On the evening of March 29, Beijing time, the last suspense of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia was officially revealed, the Iraqi men's football team played away against the Syrian men's football team, and the Uae men's football team played against the South Korean men's football team at home. In the end, the UAE team defeated the South Korean team, pushing iraq team to rank third in the group, and won another play-off place, which will compete with Australia for 0.5 World Cup places in the Asian zone.
After Japan defeated Australia in the last round, together with Saudi Arabia to reach the World Cup, all 4 direct seats in the Asian region were determined, while Australia locked in group B third, and the only suspense left was that the third team in group A had not yet been generated.
At present, in the standings, the United Arab Emirates ranks third with 9 points, Iraq ranks fourth with 8 points, Lebanon ranks fifth with 6 points, the UAE has the best qualifying situation, the final round of victory over South Korea can lock in the play-off qualification, Iraq and Lebanon need the help of other teams.
UAE vs South Korea
In the latest edition of FIFA's World Rankings, the UAE ranks 69th and South Korea ranks 29th. In the first leg of last year, South Korea won 1-0 at home to the United Arab Emirates, and this time away from home, South Korea conceded a goal first.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Mabhot single-handedly pushed the goal, and the UAE team took a 1-0 lead. After that, the South Korean team frantically counterattacked, in the 60th minute, Huang Yisuke's header attacked the goal, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper and hit the crossbar to pop up, the Korean team was too unlucky, and finally lost the ball 0-1, suffering the first defeat in the round of 12.
Syria vs Iraq
In the latest edition of FIFA's world rankings, Syria ranks 91st and Iraq ranks 74th. In the first leg of last year, Iraq drew 1-1 at home to Syria. In this away game, Iraq also conceded a goal first, and in the 3rd minute, Ala Dali scored and Syria made a fantastic start 1-0. In the 30th minute, Hussein scored to help Iraq equalize 1-1.
In the second half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and the attack only blossomed and did not bear fruit, and finally the score was 1-1. Iraq has no chance of creating a miracle, seeing the United Arab Emirates finish third in the group and will play a play-off with Australia to compete for 0.5 World Cup places in the Asian zone.