In today's Asian qualifiers, Japan scored two goals in a row by substitute striker Kaoru Mitsuru in the last minute and in stoppage time, and the Japanese team defeated the Australian team that insisted on a whole game, temporarily becoming the first place in the group before Saudi Arabia played with us.
Subsequently, in the match between South Korea and Iran, Son Heung-min opened the record in the world wave, Kim Young-kwon went down again, and the South Korean team also won 9 games, 7 wins and 2 draws, becoming the first place in the group of A.
Sun Xingyu is in good shape
At the same time, due to the huge gap between the UAE in Group A and the top two, regardless of the outcome of the subsequent matches, the remaining 4 teams in Group A only compete for the qualification of the play-offs.
Similarly, Australia in Group B, which is also very far behind Saudi Arabia after playing nine rounds, also missed the World Cup but have locked in qualification for the play-offs.
Group B Australia and Group A are third in the group and will compete with other continental teams for play-offs.
The Chinese team currently has only a face battle, and Wu Lei, who was originally expected to compete for the Asian qualifiers for the top scorer, was not finally selected for this big list, and the first place in the current top scorer list is the Emirati player Ali Mabukut, who scored 14 goals, 2 more than Wu Lei's 12 goals, Wu Lei ranked second, but his goal count has been determined not to change.
Wu Lei did not return this time
Tied for third place were two Japanese players: Takumi Minamino and Ōki, who scored 10 goals each.
Liao Qiujun also hopes that after this FIFA match, Wu Lei, who has not participated in the national competition, can get more opportunities in Espanyol.
It is worth mentioning that this year's top 12 matches, in fact, the top teams have not scored much, of which Japan has only scored 11 goals in 9 games, Saudi Arabia has only scored 10 goals in 8 games, South Korea and Iran have scored 13 goals in 9 games, and most of the whole tournament is dominated by small balls.
However, the four teams that went straight to the World Cup, they all did a good job of defending, and the least of them conceded was south Korea after 9 games, and they only conceded 2 goals in 9 games.
Saudi Arabia conceded the most goals, conceding 5 goals in 8 games, but it should be noted that this team has conceded only 3 of its 8 games, and it is clear that the defense is good enough, even if many 1:0 wins are enough to guarantee the world cup ticket.
The Chinese team defended too badly
The Chinese team has played a total of 8 games (the 9th game will be played at 23:00 today), and a total of 16 goals have been conceded! In Group B, there is only one less goal than Vietnam, and what is even more difficult is that since reaching the round of 12, there has not been a single game that has not conceded a goal!
Among them, 0:3 lost to Australia, 2:3 to Saudi Arabia, 1:3 to Vietnam, these three games have conceded 3 goals, although there are also 3 games to concede 1 goal, but the national football team has not been able to find a way to win from these opponents.
A team with weak attack and easy to make mistakes in defense cannot enter the World Cup, of course, for the national football team, the most important thing is the reform of the midfield position, only if the midfield is stable, the offensive and defensive conversion can be carried out smoothly, and the national football team can say that it can be defended and attacked!
But the problem now is that there is no successor to the national football team, it is really difficult, look forward to this evening, the match with Saudi Arabia, the national football team can earn back some face!