The round of 12 is over, but the pursuit of World Cup qualification continues. The Uae team, which defeated South Korea in the final round, is now impacting the miracle of entering the World Cup again after 32 years, but unfortunately, the national football team has no chance to become their obstacle, replaced by Australia and Peru.
At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the UAE team miraculously broke through in the Asian zone and advanced to the final round of the World Cup. Coincidentally, it was precisely because of the defeat of the national football team in the final round of the World Preliminary Round that the UAE obtained the right to qualify. However, at that time, their results were very dismal, and they lost all three games in the Group Stage of the World Cup, and they were directly reduced to the bottom of the group and out. In the 7 World Cups that followed, the UAE never stood out until 32 years later, in 2022, when they saw the light.
In this world preliminary tournament, the performance of the UAE cannot be described as strong. In the previous round of 40 stage, the UAE was suitable for the Vietnamese team to be divided into the same group, when the UAE only won the first place in the group with an advantage of 1 point, which can be said to be very thrilling. Coming to the round of 12, they were in the same group as South Korea and Iran, and after the first nine matches, the UAE team only won 2 wins and 3 draws, lost 4 games, and the points were 9 points in single digits. Fortunately, in the last game, the South Korean team released water in the case of qualifying, and the United Arab Emirates won 1-0 at home, winning the third place in the group with 12 points and winning a play-off seat.
In fact, if this score is placed in the group of the national football team, it can only rank fifth, and even Oman's 14 points cannot be compared. Arguably, it is indeed a stroke of luck that the UAE will be able to secure a play-off spot, but they will face Australia immediately after that, and the last meeting between the two teams occurred in the quarter-final of the last Asian Cup, when in the 68th minute of the game, Emirati striker Ali Mabukut grabbed the australian centre-back Degnac's back pass error, and after the ball was easily pushed, the score was locked at 1-0.
This time, the Uae has won the home field advantage, and they will face Australia's long journey with leisure and waiting. So from all indications, the UAE's defeat of Australia this time is very promising, and then they have to face the challenge of south American Peru in two legs, which is a real test for them. If the Australian team loses the play-offs, they will face the situation of not qualifying for the World Cup after leaving Europe and entering Asia for the first time, which may make them feel unexpected and return to Oceania, after all, the opponent drawn by Oceania this year is the fourth Costa Rica in North America, and this opponent is undoubtedly expected to reach the Kangaroo Army.
For the national football team, it is also looking forward to the United Arab Emirates to send Australia home, the original Asian region to qualify for the World Cup is less, Australia also has to force a kick, which makes teams like Iraq, China, Oman and other teams have to have one less place to qualify, it can be said that Australia's image in asian teams is extremely poor. Now that it's finally time for them to go home, many teams, including the national team, are looking forward to the UAE to deliver a fatal blow to the Kangaroo Army and send them back to where they should be.