A group first Iran defeated the UAE 1-0, Japan 2-0 revenge defeated Group B leader Saudi Arabia, A group second South Korea defeated Syria 2-0. The remaining three games all appeared to be unpopular, the national football team is not alone, ranking 74th in the world, the Chinese men's football team lost 1-3 to the world's 98th ranked Vietnam team, creating a shame in team history, and officially missed the World Cup.
The two Asian champions, Iraq and Australia, have also broken out, although they are all draws, but they are fatal blows to them, which may lead to the final exit of both teams. Iraq, who won the Asian Cup in 2007, was tied 1-1 by the world's 95th-ranked Lebanon, Iraq almost replicated the tragedy of the national football team, they ranked 75th in the world, comparable to the strength of the national football team, 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in the 8 rounds of the 12 rounds, only 5 points as the national football team, ranking second to the bottom of the A group standings, the only than the national football team Fortunately they are not out, there is still a glimmer of hope, A 3rd uae only 9 points, fourth place Lebanon 6 points.
In this round of playing Lebanon, Iraq missed a great opportunity to overtake, and was once suppressed by the opponent on the scene, the possession rate was only 39%, although there were more shots than the opponent, reaching 17, but only 3 shots scored 1 goal; Lebanon scored 1 goal in 4 shots on goal. Iraq scored in the 39th minute of the match by Ayman Hussein and Lebanon scored by Sabra in the 45th+2nd minute of the match, and the two sides eventually played a 1-1 draw. Iraq, like the national football team, fell off a cliff after entering the round of 12, a win is difficult to find, they will play the United Arab Emirates in the next round, the last round against Syria, only 2 consecutive wins can have the opportunity to fight back against the third.
Australia, which won the Asian Cup in 2015, also fell off a cliff, and their decline was later than that of the national football team and Iraq. Australia won 30 wins in the first three rounds of the round of 12, a fantastic start, but the last 5 rounds of rapid avalanches, only 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss, once 1-1 upset was kicked by the Chinese men's football team, and this round was 2-2 by oman, whose strength is equal to the Chinese men's football team, and it is a no draw, and the offensive and defensive state is seriously unbalanced.
In the game, Australia was stubbornly chased by Oman, McLaren and Moy scored goals to give Australia two lead, but Omani shooter Abdel Gaffar made a world wave and a penalty shot, and led Oman to a tie with Australia in the 88th minute of the game. The national football team and Oman are equivalent to joining forces to drag Australia into the water, allowing Japan to complete the overtaking.
The Group B standings show that Australia is third with 15 points, Japan is second with 18 points, and Saudi Arabia is first with 19 points. Because Australia's last two consecutive rounds of playing Japan and Saudi Arabia, Japan is Australia's nemesis, the last two matches have defeated Australia, which means that Australia's next round of matches is likely to confirm the identity of the third place in advance of the round, such a situation makes Australia afraid of being out of the World Preliminary Round, because the third place has to play a play-off match with the third place in Group A, although Australia is easy to pass, but the probability of winning the intercontinental play-off is very low. The Asian regional intercontinental play-off team will compete with the South American intercontinental play-off team for a World Cup regular place, the world preliminary south American team 5th place will participate in the intercontinental play-off, according to the World Preliminary Round South American standings, the fifth place will be uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Chile five teams that have won the Copa America, any of which has absolute strength to beat Australia.