In the final round of the Asian qualifiers, saudi arabia and Australia have a strong dialogue, which is an important battle related to the world cup. In the end, saudi arabia won 1-0 with a penalty to lock in the top spot of the group. however. As they rejoiced, the unfortunate news came, as they were only ranked 53rd in the world. So even if they get the first result, FIFA still relegates them to the fourth gear of the World Cup, reducing them to the most discreet team.
Due to the humiliating 1-1 draw of the national football team in the last round, coupled with the fact that this round was a home battle, 50,000 fans came to the scene. Therefore, the Saudi team is still high in the case of qualifying. After the opening, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but neither had an absolute chance. However, in the 36th minute, Australia used a counter-attack to tear open the opponent's defense, and Boyle drove straight in, and his one-handed ball was firmly hit. However, the referee blew offside first, the score was still not rewritten, and the Saudi team escaped the disaster.
In first-half stoppage time, the Saudis had a good chance, Najib bent his bow in front of the big penalty area, and his explosive shot went straight to the dead corner of the goal, but unfortunately flew out of the crossbar slightly. After the midfield adjustment, the pace of both teams has slowed down. However, in the 64th minute, Saudi Arabia suddenly made a force, or Najib, he dribbled into the box after carrying the ball, when he was ready to change direction, he was tripped by a defender, the referee took a penalty, and finally Davasari was responsible, he shook the goalkeeper, easily pushed the far corner of the goal to win, the score became 1-0. In the 77th minute, Saudi Arabia still had a chance, but their shot was deflected by goalkeeper Matthew Ryan. In the 83rd minute, Braekan's close-range burst was once again blocked, and the score was not rewritten.
In this game, the Saudi team is fighting for the victory and winning the first place in the group, while the Australian team is training in advance for the UAE's play-offs and honing the lineup. In terms of possession, the Saudi team got 59%, Australia only 41%, and the number of shots on goal was made ten times. However, this time Saudi Arabia still had better luck and relied on a penalty to win. So. Saudi Arabia successfully surpassed Japan to win the top spot, while Australia ended with two consecutive defeats and very low morale, which also laid a bad foreshadowing for the next match with the United Arab Emirates.
However, it still fell into the fourth gear, which made the winning Saudi team extremely depressed, while the Japanese team, which was forced to equalize by Vietnam, was lucky enough to get the throne in the third gear. In this way, although the Saudi team qualified for the World Cup with the top spot in the group, the journey after that will be extremely difficult. At present, the first gear has Belgium, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal and other super teams, and only Qatar is weaker. The second gear also has Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia and Uruguay. The third gear is Senegal, Japan, Sevilla, Poland and other fierce rivals. No matter who is drawn, Saudi Arabia's qualifying situation will be extremely slim, if it is encountered in the death group of Argentina + Germany + Poland, I am afraid that Saudi Arabia wants to retreat completely.
It can be said that the seat in the fourth gear makes the Saudi team unable to break through the World Cup group stage in advance. This also makes the national football team, which just drew with Saudi Arabia in the last round, feel relieved. See such a group draw. Even if the national football team can break through like Saudi Arabia, but the three fiascoes of the World Cup are inevitable, and when the loss of people will be lost to the world, it will also become the shame of Asian football, but it will be ridiculed by various teams. Therefore, presumably the national football team sees the situation of Saudi Arabia and is now rejoicing, and it may also be a good ending that did not qualify this time.