On February 3, Beijing time, the 11th round of the North American region of the World Preliminary Tournament was fully launched, the Canadian men's football team won 2-0, and the World Preliminary Round won 6 consecutive victories, and double-killed the Salvadoran men's football team in two legs. With only three rounds left to lead by nine points, Canada is one-foot promotion and is about to return to the World Cup after a lapse of 36 years.
Before this game, Canada won 6 wins and 4 draws in 10 rounds, accumulated 22 points to rank first, is the only team in North America to remain unbeaten, the qualifying situation is very good, Salvador won 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in 10 rounds, ranked sixth with 9 points, and was close to being eliminated.
In the latest EDITION OF FIFA World Rankings, Canada is ranked 40th and Salvador is ranked 70th.
Neither team scored in the first half, and the score was still 0-0. In the 66th minute of the second half, Canada grabbed a point with an offensive cross, and finally the yin and yang were wrong with the overhead, the Salvadoran goalkeeper could not save, and the referee ruled that the penalty was valid. In the 93rd minute, Canada scored another goal to seal the win 2-0, and double-defeatEd Salvador in two legs.
After winning, Canada continued to be unbeaten in the final stages of the qualifiers, and won six consecutive wins with 25 points to continue to rank first. The top three teams in the North American region are straight to the World Cup, Canada has an 8-point lead in one round of multiple matches, and one foot to advance to the World Cup, we Global Football predicts that the team has a 98% probability of qualifying for the World Cup.
In 1986, Canada participated in the World Cup for the first time, and since then it has been absent consecutively, and now this "football desert" team has become a north American team, much stronger than the national football team.
El Salvador, who lost the game, stayed at 9 points, trailed the top four by 8 points in one round of multiple matches, only 3 rounds were close to exiting, and did not qualify for the World Cup as soon as an hour later, as long as Panama won.
In this regard, We Global Football predicts that the probability of El Salvador qualifying for the World Cup is only 0.15%, which means that more than 99% are out. According to the world ranking, El Salvador is only 4 places higher than the national football team, and the whole team is worth less than half of the national football team, and the strength of the two teams is similar.