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The first half of the tournament ended with a 1-1 draw against Australia in the just-concluded 6th round of the 12-team tournament. Currently with only 5 points
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With seven points separating them from second place and six points separating them from third place, the prospects of qualifying appear to be in limbo and there seems to be only theoretical hope left.
After this round, Saudi Arabia leads with 16 points, followed by Japan with 12 points, Australia in third with 11 points, Oman with 7 points, China with 5 points and Vietnam with 0 points.
With four rounds of the 12 remaining, the
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The points cap is up to 17 points. The next opponents are: away to Japan, away to Vietnam, home to Saudi Arabia and away to Oman. Of these, 1 home game and 3 away games, both in terms of points and fixtures, for the
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It's all extremely unfavorable.
Even more worrisome is the fact that it is doubtful whether the Sino-Saudi battle on March 24 next year will be fought on Chinese territory. It is worth noting that
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It is the only team in Group B of the 12-team tournament that is unable to play in its home country!
According to the current points situation.
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It will take all the wins to overtake current leaders Saudi Arabia, but even then there is a seven-point gap to second-placed Japan, and hopes of direct qualification to Qatar are extremely slim.
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The only expectation is to try to finish third in the group, thus earning a play-off with the third-place finisher in Group A.
with regards to
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In terms of the Oman-Japan match, Oman's undefeated vs.
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Most favorable. Unfortunately, however, Japan won 1-0 away from home, which certainly gave the
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The outlook is overshadowed by the fact that such
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The points gap with third place has widened further - by six points!
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The situation of fighting for the third place in the group is not optimistic, and the next round of matches, that is, the away match against Japan on January 27 next year, will be a battle of life and death. To summarize.
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The possibility of advancing to the top two of the group is almost nil, and the "fight for 3" is only a theoretical possibility.
