The world preliminary round of 12 in the Asian region has only the last 2 rounds left, the situation in group A and group B is very different, group A has a situation of dominance, although Iran and South Korea locked two places directly to Qatar in advance, but the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Iraq also retained the hope of qualifying, they all have the opportunity to qualify as the third place group, and then participate in the play-offs to compete for a place to advance to the final round of the World Cup, and Syria, which has only 2 points in group A, confirms early exit.
According to the statistics of the record, the former Asian champion Iraq is very magical, they started from the first round of the World Preliminary Round of the Asian Zone 12 to play a 0-0 draw with South Korea, until the 8th round of 1-1 draw with the Uae, out of the 8 rounds of 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses of the rare result, now although there are only 5 group points, but still as the third place group qualified, and the third place of the UAE has a 4-point gap.
As we all know, Iraq won the Asian Cup in 2007, but the current world ranking is only 74th, this time in the World Preliminary Round of 12 in the Asian Zone after 8 rounds of still retain the hope of qualifying, it is not easy, 8 games have been 0-0 South Korea, 0-3 Iran, 0-0 Lebanon, 2-2 UAE, 1-1 Syria, 0-3 South Korea, 0-1 Iran, 1-1 Lebanon, with 5 draws to get 5 points, lucky to continue to hit the third place with 0 wins.
In contrast, the national football team does not have such luck, the national football team and Iraq's world ranking is almost the same, currently ranked 75th in the world, the points after 8 rounds of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia are the same, only 5 points, but the strength of the national football team is more clear, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia locked in the top three early, the national football team 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses fell to the penultimate second, two rounds out in advance, and refreshed the bottom line, 1-3 lost to Vietnam.
From the perspective of the group situation, the national football team has a bad luck side, drawing the B group with three top three, compared with the situation of the two strong monopolies in the A group and the multi-team competition for three, the Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Syria in the A group are all teams with a small gap in strength, resulting in the situation of competing for three. However, the national football team does not have the strength of Iraq, even if it enters Group A and loses to Vietnam 1-3 according to the strength, it is difficult to obtain such results as Iraq.
Now, the national football team is still gritting its teeth after two rounds of early exit, from the media person Li Xuan's report, the last two rounds of the national football team was asked not to crash, the famous commentator Han Qiaosheng also confirmed the news, and said on Weibo: "Recently, the Football Association has scared the national football team to death orders, absolutely do not allow the collapse to appear. To this end, a new slogan has been coined, 'A Thousand Hammers and a Thousand Hammers!' Lay the groundwork! Can fight a good battle! "Good style'" Subsequently, Han Qiaosheng revealed the training situation of the national football team, saying that the national football team has been training for 5 days, and the training intensity has increased. Finally, Han Qiaosheng said bluntly: "In order to avoid four consecutive defeats in the round of 12, the Football Association really 'fought'. ”
According to the schedule, the national football team will play against Saudi Arabia on March 25 and Against Oman on March 30, with the kick-off time being 00:00 Beijing time.