At 20:00 Beijing time on January 27, the 7th round of Group A of the World Preliminary Round of The Asian Round of 12, Lebanon played against South Korea. In the first half, Cao Guicheng broke the deadlock; in the second half, neither side achieved anything. In the end, South Korea beat Lebanon 1-0 and won three consecutive wins.
In the first half of stoppage time, Huang Yizhu crossed from the left, and Cao Guicheng grabbed the point to break the goal! South Korea leads 1-0!
In the end, with the goal of the new forward star who played in South Korea, the South Korean team beat Lebanon 1-0 and completed the double match in the round of 12. At the same time, they also took advantage of the first round to temporarily surpass Iran, the first place in Asia, to the top of Group A. Lebanon, on the other hand, lost its qualification for direct qualification for the World Cup.
After this campaign, the promotion prospects of the South Korean team are very good, and they have won 17 standings in 7 rounds. If the UAE cannot defeat Syria in this round, South Korea will be able to advance to the World Cup finals as soon as 3 hours later, and they will also be the first Asian team to receive a World Cup ticket.
In addition, the exit situation of Group A is also very clear. As long as Iran wins all three points in this round, regardless of the outcome of the UAE and Syria, it will advance to the World Cup finals.
In comparison, the situation in group B is somewhat anxious. The top three in the group, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia, were only two points apart. However, Saudi Arabia still has the advantage of one less game. Of course, in the last 3 rounds, these three teams will also play against each other, and it is unknown which two teams can work together to directly advance.
Compared with the two old rivals of South Korea and Japan, the national football team has only theoretical hopes left to qualify for the World Cup. In the first 7 rounds of competitions, the record of the national football team was 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses, which was consistent with the record of the top 12 of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. However, in the last qualifiers, the national football team did not lose the possibility of promotion until the last round, but this time the arithmetic problem seems to be less difficult.