On March 29, Beijing time, in the final round of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, the South Korean team lost 0-1 to the United Arab Emirates, suffering the first defeat in the round of 12. However, this match may also have a "sophistication" in it, because the loss of the South Korean team did not affect, and the United Arab Emirates won the third place in the group to enter the World Cup for the last chance. The defeat of the Korean team determined the fate of the 2 teams.
South Korea was the only team in the tournament to have no defeat after nine rounds, including the defeat of Iran, which was quite eye-catching. In the so-called death of the West Asian group, the South Korean team is like chopping melons and cutting vegetables, 7 wins and 2 draws to qualify early, and finally facing the UAE team, the South Korean team has become a life and death judge, if you block the opponent, then it is likely that the UAE will be out of the game at the last moment.
In this confrontation, the South Korean team actually played a "human race", because the loss had no impact on the South Korean team, but it could help the UAE team retain the hope of the World Cup. As a result, the South Korean team, which has an absolute advantage in possession, did not have lethality, and finally Suhaile scored the only goal of the game with a single knife, and the UAE team was successfully upset 1-0!
As a result, the last unbeaten team in the round of 12 this season also disappeared in the final round! South Korea's team finally scored 23 points after 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, second only to Iran, who had 25 points from 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, taking away the second place in the group. After the 2 teams joined hands to qualify, and after giving a big gift to the UAE, the South Korean team also gave the UAE a chance to compete against Australia and compete for the fifth place in Asia.
Judging from this round of 12 matches, the performance of japan and South Korea, neighbors of the national football team, are very stable, there is no problem in qualifying for the World Cup, it can be said that it is worthy of being the top team in Asia, we can feel that the gap between the national football team and Japan and South Korea has not only not narrowed, but seems to have widened a little.