On October 13, the fourth round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers was cancelled.
Group A Focus Battle. Iran is at home against South Korea.
Neither side failed to break through each other's doors in the first half of the game. Easy side to fight again. In the 48th minute, Lee Jae-sung assisted Son Heung-min's single-handed goal, and the South Korean team took the lead. In the 76th minute, Azmoun assisted Jahanbakhsh's header to tie the score. Neither side has been successful in the subsequent matches. In the end, the two teams shook hands 1-1 and each scored 1 point.
Syria 2:3 Lebanon, Lebanon won the first victory, in the 20th minute, Syrian Kahabin advanced a goal, half-time stoppage time, Lebanon's Gosu scored two consecutive goals to overtake. In the 53rd minute, THAAD scored to extend the lead. In the 65th minute, Elsoma chased back a goal, and in the end Lebanon still got 3 points, reaching 5 points, and Syria was at the bottom of 1 point.
The UAE drew 2-2 with Iraq, in the 34th minute Correa led the UAE, and in the 74th minute, Amari scored the equaliser. In the 89th minute, Hussein overtook, and in stoppage time, Mabholt tied, and the two teams still had a hard time winning.
Third round, South Korea 2:1 Syria
In the 46th minute, Hwang In-bum scored and South Korea took the lead. In the 83rd minute, Hribbin equalised for Syria. In the 88th minute, Son Heung-min killed the game.
UAE 0:1 Iran
On 71 minutes, Taremi scored and Iran took the lead. On the 88th minute, Azmoun missed a penalty. At the end of the match, Iran won a small away victory over the United Arab Emirates.
Iraq 0:0 Lebanon
After four rounds of fighting, Iran won three wins and one draw, ranking first; South Korea ranked second with two wins and two draws; and Lebanon won this round and ranked third.
A focus battle in Group B. Japan sits at home to host Australia, the first place in the group.
In the 8th minute, Tanaka scored to give Japan the lead. Easy side to fight again. In the 69th minute, Gerustic scored with a free-kick to equalize for Australia. In the 86th minute, Takuma Asano's volley was saved by the goalkeeper, and the ball bounced off the goalpost, and Biichi swung himself. In the end, Japan beat Australia 2-1 and won the second game, and Australia lost for the first time.
Oman beat Vietnam 3-1 to win their second game with six points, leaving Vietnam at the bottom of four consecutive defeats.
In the 39th minute, Nguyen Thanh Ling gave Vietnam a away lead. In the 45th minute, Sabie scored to equalize. In the 49th minute, Ledi's corner kick went straight to the goal and Oman completed the counter-attack. In the 63rd minute, Yahiyer scored on a penalty. In the end, Oman beat Vietnam 3-1 to tie Japan in points and move up to 3rd place.
China challenged Saudi Arabia away.
In the 15th and 38th minutes of the first half, Najib scored two consecutive goals to give Saudi Arabia a fantastic start. Wu Lei's single knife was not hit. At the end of the half, the national football team fell behind 0-2. Easy side to fight again. Head coach Li Tie replaced Luo Guofu and Alain consecutively, and in the 46th minute, Alain assisted Luo Guofu to score. In the 73rd minute, Albirakan scored another goal for Saudi Arabia to extend the lead. In the 86th minute, Wu Xi scored to narrow the point gap. After 9 minutes of stoppage time, the Chinese team has always had difficulty breaking the goal. In the end, the Chinese team lost the game 2-3 away from home, and Saudi Arabia led the way with four consecutive wins.
In the third round, the Chinese team defeated Vietnam 3:2 and won the first victory in the group stage! Zhang Yuning, and Wu Lei Meikai made contributions to the national football team twice.
Saudi Arabia 1:0 Japan
In the 72nd minute, Shibasaki made a mistake in passing the ball, and Abilakan scored the only goal of the game to help Saudi Arabia get three points.
Australia 3:1 Oman
Eight minutes later, Mabil opened the scoring. In the 27th minute, Allawi equalised for Oman. Easy side to fight again. Martin Boyle and Duke sealed the win for Australia.
After four rounds of the war, Saudi Arabia won all four battles and ranked first; Australia lost this round and ranked second; Oman and Japan scored 6 points and ranked third and fourth; China ranked fifth; Vietnam ranked at the bottom of the group.
Next month, the Chinese team has two matches, namely Oman on the 11th and Australia on the 16th.
It can be said that it is the last hope of the national football team, if it cannot win, it can be said that the hope of playing a play-off is slim. No matter what, I hope that the national football team will try its best to fight!