On the evening of February 1, Beijing time, the World Cup Asian Top 12 competition continued, and in the 8th round of the game, Group B staged a strong dialogue. In the end, after 90 minutes, the Japanese team relied on Junya Ito's passing to win 2-0 against Saudi Arabia, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 1 point.
In the last round of matches, the Japanese team sent the national football team 2-0 to basically out of the game, but also allowed themselves to retain the top 2 positions in the table. In this round of 12, the Japanese team made a poor start, with only 1 win in the first 3 rounds. This time against Saudi Arabia, it is also a revenge battle for the Japanese team, and they lost 0-1 in the first leg.
Due to the consecutive scores of Japan and Australia, the leader of Group B, Saudi Arabia, has not been able to lock up the qualification. Taking a step back, if the Saudis continue to lose points in the next game, they are likely to fall into the third place of the group and need to qualify for the pk play-off with the third place team in Group A.
In this match, the two sides of the Japanese team are still Junya Ito and Takumi Minamino. In the past 3 games, Ito Jun has also become the absolute thigh of the Japanese team, and he has scored in 3 consecutive games to reflect his value. In the first half of this game, Ito Jun also broke out again. In the 31st minute of the match, the Japanese star forced a cross from the side, and Takumi Minamino received it and shot at goal, scoring his first goal in the round of 12.
Compared to takumi Minamino, it is clear that Jun Ito also contributed more to this goal. Before the end of the half, Ito Jun also had a chance to score, if it were not for the heroic performance of the Saudi goalkeeper, the top team in Group B would not only fall behind by one goal to return to the dressing room.
Coming back in the second half, jun Ito, who was in hot form, also continued his highlight performance. In the 50th minute, Henk's star hit a world wave outside the penalty area to rewrite the aggregate score to 2-0, helping Japan successfully extend its advantage while scoring in four consecutive round of 12 matches. In the following time, the Japanese team that played at home was still in an absolute attack, and Saudi Arabia basically had to be beaten.
In the end, after 90 minutes, the Japanese team relied on Junya Ito's pass to win 2-0. After the round, the Japanese team continued to maintain their top 2 places in the table, and they once again put pressure on Australia behind them. Relying on a wave of 5 consecutive wins in the round of 12, the Japanese team once again showed the rest of the opponents their top Asian strength.
As for the Saudi team that lost, in fact, their qualifying situation is already very dangerous. In the last four round of 12 matches, saudi Arabia has only won Oman and Vietnam, and they have lost a total of five points against Japan and Australia. Once Australia wins Oman in this round, then Saudi Arabia's qualifying situation will be very dangerous.
With the remaining 2 rounds of matches, Saudi Arabia needs to face the national football team and Australia. If Saudi Arabia can't get all three points in the next round of the national football team, then the team that has long ranked first in Group B is likely to fall into the play-off zone at the last minute.