Misfer: "Al-Abyad" made the task difficult for himself after the loss against Iraq

The national team's victory over Korea .. the comfortable solution to reach the "World Cup supplement"

  • The team lost to Iraq in the last match, with a goal of zero.

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  • Abdullah Misfer: "The ambition is still strong for the national team to reach the World Cup, although Al-Abyad will go through a bumpy road, even if it reaches the play-off."

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The national football team faces a very difficult task when it meets at 17:45 tomorrow evening at Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Nasr Club in Dubai, its South Korean counterpart, in the 10th and last round of the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, as the team’s task became complicated after losing The last against Iraq with a clean goal, and his tally was frozen at only nine points.

It is noteworthy that the team returned directly, last Thursday, from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after the end of its match against Iraq.

After that, he organized a closed camp in Dubai, in preparation for facing South Korea.

Three scenarios lead Al-Abyad, the third-placed player in the first group, to qualify for the World Cup play-off through the third-place gate, where the third-placed player in the second group will face the Australian team, which has officially qualified.

The convenient solution and the easiest scenario for the team to qualify directly is its victory over South Korea, raising its score to 12 points, without waiting for any other complicated calculations, despite the fact that winning over Korea is not an easy and easy thing, given the unstable level of the team.

The team is competing with Iraq for the third place card, as "Al-Abyad" has nine points compared to eight points for Iraq, and the final round will be decided next Tuesday.

It is noteworthy that the South Korean team leads the first group with 23 points, compared to 22 points for the second Iranian team. The third, each of the Lebanese teams, with six points, is in fifth place, and finally, the Syrian team, with five points.

In the second group, the Japanese and Saudi teams decided to qualify directly, while the Australian team will go to the play-off, and the winner will go to another international playoff to decide the qualifying ticket directly to the World Cup.

The second scenario that qualifies the team is its loss against South Korea, on the condition that Iraq draw against Syria tomorrow. As for the third scenario, it is tied against South Korea, provided that Iraq loses or draws against Syria, while its loss and Iraq’s victory or draw qualifies the latter for the playoff.

For his part, the former national team coach, Dr. Abdullah Misfer, confirmed that although the team made the task difficult for itself, after the recent loss against Iraq, there is still hope to reap the qualification for the World Cup supplement.

Mesfer said in an interview with "Emirates Today" that "the ambition is still strong for the team to reach the World Cup, although Al-Abyad will go through a difficult road, even if it reaches the annex."

He stressed that qualifying directly through the group was the easiest way for the national team.

Misfer described the South Korea match as the team’s last chance, either with renewed ambition to reach the World Cup or its end, noting that with regard to preparing the players for the South Korea match, what happened against Iraq, considering that even if the team lost against Korea, it can qualify on the condition that Iraq loses in front of Syria.

Misfer said: "At every stage of the competition in the World Cup qualifiers, the team makes the task difficult for itself."

Misfir wondered whether the team's qualification in this way is the desired ambition, considering that whoever wants to reach the World Cup must overcome the difficulties.

He added, "In all cases, whether the team qualified or not, it is necessary to reconsider, evaluate our football reality and stand at the real technical level, and not as it is reported that the UAE League is the best league, and that the team is the best team, we have to evaluate things realistically and correctly. ».

• Australia won the third place ticket for the second group.

Scenarios for the national team to qualify for the World Cup Supplement

1- The victory over South Korea qualifies him directly without looking at any complicated calculations.

2- The loss provided that Iraq loses to Syria.

3- A draw, but on condition that Iraq lose or draw against Syria.

Ranking of the first group

1- South Korea (23 points).

2- Iran (22).

3- Emirates (9).

4- Iraq (8).

5- Lebanon (6).

6- Syria (5).


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