Today, Tuesday, matches in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar witnessed a new victory for the Saudi team, which approached qualifying, taking advantage of the faltering of its direct opponents, the Australian team, and the UAE achieved the first victory in the qualifiers, while Iraq lost 3-0 to South Korea. Syria and Oman lost to Iran and Japan, respectively.
In Group A, the Iranian team consolidated its lead after beating Syria 3-0, while South Korea overcame Iraq by 3-0 in a match in Doha.
The third goal of the Iranian national team was scored by Ali Golzadeh at the 89th minute, "# Syria 0 - 3 # Iran # Syria_ Iran # SSC_channels pic.twitter.com/HI6AdhPtjY
— Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) November 16, 2021
Iran raised its lead to 16 points, two points ahead of South Korea.
Ali Mabkhout scored a penalty kick near the end to lead the UAE to a 1-0 victory over Lebanon and revive its hopes of qualifying, and this is the UAE's first win in 6 matches.
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end of the match, with the victory of the Emirates team against Lebanon 1-0, with a goal scored by Ali Mabkhout from a penalty kick # Lebanon_UAE # Abu Dhabi_Sports - Asia 1 pic.twitter.com/aTCSbW98Yl
- Abu Dhabi Sports Channel (@ADSportsTV) November 16, 2021
The Emirates, led by experienced coach Bert van Marwijk, advanced to third place in Group A with 6 points, one point behind Lebanon fourth in the standings, while Iraq's balance, which has not achieved any victory in 6 matches, stopped at 4 points in fifth place.
In Group B, Saudi Arabia came close to qualifying for the World Cup after a 1-0 victory over Vietnam thanks to Saleh Al-Shehri's header in Hanoi, to maintain its unbeaten run in the final stage of the Asian qualifiers.
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• Saleh Al-Shehri D'31 # Saudi Arabia 1 x 0 # Vietnam # Saudi_Vietnam # SSC_channels pic.twitter.com/J4wOhxuJsv
— Saudi Sports Company SSC (@ssc_sports) November 16, 2021
Saudi Arabia strengthened its lead in the group with 16 points, 4 points ahead of Japan, which beat Oman 1-0. Australia, who drew 1-1 with China, is third with 11 points.
The first two teams from the first and second groups will qualify directly for the finals in Qatar next year, while the two third-placed teams will meet in an Asian playoff to determine the team that will compete in the international playoffs.