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before the draw for the round of 18, the outside world had originally predicted that in this group, japan, saudi arabia, and australia would secure the top three spots in the group, while china, bahrain, and indonesia would compete for another play-off spot. but the reality is that everyone else is actively blocking strong opponents, and only the chinese national football team is being beaten!

both were playing away from home and both were facing a passive situation, but bahrain defeated australia away from home, while indonesia drew with saudi arabia away from home.

in the first round of the asian qualifiers, the top three teams in the group will play at home against the bottom three teams in the group.

it is not uncommon for the strong to have a hard time or even fail when attacking the weak.

in group a, kyrgyzstan, which was originally considered a weak team by the outside world, played away at home in azadi and only lost to iran.

the mysterious team north korea also lost by only one goal against uzbekistan, the strongest team among the three tiers; and from the field point of view, a draw was a more reasonable result, because the north korean team not only suppressed uzbekistan at one point, but also wasted a penalty kick.

qatar, which won the asian cup for two consecutive years, was defeated by the united arab emirates, also from the gulf region, at home and is currently at the bottom of the group.

in group b, south korea also suffered a big upset; they missed a series of good opportunities at home and were tied by palestine. jordan, the runner-up of the asian cup, failed to beat kuwait, which could not even enter the asian cup finals, at home. iraq, which had a large number of naturalized players and strong fighting power, only won a narrow victory over oman by one goal.

it can be said that 8 out of the 9 games in the first round of the 18-team finals were extremely close. when the traditionally “weak teams” of palestine, kuwait, bahrain and indonesia were able to snatch points from the strong teams away from home, it shows that the gap between the strong and weak teams in asian football has been greatly narrowed, and the competitive landscape of asian football has changed.

the only exception was the chinese national football team, which lost 0-7 to japan and suffered a tragic one-sided beating.

with the same possession rate of just over 20%, palestine not only shut out the korean team at home, but also scored 10 shots. the chinese team lost miserably by 7 goals, with only one shot. but behind this, more and more former underdogs have been able to create shooting opportunities through smooth and fast transitions, threatening or even penetrating the opponent's goal. when the chinese team switched from defense to offense, they still had to kick the ball and waited for the ball on the spot, wasting their chances. chinese football was lagging behind in all aspects.

this all-round positioning was infinitely magnified due to ivankovic's wrong tactical arrangement, and eventually led to a tragedy!