The World Preliminary Round of 12 will usher in the ninth round of competition, in the first eight rounds of the competition, the top three seats have been released, Japan ranked second with 18 points, Australia is 15 points, the national football team did not qualify in advance. In this round of competition, the Japanese team will go to the away game to challenge Australia, as long as it can win, the Japanese team will be determined to advance to the World Cup, completing the feat of qualifying for the World Cup for seven consecutive times, and the national football team has only 1 time, or in 2002.
The trend of the Japanese team's top 12 matches is actually more similar to the national football team, the first round of the home team against the general strength of the Oman team, because the players have just returned from Europe, physical fitness, jet lag, run-in, light enemies and other factors led to poor competitive state, and finally 0-1 defeat, and the national football team is also overconfident, thinking that in recent years Australia has not fallen very fast, the Chinese team can completely fight with one after naturalization, and finally it is 0-3 defeat. In the second round, the national football team Japan played hard to cut, and Japan had better luck, winning 1-0.
In the third round, the national football team won 3-2 against Vietnam, Japan lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia, at this time the points of both teams are 3 points, the performance can be said to be half a pound and eight two, which also greatly stimulated the nerves of fans, thinking that the Chinese team can be as equal as Japan, or can qualify for the World Cup. However, this mentality also made the national football team completely lost in the subsequent matches, but the Japanese team was ashamed and brave, first 2-1 to australia, then two 1-0 light victories over Oman and Vietnam, the last two rounds were 2-0 defeat of the national football team and Saudi Arabia, to achieve five consecutive wins.
Against Australia, the Japanese team had a great psychological advantage. That's because, in the last 12 engagements in history, Japan have won six games, four draws and just two losses. The last time Australia beat Japan in the World Cup was on June 17, 2009, when the Kangaroo Army and The Golden Generation such as Cahill were 2-1. Since then, Japan have crushed Australia in the World Cup, the last two encounters, in 2017 and 2021, japan won 2-0 and 2-1 respectively.
Therefore, this time facing this old opponent again, the Japanese team is very experienced. Coupled with the fact that Australia's strength has indeed declined to a large extent in recent years, the gap will be reflected when facing a team of Japan's level, for Japan, after winning this game, they can get the right to qualify in advance, becoming the fourth team to qualify for the World Cup after Qatar, Iran and South Korea, and even they are expected to surpass Saudi Arabia to become the first in the group.
For the national football team, the strong strength of the Japanese team is envied by everyone, but Australia, as an opponent of the national football team who has repeatedly abused the national football team, in fact, this time Japan can defeat the Kangaroo Army, which can also be regarded as helping the Chinese men's football team to have a bad breath. After all, the national football team's 0-3 defeat to Australia in the first round has made fans very dissatisfied, and everyone hopes that Australia can lose and lose the qualification for the World Cup. As the most consistent team in the round of 12, Japan is expected to win six consecutive games in this round.