In the early morning of October 16, Beijing time, the fourth round of the third stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championship was all over, and the national football team won its first victory after defeating Indonesia, and the other teams in the same group were all winless. In addition, after the national football team and Kyrgyzstan won one after another, there was no 0-point team in this round of 18.
Here are the specific results of all the matches in the fourth round:
The World Preliminaries gave birth to 3 upsets in one night
At present, Japan is the only one in Asian football, Australia has declined significantly, and finally the two sides drew 1-1, Japan's home game is considered to be an upset loss of points, the winning record was ended, and it is also a new football record of missing the opening ten consecutive wins of the world preliminary round.
In addition, Palestine, ranked 98th in the world, drew 2-2 in the last minute and could not win against Kuwait, ranked 134th in the world, and Bahrain, ranked 76th in the world, and drew 0-0 away to Saudi Arabia, ranked 56th in the world.
The round of 18 is the group of death
In Group C, where the national football team is located, only the national football team won this round, winning at home against Indonesia, and in the other 2 games, Japan drew 1-1 with Australia and Saudi Arabia drew 0-0 with Bahrain, so that the group standings were all in chaos.
At present, Japan has 10 points from 4 rounds, 3 wins and 1 draw, leading the standings alone, behind Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain with 5 points, ranking second, third and fourth, Indonesia and the national football team have 3 points, ranking fifth and sixth, of which the gap between the second and 6th places is only 2 points, which means that the five teams have the opportunity to compete for the top two in the group, and the national football promotion situation is super reversed.
4 teams are scheduled to qualify
In addition to Japan in Group C, Uzbekistan and Iran in Group A, and Korea in Group B, all have 10 points, of which Iran and Uzbekistan are 6 points ahead of the third group behind them, and the possibility of the two teams joining hands to go straight to the World Cup is very likely. In addition, Korea is three points ahead of the third-placed team, but the last two consecutive rounds of wins against Jordan and Iraq will not be able to compete with Korea.
The last 2 teams with 0 points in the round of 18 scored points
After the first three rounds, only the national football team and Kyrgyzstan lost consecutive games, without scoring a point, and were also at the bottom of their respective groups. In the fourth round, the national football team defeated Indonesia 2-1 at home and Kyrgyzstan beat North Korea 1-0 at home, ending the losing streak and winning for the first time on the same night. So far, all teams in this round of 18 have points in their accounts.
Compared with Kyrgyzstan, which has three points to get rid of the bottom, the national football team can only continue to rank first from the bottom of the group due to goal difference, but it is good to rekindle the hope of qualifying.
The national football team has not lost to Indonesia for 67 consecutive years
Relying on the joint goal of Zhang Yuning and Baihelamu, the national football team defeated Indonesia 2-1 at home, won the long-lost victory, and also extended the unbeaten record against Indonesia.
According to statistics, the two sides have played each other a total of 14 times, the national football team has won 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and the only loss is the first meeting, which has to be traced back to the 1957 World Preliminaries, and since then 13 consecutive matchups have been undefeated, which has lasted for 67 years, with a record of 10 wins and 3 draws.