In the early morning of October 11, Beijing time, the third round of the Asian round of 18 of the World Preliminary Championship was over, and after Japan defeated Saudi Arabia, it became the only team to maintain a complete victory, winning 3 consecutive games and 14 goals to lead the group standings. In addition, with Oman's defeat of Kuwait, only the national football team and Kyrgyzstan 2 teams remained, both of which were at the bottom with 0 points.
The World Preliminary Tournament was born in one night and 2 upsets
As the second strongest team in Asia, Iran will challenge Uzbekistan away and only need to win to top the group. Throughout the game, Iran failed to score with five of their nine shots on goal and were sent off in the second half before being held to a 0-0 draw by Uzbekistan. Previously, Iran had won seven consecutive games against Uzbekistan, but in this World Preliminary Tournament, it has drawn three consecutive games, including two matches in the round of 36.
In addition, North Korea, ranked 111th in the world, drew 1-1 with U.A.E., ranked 69th in the world, in the last minute of the away game, and also caused a big upset.
Japan started with three consecutive wins and 14 goals
Compared to Iran, Japan is more worthy of a truly powerhouse in Asian football, with double-digit internationals in the top five leagues. In this round away to Saudi Arabia, Japan won again, scoring in the first half with Daichi Kamada and Ogawa in the second half to win 2-0 and win nine points from the opening three straight games to continue to lead the standings, while scoring 14 goals and not conceding one. In fact, the national football team is in the same group as Japan, because Japan is a stable win against other teams.
It is worth mentioning that the total number of goals scored by the other teams in Group C is exactly equal to the number of Japan's first team, of which Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bahrain and Indonesia have all scored 3 goals, but the national football team has scored the least 2 goals in the same group.
The national football team lost 3 consecutive games at the beginning of the game and continued to be at the bottom with 0 points
Away to Australia, the national football team was reversed in the lead, and finally lost 1-3, suffering three consecutive defeats in the opening game, plus losing to Korea in the final round of the round of 36, and the team lost four consecutive games in the world preliminary round for the first time in history. In addition, the national football team still did not score a point, and continued to fall to the bottom of the group, and the qualifying situation is becoming more and more severe.
There are only 2 teams left in the round of 18 with 0 points, but they are still alive
After the first 2 rounds, the national football team, Oman and Kyrgyzstan have not scored a point, and now after the third round, the national football team lost to Australia, Kyrgyzstan lost to Qatar, Oman defeated Kuwait, Oman won the first victory, the national football team and Kyrgyzstan still continue to lose in a row, can not get points, continue to be at the bottom of their respective groups.
Since the round of 18 has a total of 10 rounds, the national football team is still alive with Kyrgyzstan, and has not yet played against the teams in the fourth and fifth pots, so it retains the hope of qualifying.