2024-03-28 18:36:35
The Australian national team has qualified for the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup in football, after sweeping its Lebanese counterpart 5-0 on Tuesday, in Canberra, in the fourth round of the second round.
In another match, the Palestinian team made important strides in catching up with the “Socorros” with a fatal victory over its host Bangladesh 1-0.
With its victory, Australia became the first team to reserve its place in the third round of the qualifiers and the Asian Cup, after a fourth successive victory in Group Nine, raising its score to 12 full points compared to 7 for Palestine, while Lebanon’s score froze at two points from four matches, one point ahead of Bangladesh at the bottom. the group.
In the first match, at GIO Stadium and in front of 25,000 spectators, Kosini Yenghi (2), Basil Grady (47 fouls against his team), Craig Goodwin (48, 81) and John Iredale (68) scored for the winner.
Lebanon also lost to Australia 0-2 in Sydney on Thursday, while it played a match on Tuesday in the Australian capital “at home” because there is no stadium in Lebanon that matches the specifications and standards of the International and Asian Federations.
Lebanon striker Omar Shaaban (Boughail) told the Lebanese channel LBC, “If we leave the ball to them, this is what will happen.” We made mistakes and were not organised, so they punished us with four goals in the first half.”
In turn, midfielder Nader Matar, who hit the crossbar, said, “We must be vigilant from the first minute.” We conceded goals due to mistakes. Today we also conceded an early goal. Everyone makes mistakes and we must correct them.”
Lebanon, which has never qualified for the World Cup in its history, will play its last two matches in this round against Palestine and Bangladesh in June.
The first two teams from the nine groups qualify for the third round of the World Cup qualifiers scheduled for the United States, Canada and Mexico, and at the same time those teams reserve their places in the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia, noting that Asia is represented by eight teams with the possibility of rising to nine, according to the results of the global playoff. .
The Palestinian team renewed its victory over its Bangladeshi counterpart with an unanswered goal, after it had swept them 5-0 in the first leg.
The chances of “Al-Fedayi” in reaching the third round increased after it achieved its second victory in a row for the first time since March 2023.
Tunisian coach Makram Daboub made three substitutions to his main lineup compared to the previous one, starting with Mohamed Khalil, Mohamed Rashid, and Zaid Al-Qanbar.
The “Fedayeen” completed stoppage time with ten players after Amid Mahajna was sent off with a second yellow card after he attempted to remove a Bangladeshi player from the field (90+2).
Despite the numerical deficiency, Michel “Dado” Milad, the Kuwaiti Kazma player, was able to snatch the winning goal following a header pass from substitute Islam Al-Batran in the fatal time (4 + 90).
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Facebook account commented on the Palestinian victory with a brief comment that said, “My little heart cannot bear it,” referring to the timing of the fatal goal.
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