The Arab teams are facing difficult confrontations in the second round of the World Cup qualifiers
The UAE and Syria are at an early "crossroads"... and Oman is asking for "history"
The Emirates team tied against Lebanon without goals in the first round.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
The Arab teams are engaged in fateful confrontations in the second round of the matches of the third phase of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. Six matches will be held in the first and second groups, including four matches for the Arab teams, namely, Syria with the UAE, Oman with Saudi Arabia, South Korea with Lebanon and Iraq with Iran.
The national team enters its match against Syria, and it has no alternative but to modify its position in the first group, after it tied in the first round against Lebanon in Dubai without goals, while the situation is not different for “Nour Qasioun”, who received a loss in the first round away to Iran with a goal. without a response.
The match is considered an early “crossroads” for the two teams, as the defeat means that the losing team will take a big step away from the competition for the first and second places that qualify directly to the World Cup.
Historically, this is the third time that the two teams meet in the World Cup qualifiers, as the two teams tied with one goal each in the first leg of the third stage of the South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifiers, while Syria won the return match with three goals to one, which is the last official confrontation that brought the two teams together on 22 June 2008.
For his part, the Oman national team is facing a heavy-caliber confrontation when it plays at home with the Saudi team in the second round of the matches of the second group, as "Al-Ahmar" achieved a resounding surprise in the first round by defeating Japan in Tokyo with a 1-0 win.
The Oman national team is betting on its match against Al-Akhdar, especially that Al-Ahmar will play the match at home and in front of its fans.
As for the Saudi team, it won in the first round against Vietnam by three goals against a goal, and the "green" seeks to collect the three points before the team plays a heavy-caliber confrontation in the third round against Japan.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi national team enters its match against Iran with high spirits, after the "Lions of Mesopotamia" got a valuable point, with the team's draw away to South Korea without goals, as the land owner hopes to achieve its first victory in the third stage and enhance its chances of qualifying for the World Cup. .
The "Lions of Mesopotamia" seeks to repeat its superiority over Iran after it had previously defeated it in the first leg at home in the second stage of the qualifiers with two goals against a goal, while the Iranian team won the second leg with a goal without a response.
Finally, the Lebanese national team is facing a difficult confrontation when it is a guest of the South Korean team in Seoul, as the "Rice Men" got an expensive point in the first round with a draw away to the Emirates without goals in Dubai, while the "Taeguk Warriors" enter the meeting with the aim of achieving victory and compensation The team stumbled in the first round with a 0-0 draw at home against Iraq.
The Lebanese national team is betting on the impressive performance that the team made against Al-Abyad in the first round, in addition to the team's good performance in the second stage of the World Cup qualifiers against South Korea.
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