The World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia ended the tenth round of competition, in a focus battle related to the qualification, the eighth Iraqi team in Asia came to challenge Syria, which is only twelfth in Asia, and both teams are the absolute sworn enemies of the national football team and the object of the national football team's desire to catch up. This face-to-face confrontation is also a dark horse battle in the World Preliminary Round. Unfortunately, in the end, the two teams shook hands and made peace, and failed to distinguish between victory and defeat, so that both did not qualify for the World Cup, and the national football team also gained a little comfort.
Before the start of the tournament, Iraq was only one point behind the third-place Uae, and the initiative to qualify was in its own hands. After all, Syria's opponent is far weaker than the UAE's rival, South Korea. However, after the opening, the Syrian team, which played at home, knocked on the mountain and scored in the second minute alone. Aradali received a delicate over-the-top pass from his teammate in the middle of the road, then inserted it into the box at high speed, and completed a freehand shot when the defender stretched his feet to clear the box, successfully crossing the goalkeeper's ten-finger mark to rewrite the score to 1-0.
The goal also hit Iraq hard. However, with the goal of entering Qatar, they quickly cheered up, and in the 12th minute, Hussein Ali got a blast opportunity inside the box, but unfortunately his shot finally flew out of the left upright and missed the goal. But after several attempts, Iraq finally came to fruition in the 30th minute. This time it was an attack on the left side, Emman Hussein was on the line of the small penalty area, received a precise cross from the left side of his teammates, jumped high and shook his head to attack the goal, because the distance was too close, the goalkeeper did not react to save at all, the ball sneaked into the bottom right corner, the score came to 1-1.
The quick equaliser boosted Iraq's morale, and after that they went on a frantic attack, with the Syrian goal set to be the busiest player. Especially into the second half, in the 63rd minute, Abdullamir dribbled all the way through the middle of the road, and then fired a right-footed shot, and goalkeeper Qingshu Ape Arm turned the ball away. In the 82nd minute, Iraq's cross from the left was still Abdullamir, whose head hammer was quite threatening, and the goalkeeper once again bravely blocked it. In the 94th minute, Iraq counter-attacked and shot at goal, but it was blocked by Syria twice in a row, and finally had no chance to rewrite the score.
In this game, the Iraqi team played very strongly, and it is not easy for Syria to save a point. In terms of possession, Iraq rarely won 62%, setting a new high in the round of 12, while syria only had 38%. In terms of the number of shots on goal, the Iraqi team fired 28 kicks, and Syria only had 8. The number of corners Iraq has won as many as 9. But I have to say that Syria's defense is really tenacious, stunned by the wild shots nearly 30 times, an average of three minutes, is still impregnable, and finally personally sent Iraq out of the World Preliminary Tournament.
Today, Iraq and Syria are all out of the game and have not made the World Cup. However, this game also fully shows that the current strength of the national football team, I am afraid that even these two teams can not play, but they can not qualify for the World Cup, the national football team is also fortunate, after all, Syria and Iraq are the biggest competitors of the national football team, if they enter the World Cup, it is obvious that they are punching their own face.