In less than 48 hours, the Asian top 12 will resume, because the Chinese men's football team is out of the round two rounds in advance, so the remaining 2 games are honor battles, the same group of Saudi Arabia, Japan, Australia team to compete for 2 places through the World Cup, the other team to participate in the play-offs. According to the official website of the AFC, the national football team will face the Saudi team at 23:00 Beijing time on March 24, and the CCTV5 channel will continue to broadcast live.
After the end of the last round, Oman and China were out two rounds in advance, plus Vietnam, 3 teams in Group B were eliminated in advance, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia fought for the top two in the group, Only Syria in Group A was out of the game in advance, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon competed for a play-off qualification, and Iran and South Korea qualified for the World Cup in two rounds in advance.
The specific tee time of the 9th round of the Round of 12 is determined, as follows (Beijing time):
24 March 17:10: Australia vs Japan
19:00 on March 24: South Korea vs Iran
20:00 on March 24: Lebanon vs Syria
20:00 on March 24: Vietnam vs Oman
March 24, 23:00: China vs Saudi Arabia
25 March 1:00: Iraq vs UAE
The result of the match between Australia and Japan will determine whether the Japanese team will qualify, and the Japanese team will win, throwing away the Australian team by 6 points, leading to the World Cup in advance, and also sending the Saudi team to the World Cup, and the Australian team locked the third place in the group in the early round. If Japan loses, then Australia still has a chance to qualify.
There is no performance pressure in the match between the South Korean team and the Iranian team, the South Korean team to compete for the first place in the group and break the curse of 11 consecutive years of unwinnable Iranian team, this victory must be won, of course, Iran will not easily give the South Korean team a chance to win.
In the match between Lebanon and Syria, Lebanon lost and will be eliminated in the early round, and Syria became the judge. Vietnam and Oman match, the two teams out of the early out of the game without performance pressure, the Vietnam team goal is to get rid of the bottom, must beat Oman team, in order to have a chance to surpass the national football team.
The match between the Chinese team and the Saudi team is placed at 23:00 at night, the fans need to stay up late to watch the game, the current national football strength is in the inferior position, and more than half of the main players are absent, losing is a high probability, which will become the background board for the Saudi team to advance to the World Cup.
The last game was Iraq against the United Arab Emirates, the United Arab Emirates led by 3 points, the third situation in the competition group was very good, defeated Iraq and Lebanon did not win, the United Arab Emirates locked up the play-off qualification in advance, and may compete with Australia for 0.5 World Cup places in the future.