Journey to win tickets to the World Cup of Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran

Korea and Iran excel in group A

After the 9th round of the third qualifying round World Cup 2022 In the Asian region, 4 official tickets to the tournament in Qatar at the end of this year have officially been owned.

In Group A, the two Korean and Iranian teams showed superiority compared to the remaining opponents to win two official tickets of the group, leaving the third ranked team UAE from 13 to 14 points, although The final round has yet to take place.

After the 9th match, the Korean team showed remarkable strength when defeating Iran with a score of 2-0 to take the top spot of Group A from the opponent’s own hands, with 23 points after 9 rounds. Son Heung Min – Tottenham’s striker shone with the opening goal against the West Asian team before his teammate Kim Young Gwon fixed the score 2-0 in the 63rd minute.

Notably, in the first leg, it was Son Heung Min who opened the scoring against Iran, but the West Asian team was fortunate to have an equalizer after that to regain a point.

After 9 rounds, the Korean team became the only team in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup to still maintain an undefeated record, winning 7 and drawing 2. Iran and Iraq are the two teams that got a draw against South Korea. in the first leg, but then both lost when they met in the second leg.

In the opening match of the third qualifying round of the World Cup 2022, the Iraqi team made an impression when holding a goalless draw at home of the Korean team. However, in the second leg, Iraq let Korea win with a score of 3-0. Similarly, Iran also drew 1-1 with South Korea in the first leg, but lost 0-2 in the second leg.

Despite losing to Korea, the Iranian team also showed an equally impressive performance in this third qualifying round with 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss after 9 matches. It was South Korea that was the only team in Group A that sowed with Iran when making the West Asian team to receive a loss and a draw. When meeting the remaining 4 teams in Group A, the Iranian team won to rank second with 22 points after 9 matches.

Japan, Saudi Arabia finished a round early

Compared to Group A, the competition for two official tickets to the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar of Group B is more intense and surprising. Before the 9th round takes place, the official ticket in the group has Vietnam team is a competition between three giants including Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia.

But in the end, not beyond the predictions of experts and fans, Japan and Saudi Arabia are the two teams that won the race for official tickets to Qatar. In the 9th round, the Japanese team won 2-0 at home to Australia to take the top spot.

Despite winning the official ticket after this match, the Japanese team had a bad start when entering the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. A big shock came to the teachers and coaches of coach Hajime Moriyasu when they lost to the Oman team right away. the first match with a score of 0-1 despite being played at home. After a close victory over China with a score of 1-0 in the second match, the Japanese team suddenly continued to lose to Saudi Arabia in the third match with a score of 0-1.

The loss mentioned above put coach Hajime Moriyasu in danger of being fired, but fortunately for him when his students were able to regain their form to win 6 consecutive matches since then.

The Japanese team continues to have the opportunity to increase their score when they only have to face the team in the last match Vietnam team and have the advantage of playing at home to complete the tournament with the position of the top team.

Saudi Arabia is also a team that shows equally excellent performance against fierce competition from rivals such as Japan and Australia in the group. The West Asian team officially won the ticket to continue as soon as the result of the match between Japan and Australia in the 9th match in favor of the “land of the rising sun” team just a few hours earlier.

Saudi Arabia not only shocked by winning against Japan in the first leg, but also deciphered rivals Australia, Oman, and China with relative ease to win tickets to the 2022 World Cup finals. convince.

Thus, after the 9th match, the situation of competing for tickets to the 2022 World Cup finals was not a big surprise when the big boys like Korea, Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia respectively won official tickets.

The Australian team and one of the three UAE/Iraq/Lebanon teams (decided in the final round) will have to play a play-off to choose the winner to continue playing the intercontinental play-off for the final ticket to the tournament. The most exciting match on the planet in Qatar later this year.