With the end of the 8th round of the group stage, the round of 12 is temporarily over, and the remaining 2 rounds will start at the end of March this year, and the national football team that did not qualify for the World Cup in advance will affect the situation of the group qualification. In the next round, the national football team at home against saudi arabia, Japan and Australia both hope that the national football team will win, so the Saudi team with 19 points, the promotion to the World Cup is not very stable, it is possible to be eliminated after 2 consecutive defeats, and the plot of the top 12 saishen is brewing.
Originally, before the Saudi team played against Japan, as long as they won, they could advance to the World Cup two rounds in advance, and the situation was very good. Last year's home game, saudi arabia beat Japan 1-0, so that the West Asian giants are full of confidence, the result suffered a 0-2 defeat, which was the first loss of the team's round of 12, which directly led to the chaos of the group competition.
After 8 rounds, the Saudi team accumulated 19 points and continued to rank first in the group, the Japanese team accumulated 18 points, ranking second in the group, the Australian team accumulated 15 points, ranking third, the third team locked the top three in advance, Oman, China and Vietnam were eliminated in advance.
The top two teams in the group are straight to the World Cup, and Saudi Arabia is currently 4 points ahead of the third-ranked Australian team, occupying the initiative, and the remaining two rounds are away to China and home to Australia.
According to the points situation, the next round of Saudi Arabia to defeat the Chinese team, you can advance to the World Cup, this is the result they most want to see, once they lose the Chinese team, then the Saudi team faces a life-and-death battle.
Overall strength, the national football team is in the inferior position, in order to fight for breath, not allowed to lose, not to mention the home battle, 2 months later the national football team has the opportunity to return to the domestic home to play the top 12 matches, after all, it is the last home.
After the Saudi team loses to the Chinese team, then the Australian team has the opportunity to narrow the point difference to 1 point, and the last round of the two teams directly meet, the Saudi team continues to lose, then it will fall to the third place in the group, no chance to pass through the World Cup, forced to play a play-off. Now the intercontinental play-off match is determined, the Asian region is fifth against the South American region fifth, and saudi arabia is difficult to win against the South American team.
Instead of playing a life-and-death battle with Australia, the Saudi team hopes to beat the Chinese team to advance to the World Cup. Missing the World Cup, so that the fans are very dissatisfied, the national football team continues to lose, doubts will continue to increase, Li Xiaopeng will not be off class at present, need to lead the team to defeat the Saudi arabian team and Oman team, leading the national football team to complete the redemption.