The third round of the World Cup Qualifiers in the Asian Zone Round of 12 has all ended, with Japan losing 1-0 to Saudi Arabia and China winning the first victory with a 3-2 victory over Vietnam. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the current gap between the national football team and the Japanese team is very small, we all accumulate 3 points, but the Japanese team ranks high with the advantage of goal difference. The Japanese team only scored 1 goal in 3 games, which was scored in the match against the Chinese team. If the Japanese team loses to Australia in the next round, the points will be stretched to 9 points by the opponent, and it is likely to compete with the Chinese team for the third place in the group.
After losing to Saudi Arabia, Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata has been seriously critical of this year's Japanese team. He said that the Japanese team has changed how many national team coaches have changed from year to year, and how can the results of the game get worse and worse? Change the soup without changing the medicine! Takumi Minamino also has reason to say, what team am I following? I'm the main player of Liverpool now, who are you this time, you let me come over? What is the current level of Japanese football? Just a few people, what level of your Moriho is being a head coach, do you have that ability? Without this ability, you can't be a head coach, you know. Japan can't get into the World Cup anymore, and now that Oman has lost Saudi Arabia, the next step is not even China to lose, and then lose to Vietnam, face is not wanted!
Japan is currently ranked 26th in the world, the highest among Asian teams. Japan made their first entry into Asia to enter the World Cup in 1998 and have not missed a single World Cup since then. And also reached the top 16 in 2002, 2010 and 2018. If they don't adjust quickly and get enough points in the next seven games, Japan will most likely not be able to finish in the top two places in the group. Once they finish third in the group to participate in the play-offs, the Japanese team will most likely be eliminated in the competition with South American teams.