Time; June 8, 02:00
Venue: Al-Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Watching those UEFA Nations League exhibition matches these days, I am tired of watching it, today to see some real knife and gun matches, the play-offs in the Asian region of the World Preliminary Round, the United Arab Emirates playing Australia, the losing team will go home, November with us to participate in the World Cup with the TV, and finally wait for a full of war. Today I will pick this one with Germany vs England, play a sheet, text with paper list to eat together.
The UAE finished third in the group in the round of twelve, and like us, in the round of twelve, the United Arab Emirates also experienced two managers, namely Van Malwijk and Arubarena. The former is well-known in Dutch football, but it is still relatively unfamiliar with Asian football, with a beautiful resume, but it is not suitable for job requirements. Arubarena, the Argentine coach who has panned for gold in West Asia, is very familiar with Asian football, so after taking over Van Marwijk's coaching whip, it can be regarded as plug and play. The UAE was able to qualify for the play-offs, and Arubarena was instrumental.
In the UAE play-off squad, Mabhot, the main goalscorer, will inevitably be the main focus, it is worth mentioning that Omar, once known as the "Gulf Messi", has also been selected for the Arubarena national team squad for this period. Since November 2019, Omar, who has been plagued by injuries, has stayed away from the national team, and the West Asian genius was even sacked by the club due to injury problems, until February 2022, when he was signed by Dubai Nationals on a six-month short-term contract and shined in this season's AFC Champions League, which was noticed by Arubarena and returned to the UAE national team. Omar is 31 years old this year, and he is no longer the talented teenager he was then, but he is also a little more mature.
Australia is the third in Group B of the Asian Top 12, with 3 points more points in the group than the Uae, but because the Asian play-offs are a decisive game, the venue is arranged in the Ben Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, so Australia does not have the advantage of "first away and then the master", and even unceremoniously, the UAE plays in West Asia, that is, half a home. The final showdown between the winner of the Asian playoffs and Peru, a South American play-off team, will also be held at the Ben Ali Stadium in Doha.
Falling to the play-offs, Australia was ready to get Arnold out of the classroom, and the Australian media even made a list of candidates: Melbourne City Coach Kisnobo, Wellington Phoenix coach Uf Talay, Melbourne Victory head coach Tony Popovich. But in the end, the Australian Football Association still felt that changing the coach before the war was a big taboo, and it was necessary to cut the reward and see his performance in the play-offs.
Australia and Jordan played a warm-up match a few days ago, with goalkeeper Ryan, midfielder Dugall, McGley and up frontcourt Mabil all in the starting line-up, all of whom were Arnold's cronies. But what makes Coach Arnold unhappy is that the main forward of the Soviet Super League Celtics, Rokic, withdrew from the national team for personal reasons, although Arnold said "respect the decision of the players", but in his heart he was cursing, because Rokic is also an absolute main force for Australia.
In this game, Australia started at 0.5 and later rose to 0.75. The meaning to be expressed is also very clear, Australia's strength advantage over the UAE, the data is acknowledged, but do not magnify this advantage, first of all, this is a game in West Asia, secondly, this is a decisive game, for weak teams, there are many tactical options, such as he can swing the bus, stay up to overtime and penalty shootouts to fight luck. So this data, the front 0.5 is real, the back of 0.75 is virtual, representing only that everyone is concentrated on the Australian side, which is not good for Australia. Where will the West Asians make it so easy for you to take down a kangaroo? If it's really that easy, it can start with 0.75, and Australia is not without this qualification. So I am optimistic that the UAE will be unbeaten in regular time. Germany vs England, don't go away, update right away.