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The campaign ended with a 1-1 draw against Australia in the first six rounds of matches in the 12-team tournament. Currently with just five points, the
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With seven points separating them from the second place in the group and six points separating them from the third place, the situation has become extremely tough, as if there is only a theoretical hope left.
After this round of the tournament, the group standings are led by Saudi Arabia with 16 points, followed by Japan with 12 points, Australia in third place with 11 points, Oman with seven points, China in fifth place with five points and Vietnam with no points.
With four rounds left in the 12-team tournament, the
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The points cap is 17. The next part of the schedule is very important for
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The opponents were quite tough, including an away game against Japan, an away game against Vietnam, a home game against Saudi Arabia and an away game against Oman, with only one home game and the rest on the road.
More worryingly, it is still unknown whether the China-Saudi Arabia battle on March 24 next year can be played at home. It's worth noting.
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It is the only one of the six teams in Group B that cannot play in their home country!
According to the current points situation.
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A full win is required to move one point ahead of current leaders Saudi Arabia, and with a seven-point gap still separating them from second-placed Japan, the odds of advancing directly to Qatar are extremely low.
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The only expectation is to finish third in the group and thus get a chance to play a play-off against the third-place finisher in Group A.
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For that matter, the result of the Oman-Japan match was a good one for
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Most critical. Unfortunately, Japan's 1-0 away win over Oman was the
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unwanted results, because it makes
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The gap to third place widened further to six points.
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The situation of fighting for the third place in the group is not optimistic, and the next round, i.e. 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 chances of finishing in the top two of the group are almost nil, and the "race for 3" is only a theoretical possibility.
