The World Preliminary Round Asian Play-offs are about to usher in a life-and-death battle at 2 a.m. tomorrow, with the Uae taking on Australia. In this game, the winning side still cannot directly qualify for the World Cup, they also need to play an ultimate PK with Peru, the fifth in South America, and only by defeating Peru again can they qualify for the World Cup. In other words, whether it is Australia or the United Arab Emirates, if they want to enter the World Cup, they must win two consecutive victories. Peru, on the other hand, only needs to win one game, and they are a bit waiting for the big package!
Peru played a warm-up match with New Zealand in order to prepare for the life-and-death battle, and finally they won 1-0 with Rapadula's goal, from the perspective of the whole game, although Peru ranked 22nd in the world, but their strength is not invincible. Of course, from the ranking point of view alone, the Peruvian team is much higher than the Australian team and the United Arab Emirates team, these 2 teams no matter who qualifies, facing the Peruvian team, I am afraid it is not easy to play, plus the South American team's technology has always been relatively good, the Asian 2 team is probably still a bit hanging!
In this World Preliminary Tournament, the Australian team squeezed out the national football team to win the third place in the group and qualified to play the play-offs, while the United Arab Emirates won the third place in Group A. The two teams will fight for 0.5 World Cup spots at 2 a.m. today. Judging from past engagement records, Australia clearly have an advantage, with their last four appearances against the UAE, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. However, in the most recent Asian Cup, Australia lost 0-1 to the United Arab Emirates.
Judging from the strength of the two teams, each has its own advantages, the advantage of the UAE team is that the defense is tough, and the Australian team has a physical advantage. It can be said that in this game, in the regular time, the two teams will definitely give priority to the defense, depending on who can seize the opportunity and score first. If you can't score during regular hours, you're likely to kick in a penalty shootout.
Compared to Australia and the UAE, South America's Peruvian team is slightly more relaxed, they first need to wait for Australia and the UAE to decide the winner, and then play the final PK with the winner. Many fans joked that the Peruvian team is not actually waiting for the winner, but waiting for the big package. After all, South American football has always crushed Asian teams in terms of technology and strength.