AFC World Cup Qualifying
Thailand leading Oman 2-0 with about 8 mins to go.
S'pore goaless with Iraq, 2nd half just started.Junior822011-09-07 00:40:07
Ominously Iraq seemed to boss S'pore and got a good away win 2-0. Iraq was always going to be tough so the pressure is on China to do well for the home games and nick a draw or two for the away games.
Iraq 1-0 China
Jordan 2-0 Singapore
No chance. Iraq needs to lose both its remaining games (one against S'pore), while China has to win both (one against Jordan).
Camacho should be sacked (but won't be). Easiest qualifying opportunity (at least to the next round) for quite a while.
Junior822011-11-12 10:37:04
Saudi Arabia on the brink of elimination too.
Lebanon have done tremendously well, Thailand also id very well to stay in the hunt going into the last round.
Oman 0 - Australia 0
Not quite as bad as our loss, but nice to see the Aussies trying to cheer us up.
Fingers crossed Japan absolutely arse rape them on Tuesday as well.
Japan won in their sleep against Jordan. Looking very good this year. Local press believe, especially after the women have done so well.
I also hope Australia are crushed, or I'll never hear the end of the Oceania Cup result from the Aussies here
Aussies are moaning about the 40 degree heat they had to play in. Last time they played Oman away, they lost.
Not too sure how many of the team that played will be around at the next World Cup.
That sounds incredibly similar to the Phoenix...
Fingers crossed Japan absolutely arse rape them on Tuesday as well.
Fingers crossed Japan absolutely arse rape them on Tuesday as well.
Not this time.
Quality reffereeing that.
Quality reffereeing that.
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Aussie will be happy with the 1 point against Japan, they should still qualify from the group I think. I can't see Iraq pushing them out of the 2nd place spot, but it would be nice to see them sweat a little.
Other games overnight:
South Korea 3 Lebanon 0
Iraq 1 Oman 1
Iran 0 Qatar 0
RR. Fancy digging up the table as they stand and posting them ? #LazyNews.
Group A:
KOREA REPUBLIC - Played 2 Points 6
I.R. IRAN - Played 2 Points 4
QATAR - Played 3 Points 4
UZBEKISTAN - Played 2 Points 1
LEBANON - Plaed 3 Points 1
Group B:
JAPAN - Played 3 Points 7
IRAQ - Played 2 Points 2
AUSTRALIA - Played 2 Points 2
OMAN - Played 3 Points 2
JORDAN - Played 2 Points 1
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Group B. The Group of draws.
Unfortunately, I just can't see anyone in Group B who'd be able to consign Australia to third or worse. Japan and South Korea look well on course, as usual.
Unfortunately, I just can't see anyone in Group B who'd be able to consign Australia to third or worse. Japan and South Korea look well on course, as usual.
The chip on your shoulder seems to be getting bigger.
It's more of a boulder.
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The match between Australia & Japan was one of the best matches I have seen in a long while pity it was not on FTA TV… further it received [relatively] little media..
Pre games estimates said the Asian audience would be over 500 million.. read on a football forum [meaning not a reliable source] the audience was bigger..
Think we will win our remaining Home games and gets some points in the Middle East … hope so do not want to play the fifth best South American team in a one off play off match.
This may have already been asked, but does the AFC intercontinental representative have to play the 5th best team from the qualifiers, which would actually be the 6th best team if Brazil was included?
You are correct. Brazil take no part in the qualifying, so don't count in finding the 5th best team.