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Having already locked up the fourth slot, the draw extravaganza for the Round of 12 is about to take place, an event scheduled to kick off on July 1st. The draw, which
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Successfully avoided Iraq, but the situation is not optimistic against the top Asian teams such as Japan, South Korea, Iran and Australia, after all, they have to pick two opponents in the quarterfinals.
In recent years.
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Staying put, their ranking in Asia has gradually slipped and even been overtaken or widened by some teams. Nonetheless.
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The biggest rival within Asia is still undoubtedly the South Korean team.
The two teams have played each other since 1978.
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The first game was a 0-1 defeat to South Korea, and in the 32 years since, the
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Has not been able to beat South Korea, even in the "Golden Generation" period, but also failed to get rid of the shadow of the "fear of Korea".
However, in the 2010 East Asian Cup, coached by Gao Hongbo
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With a 3-0 thrashing of South Korea, it was
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For the first time in its history, the team beat South Korea in a World A match, breaking a 32-year spell of not winning against South Korea. Since then.
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Having played South Korea several times, only a narrow 1-0 win in the 2017 World Qualifier, all other matches have ended in draws or losses, including the last two tournaments, a 0-2 defeat in the 2019 Asian Cup and another 0-1 loss in the 2019 East Asian Cup.
In the record of World Series A meetings between the two sides.
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With only 2 wins, 14 draws and 18 losses, a win percentage of less than 6% is a significant disadvantage.
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A number of players have been naturalized, but the overall strength is still not as good as South Korea. South Korea has world-class strikers like Son and a host of players who play in the top five leagues, while
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Only one person, Wu Lei, has stayed in Europe and will only return to La Liga next season, so the power gap is obvious. For the manager Li Tie, if you meet with South Korea in the final 12, the possibility of taking the team to win is minimal, and even take points are difficult.
Although second-tier teams can only choose two opponents, the
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Still hoping to avoid South Korea before the draw, choosing Australia might have a better chance of scoring and even winning.
History.
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The 16 meetings with Australia have resulted in 5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, and despite being the underdogs, they have not suffered a complete defeat compared to South Korea. Coupled with the fact that Australia's strength has declined in recent years
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There is more hope for a win over their opponents in this Big 12 tournament.
Here are the latest splits for the Big 12:
First tranche: Japan, Iran
Second gear: Korea, Australia
Tranche 3: Saudi Arabia, UAE
Fourth tranche: Iraq, China
Fifth tranche: Oman, Syria
Sixth tranche: Viet Nam, Lebanon
