The 8th round of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia has all come to an end, with 6 exciting matches, some of whom qualified early and some of whom were out early. The Chinese team that fans are most concerned about, after the new coach Li Xiaopeng took office, did not reverse the previous decline, and finally lost to Vietnam 1-3 away, so that this Southeast Asian powerhouse won the first victory in the round of 12 as desired, and the scene of the Vietnamese prime minister personally discovering Kim for the players after the game is also fresh in the memory of many fans.
Today, the standings situation in the round of 12 has also undergone new changes. In a strong dialogue, the Japanese team defeated the group leader Saudi Arabia 2-0 at home with goals from Takumi Minamino and Junya Ito, and now the Blue Warriors have won five consecutive games in the round of 12, and the points have quickly risen to 18 points, just one point away from saudi Arabia in the first place. Third-place Australia was forced to draw 1-1 by dark horse Oman on the road, so the points only rose to 15 points, which has been three points behind Japan and still ranks third.
The teams in the fourth to sixth place are still Oman, China and Vietnam. Although there has been no change in the rankings, for the national football team, it has fallen behind Oman by three points, and lost the hope of qualifying for the World Cup to train two rounds in advance. At the same time, due to the loss to the Vietnamese team, the vietnam team's points rose to 3 points, and the national football team is currently only 2 points ahead of Vietnam, and the fifth place is also in jeopardy. According to this state, whether the Chinese team will face Saudi Arabia and Oman in the last two rounds, whether it will be surpassed by Vietnam and fall to the bottom of the group is also worrying to the fans.
Today, the qualifying situation in Group B is very clear, that is, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are competing for two direct qualifying places, while the remaining team has to fall into the play-offs. Considering that the play-offs will have to compete with the fifth place in South America for World Cup tickets, so the hope of final promotion is extremely slim, so this team has basically been eliminated early. Judging from the schedule, the Japanese team was the most relaxed, the last two rounds of opponents are Australia and Vietnam, according to the current state of five consecutive wins, scoring 6 points is not a big problem.
The Saudi side is to face the Chinese team first, this game is also very concerned about the Chinese fans, although it has not been able to qualify for the World Cup, but whether Li Xiaopeng will be dismissed, whether there will be a better manager to lead this not excellent team, is still unknown. At the same time, after the humiliating loss to Vietnam, what kind of mental outlook the players will show when facing Saudi Arabia will also greatly affect the trend of the game, but from the real strength of the two teams, it is still very difficult for China to upset and block saudi Arabia, which is the top of the group.
Finally, Australia, followed by two rounds of which they will face Japan and Saudi Arabia, which have almost pronounced the death penalty for the Kangaroo Army. With Japan currently three points behind, plus the last two opponents are very strong, it is quite difficult for them to climb to the top two positions. The final trend of Group B is that Japan and Saudi Arabia join hands to qualify, and Japan is more likely to win the first, and Australia unfortunately becomes the third, to play the play-offs, as for the national football team, it is even surpassed by the Vietnamese team, reduced to the bottom of the role, I hope this scene does not happen, after all, Chinese football still has to point the face.