As June 8, Beijing time approaches, the 2022 Qatar
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The second phase of the Asian qualifiers and the 40-team tournament came to an end. After Japan came out on top, Syria in our team's group also locked up the first place in the group in advance, becoming the second team to advance to the Top 12 after Japan; at the same time, Qatar as the host also confirmed that it will become the top team in Group E after the second stage, so that the five second-placed teams with the best results in the eight groups will advance to the third stage. As of now, our team is temporarily in the sixth place of the second-place team standings; in this round of matches, Japan, Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and our team have all won.
Group A: Our team beat the Philippines 2-0; Syria beat Guam 3-0.
After Syria's 3-0 win over Guam, they won all seven of their matches to lock up the top spot in Group A ahead of schedule, becoming the second team after Japan to advance to the third stage and the Round of 12. The Chinese team relied on a second-half goal each from Wu Lei and Wu Xinghan to beat the Philippines 2-0. In the eight groups of second-place team standings, China's team with four games, two wins, one draw and one loss scored eight goals and lost two goals to accumulate seven points temporarily ranked sixth.
Group B: Australia beat our Taipei 5-1; Nepal defeated Jordan 0-3.
In the 12th minute, McGrory's corner kick from the right side of the field was met by Souttar's header from the edge of the penalty area, with four defenders surrounding him, giving Australia a 1-0 lead. In the 27th minute, McLaren broke into the penalty area and was slid down by the opponent to win a penalty kick, McLaren himself deception goalkeeper sent the ball into the left side of the goal, Australia 2-0. 41st minute, Sainsbury, who used to play in the Chinese Super League, Jiangsu Suning, header from McGeary's corner kick to help Australia end the half with a 3-0 lead.
Less than 30 seconds into the second half, Duke scored on a close-range header from a Borello cross to make it 4-0, and in the 61st minute, substitute Tu Shaojie and Chen Weiquan collided with each other and crossed the ball from the baseline, where Gao Weijie parried and fired a right-footed shot to equalize the score. In the 84th minute, Duke scored twice with a right-footed shot from inside the penalty area after a pass from Rukavisya, making the final score 5-1.
Prior to this round, Australia had won all 6 matches scoring 24 goals and conceding 2, almost one foot in the 12-team tournament, Jordan was second with 13 points from 6 matches, Kuwait was third with 10 points from 6 matches, and Nepal and our Taipei team both finished 7 matches with 6 and 0 points respectively.
Australia starting lineup (4-2-3-1): 18 Vukovic; 23 Goode, 20 Sainsbury, 19 Souttar, 4 Grant; 13 Duggal, 5 Jean Rowe, 21 McGrory, 15 Duke, 14 Borello; 9 McLaren
Group C: Iran beat Bahrain 3-0; Iraq beat Cambodia 4-1.
In the 54th minute, Taremi direct, Azmoun right foot stop to get rid of the defender behind the sliding shovel, 7 meters left-footed low shot into the lower right corner of the goal, the Iranian team 1-0. 61st minute, Azmoun once again a quasi one-touch, in the penalty area, right-footed low shot, the ball through the crotch of the opponent's goalkeeper into the net, Iran's second, Iranian team 2-0. 79th minute, Nororahi left low pass, Taremi in the opponent kicked to the calf and forced a breakthrough, 8 meters near the corner of the shot to win, the final score is set 3-0. In the 79th minute, a low pass from the left side of the Nororahi, Taremi in the case of being kicked to the calf of the opponent forced breakthrough, 8 meters from the near corner of the shot to win, the final score will be fixed at 3-0.
Currently, the situation in Group C is: Iraq is undefeated with 4 wins and 2 draws, with 10 clean sheets and 14 points, Iran has 4 wins and 2 defeats with 19 clean sheets and 12 points, the same as Bahrain, which has played 7 matches, but Bahrain has only 7 clean sheets, so it is behind Iran in the third place. China's Hong Kong team ranked fourth with five points from six matches, while Cambodia is at the bottom with one point from seven matches.
Iran starting lineup (4-4-2): 1-Beiranvand; 13-Kanani, 4-Khalilzadeh, 5-Mohammadi, 2-Moharrami; 18-Grizadeh, 15-Nororollahi, 3-Hajisafi, 9-Taremi; 11-Amiri, 20-Azmoun
Group D: Saudi Arabia beat Yemen 3-0; Uzbekistan beat Singapore 5-0.
Saudi Arabia, who beat Yemen in a three-goal thriller, leads Group D with 14 points from six unbeaten matches, Uzbekistan is second with 12 points from six matches, and Palestine (7 points), Singapore (7 points) and Yemen (5 points) are all confirmed to be out of the running for the third stage.
Group E: Oman 0-1 against Qatar; Bangladesh 0-2 against India.
Qatar's 1-0 win over Oman on the strength of a penalty kick break confirmed top spot in Group E with 22 points from eight games, seven wins and a draw, as they are the 2022 hosts and therefore will not occupy a
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of the play-off places. Oman is in second place with 12 losses in 6 matches, India, who won 2-0 in this round, is in third place with 6 points, while Afghanistan and Bangladesh have 5 and 2 points respectively. In fact, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have all been confirmed out of the third stage.
Group F: Japan beat Tajikistan 4-1; Kyrgyzstan defeated Mongolia 0-1.
Japan, who have already advanced, beat Tajikistan 4-1 despite hiding their starters, with the only regret being that the team conceded a goal for the first time in the WC40, but the Blue Samurai's result of seven wins out of seven, scoring 41 and conceding only one, is still eye-catching. Mongolia, led by Nippon head coach Shuichi Mase, won 1-0 against Kyrgyzstan.
Group G: UAE beat Thailand 3-1; Vietnam thrashed Indonesia 4-0.
Vietnam's 4-0 win over Indonesia is now leading Group G with 14 points from four wins, two draws and a 3-1 win over Thailand, the UAE are second with 12 points from four wins, two losses and the first two goals for the UAE are from Brazilian naturalized players; Thailand have nine points from seven matches and Malaysia, who have nine points from six matches, are in the third and fourth places, while Indonesia are at the bottom with one draw and six losses. (Cheuk Au Yau)
