In the 9th round of the 9th round of the World Preliminary Round of 12 Asian Round of 12, Beijing time, the Japanese men's football team defeated the Australian men's football team 2-0 away from home and successfully scored 6 points in the two meetings between the two sides.
In the first half, Takumi Minamino, who played for Liverpool, hit the goalpost twice, and in the 88th minute of the second half, the Japanese team relied on the substitute Mitsuke to break the deadlock, and then scored twice.
In this way, the Japanese men's football team also won 6 consecutive victories and counterattacks in the case of 3 wins and 2 losses at the beginning of the round of 12. After winning this battle, the Japanese men's football team won 9 games, 7 wins and 2 losses, and reached 21 points. Since the australian score of the third place in the group is still 15 points, the score difference with Japan and Saudi Arabia is temporarily 6 points and 4 points respectively. With one round left, Japan and Saudi Arabia joined forces to qualify for the World Cup. Australia has already missed the top two of the group and will compete in the World Cup play-offs.
After Japan and Saudi Arabia joined forces, 17 teams have already received tickets to the round of 32 of the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year. Among them, five direct teams from Asia have been fully released, namely the host Qatar, and the four traditional Asian teams of Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iran and South Korea.
In addition, the 10 teams in the European region that have confirmed to qualify for the World Cup are Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The two teams in the South American division that have qualified are Brazil and Argentina.
On the national team match day at the end of March, 12 tickets for the Qatar World Cup Round of 32 will also be born. In addition to the latest finalists of Japan and Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Italy, Portugal and other world-class teams will also compete fiercely for tickets.