The World Cup qualifiers have reignited the flames of war, and in the Asian division, there will be a focus duel, and the AFC will increase the excitement of the game. At the same time, the players will be reduced to the burden of play, deliberately turning the play-offs into a single-legged elimination system, and the UAE will face Australia at home.
Both teams finished third in the group in the previous Round of 12, compared to the UAE's promotion, which was even more fortunate, and they defeated South Korea 1-0 in the following round to save their World Cup qualifying hopes. The UAE is currently ranked 7th in Asia, only three places higher than the national football team, but their style of play is very tough, the players have strong tactical execution, and they are a strong team that cannot be easily defeated. Historically, the UAE has also reached the finals of the World Cup, but it has been 32 years.
Australia, for its part, is currently in fourth place in Asia. Since joining the AFC, Australia has almost advanced to the World Cup with a crushing advantage in the past three Asian World Preliminaries, which has become a nightmare for China, Iraq, Uzbekistan and other teams on the fringes of the World Cup. However, in this competition, their dominance has dropped sharply, becoming the defeated players of Saudi Arabia, Japan and other teams, and almost being overtaken by Oman in the last moment, if it were not for the national football team, perhaps they would not have won the third place in this group.
Since the Uae and Australia often meet in the World Preliminary Round, the two sides also know the roots of this meeting again. However, from the historical record, Australia still occupies a certain advantage, winning 3 games in 6 games, drawing 2 games, losing only 1, and winning and conceding 5-1 goals. In the 2015 Asian Cup semi-finals, Australia relied on goals from Sainsbury and Davidson to knock out the UAE 2-0. A year later, in the World Preliminary Round, Australia first won 1-0 away from home, and then won 2-0 back at home, which can be described as giving and taking, and the UAE has no strength to resist.
According to the arrangement of the World Preliminary Round, the winning side of this match will directly enter the competition for the intercontinental play-offs, and it will be Peru in South America. Although Peru is as high as 22nd in the world rankings, their strength has also declined seriously in recent years, and there are few stars who play in the five major leagues, most of them are players in domestic leagues. So there are great opportunities for both the UAE and Australia to face Peru, and this is a great opportunity to win glory for Asian teams.
The match, which will start at 2 a.m. on June 8, will be played at the World Cup Stadium Ahmed Ben Ali, which can accommodate 40 million spectators at the same time, and the stadium tickets have been sold out, these fans will send their final blessings to the UAE and Australia, looking forward to a wonderful game in front of the fans.