On the evening of October 15, Beijing time, the fourth round of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminary Championship ushered in a number of games, and the three East Asian teams were all playing at home, with China beating Indonesia 2-1, Japan drawing 1-1 with Australia, and Korea narrowly defeating Iraq 3-2.
National Football VS Indonesia
This is the first time in 11 years that the two teams have met again, and the two sides have not won three consecutive rounds in the first round of the round of 18, but the national football team has lost three consecutive games and Indonesia has drawn three in a row.
In the first 10 minutes of the opening game, the national football backline was suppressed by Indonesia, and then the attack gradually improved. In the 21st minute, Jiang Shenglong passed to the goal, and Baihelam completed a volley to help the national football team take a 1-0 lead, this time using a set-piece opportunity in front of the goal, and caught Indonesia off guard. In the 43rd minute, Gao Zhunyi sent an outside instep assist, and Zhang Yuning scored a goal in a single chance area to help the national football team expand the score 2-0, and tens of thousands of fans on the scene fell into a boil again.
In the second half, Indonesia stepped up its attack, trying to break the goal of the national football team, and even changed three players in a row. In the face of Indonesia's counterattack, goalkeeper Wang Dalei repeatedly resolved the danger, as the score did not change, the opponent's mentality began to be anxious, the two teams once clashed, at the last moment, Indonesia pulled back a city, fortunately the national football team held 2-1 in the end, won the first victory, both points are 3 points.
Japan VS Australia
This is the second consecutive World Preliminary Championship in the same group between the two teams, and in the last round of 12, Japan beat Australia home and away, including a 2-1 win at home.
In the first three rounds, Japan won all of them, and this time they returned to their home stadium to face Australia in full control of the game, with 70% possession in the first half, but only 1 of 6 shots on target, and did not take advantage of 5 corner opportunities to complete the goal, Australia put on a back five formation to defend with all their might, although only 1 shot was not on target, but the first half defense was very successful.
In the second half, Japan attacked and the back line conceded first. In the 58th minute, Australia's forward cross to the goal, Taniguchi Shogo cleared the siege and turned into a self-imposed oolong, Japan fell behind 0-1 until the 76th minute, Nakamura Keito passed to the front of the goal and caused Burgess to poke the ball into his own goal, and the score was 1-1. After that, the two sides did not achieve anything, and finally drew 1-1. At this point, Japan's opening three-game winning streak was ended, and 10 points continue to lead the standings.
Korea VS Iraq
This is the second consecutive World Preliminary Championship in the same group between the two teams, and in the last round of 12, Korea drew 0-0 at home and beat Iraq 3-0 away, and the two sides have been unbeaten for 18 consecutive years.
In this game, Korea sat at home, and the offensive side continued to lack the star Son Heung-min, resulting in more and more chaotic play, and did not find a good scoring opportunity at first, until the 41st minute, Bae Junhao passed to the front of the small penalty area, and Oh Se-hoon completed the outflanking goal to help Korea break the deadlock 1-0. In this half, Korea had 78% possession, but only four shots on goal and one on target were converted into goals.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Iraq relied on Hussein's barb to level the score at 1-1. After substitutions, Korea broke through Iraq's goal again, and in the 75th minute, substitute Oh Hyun-kyun scored to help Korea take a 2-1 lead. In the 83rd minute, Lee Myung-jae's cross assisted Lee Jae-seong to score, and Korea extended the score 3-1. Although Iraq pulled one back in the last minute and lost 2-3, Korea continued to lead the standings with 10 points from four rounds, while leading third-placed Jordan by six points, basically securing a straight spot.