On March 24, Beijing time, the penultimate matchday of the World Preliminary Tournament in Asia. Japan beat Australia on the road and South Korea took over Iran at home. Both teams used their best form to successfully reach the World Cup in Qatar.
Since the 1998 Fifa World Cup in France, the Two Japan and South Korea teams have never attended.
In the past 5 years, the two teams have never been in the same group due to their excellent results. As a result, they need to beat their opponents from West Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia more often on their way to the top. But in 7 consecutive terms (including one term of host), they have never missed a hand.
Before the 98th World Preliminary Round, the main opponents of the national football team were South Korea and Japan.
But it is a pity that after the draw of the 97 top ten, the national football team did not encounter a single one. In the end, the two teams advanced together to qualify for the World Cup in France. In the group of that year, Han Ri's group was indeed weak, but after that, no matter who the opponent in the group was, they could always win.
At that time, we thought it was very strange. But no one thought that after this, every time the Asian team qualified, there were South Korea and Japan. This practice has been maintained to this day.
The South Korean team is good at playing at home, and the Japanese team has a good away record. In the past 5 World Cups, the two teams have played their own characteristics to the fullest.
The two East Asian teams are not without setbacks. Once the points are lagging behind, whether it is South Korea or Japan, the game that should be won can be won.
In this competition, Japan doubled against Australia, 1 win and 1 loss to Saudi Arabia. South Korea, on the other hand, scored four points from iran and beat the United Arab Emirates, the third in the group.
Because it has always been in a leading position in Asia, Han Ri has not been assigned to a group in every World Preliminary Tournament since 2002. This is actually a lot of physical consumption for both teams, and it also makes the West Asian team fly to East Asia less often.
But even so, neither South Korea nor Japan has dropped a chain.
In the third stage of the game, their match against southeast Asian teams, they never lost too much. Against the West Asian team, they did not once let the opponent take advantage.
In the 2006 World Preliminary Round, South Korea overwhelmed Kuwait and Japan defeated Bahrain.
In the 10-year World Preliminary Tournament, Japan let Bahrain and Qatar return home, while South Korea made it impossible for Saudi Arabia and Iran to qualify directly.
In 2014, South Korea blocked Lebanon and Qatar, while Japan defeated Oman, Iraq and Jordan.
In 2018, South Korea led Syria and Qatar, while Japan eliminated the UAE and Iraq.
This year, South Korea is again the first place in the group, and the same group of teams are all from West Asia. The Japanese team, although it lost to Oman and Saudi Arabia, is ahead of these two teams in terms of points (saudi arabia's match has not yet been played).
Because South Korea and Japan are too strong, Qatar has not yet advanced to the World Cup by relying on the results of the World Preliminary Round.
The Uzbekistan team in Central Asia, after losing to Han in 1998, never found confidence in the two teams.
Although the Thai team and the Vietnamese team have been in the same group as the Japanese team many times, they have also caused trouble. But the victory of the game always belongs to the Japanese team.
In fact, Han Il has already told the national football team how to break through the siege of West Asian teams and finally enter the stage of the World Preliminary Round.
On the road, the national football team needs to be like the Japanese team, patiently looking for opportunities, and controlling the midfield, not giving the opponent the opportunity to counterattack. At home, the team needs to be like South Korea, playing with momentum from the beginning and scoring goals first. Then constantly put pressure on the opponent, in the cheers of the fans, to get the promotion quota.
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