0-0，5-0！ World preliminaries reversal: 15th outbreak in Asia, draw = promotion, the national football team qualified by 10 points

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2024-06-03 06:42Published in Fujian

The 2026 World Cup will be expanded, from the original 32 teams to 48 teams to participate, the main purpose of FIFA's reform is to allow the world's most populous Chinese team to participate in the World Cup finals, so as to improve the visibility of the World Cup and increase profits. The number of qualifying places in Asia has been expanded from the original 4.5 to 8.5, and the Chinese men's football team sees the hope of advancing to the World Cup finals.

A total of 36 teams will participate in the second phase of the 2026 World Cup Asian Qualifiers, divided into 9 groups, with four teams in each group, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the round of 18 to compete for 8.5 promotion places, as long as they reach the round of 18, they have a 50% chance of reaching the World Cup finals, so the competition in the round of 36 is also quite fierce. In the four rounds of the world preliminaries, there have been many upsets, and some third-rate teams have broken out, occupying the initiative to impact the top 18.

In Group I, the seeded teams, Asia's fourth-ranked Australia, are in a group with Palestine, Lebanon and Bangladesh, and Australia is a strong team in this group, winning all four games, scoring 15 goals and conceding 0 goals, and securing the top spot in the group two rounds ahead of schedule to advance to the round of 18. Palestine are second in the group with 7 points, Lebanon is third with 2 points, and Bangladesh is at the bottom with 1 point.

Palestine is ranked 93rd in the world and 15th in Asia. Palestine is experiencing war in the country, but Palestine has performed well in the World Preliminary Tournament. In the first round of the World Preliminary Round, Palestine drew 0-0 with Lebanon away and scored 1 point. In the second round at a neutral stadium, facing Australia, the strongest team in the group, Palestine was not afraid to fight, and only lost 0-1. In back-to-back home and away matches against Bangladesh in the 3rd and 4th rounds in March, Palestine beat Bangladesh 1-0 and 5-0.

In the Qatar Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, Palestine was in the same group as Iran and the United Arab Emirates, and finally Palestine ranked third in the group, beating the Chinese men's football team to advance to the knockout round. Palestine drew 1-1 with the United Arab Emirates in the group stage, and the knockout rounds once cornered hosts Qatar, although Palestine did not go further in the Asian Cup, but gained strong self-confidence.

During the June international break, the final two rounds of the World Cup Round of 36 will be played, with Palestine facing Lebanon at a neutral stadium in Round 5 and Palestine and Lebanon competing for a place in Group I. Palestine is five points ahead of Lebanon, and the initiative is firmly in their hands. Judging from the situation, as long as Palestine draws Lebanon, it will be able to advance to the round of 18 in advance, and a draw will qualify for the Chinese men's football team.

Compared with the Palestinian promotion situation, the national football team in Group C is a little more sinister, in Group C, the national football team ranks second in the group with 7 points, the Thai team in the same group ranks 3rd in the group with 4 points, and the Chinese team is only 3 points ahead of the Thai team. This makes the battle between China and Thailand in the fifth round of the World Preliminary Tournament on June 6 particularly important. For the Chinese team, there is no good foundation for a draw to qualify, against the Thai team, the Chinese only have one way to win, and scoring 10 points to send the Thai team home early is the unanimous voice of fans across the country.

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