Thailand have yet to register a win after losing 3-0 to Saudi Arabia at the Rajamangala Stadium last night.<\/p>\n
The home side played their heart out with their inspirational defence and pacey counter-attacks.<\/p>\n
However, the table toppers were just too good for the War Elephants \u2013 with clinical finishes from Mohammed Al Sahlawi (25′) and Salman Almuwashar (90′) sandwiching an own-goal by Tanaboon Kesarat (84′).<\/p>\n
Thailand remain at the bottom of Group B with just a single point after 6 matches and their campaign seems to be all but over.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, retain their top spot and look on course to qualify for the World Cup.<\/p>\n
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Group A: China 1-0 South Korea<\/strong><\/p>\n China picked up their first win in Group A of their World Cup Qualification campaign by defeating Korea Republic 1-0 at the Changsha Helong Sports Center.<\/p>\n Yu Dabao scored the only goal of the match for China during the first half with a header.<\/p>\n The result has China on five points after six games in the group standings with their Korean opponents on 10 points.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Group A: Syria 1-0 Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/p>\n Omar Kharbin’s bold, Panenka-style stoppage-time penalty to earned a\u00a0victory over Uzbekistan and made Syria’s appearance at Russia 2018 a realistic goal.<\/p>\n Syria, in fourth, move within one point of their opponents in Asian Qualifying Group A. The top two qualify automatically, with the third-place side advancing to a continental play-off.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Group A: Qatar 0-1 Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n The Persian Lions boosted their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification hopes with a narrow victory in Doha.<\/p>\n Persepolis striker Mehdi Taremi’s second-half strike was enough for Iran\u00a0to consolidate their lead atop Group A.<\/p>\n Iran now have 14 points from 6 matches, with second place South Korea 4 points behind.<\/p>\n Qatar fall to the bottom of Group A after this defeat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Iraq 1-1 Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia had to settle for their fourth straight draw in their World Cup qualifiers as they finished 1-1 against Iraq in Tehran.<\/p>\n Mathew Leckie gave the Socceroos the lead with a 39th-minute header from Aaron Mooy\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n Substitute Ahmed Yasin slotted home to equalise for the host after Ali Adnan\u2019s cross rebounded to him in the 76th minute.<\/p>\n Australia are currently third of Group B, three points behind leaders Saudi Arabia and Japan. Iraq, with just 4 points from 6 matches, are on fifth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Group B: United Arab Emirates 0-2 Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n Japan moved back into automatic contention for World Cup qualification after a 2-0 away win over UAE at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.<\/p>\n Japan were largely in control and they got the opener through Yuya Kubo in the 13th minute.<\/p>\n Yasuyuki Konno sealed the deal in the second half when he converted a second goal after Kubo’s cross.<\/p>\n The Blue Samurai moved up to second in Group B with 13 points after 6 matches, while UAE\u00a0lost their third place to Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In matchday 6 of the World Cup Qualification third round, Japan and Saudi Arabia came out winners as the pair consolidate their top spot in Group B. Elsewhere, there were victories for Syria, China and Iran. Thailand 0-3 Saudi Arabia Thailand have yet to register a win after losing 3-0 to Saudi Arabia at the Rajamangala Stadium last night. The home side played their heart out with their inspirational defence and pacey counter-attacks. However, the table toppers were just too good for the War Elephants \u2013 with clinical finishes from Mohammed Al Sahlawi (25′) and Salman Almuwashar (90′) sandwiching an own-goal by Tanaboon Kesarat (84′). Thailand remain at the bottom … Continue reading “World Cup Qualifiers: Japan and Saudi Arabia on course for Russia 2018”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[110,154,85,415,57,80,311,95,70,68,185,480,145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/03\/uzbekistan_syria2.jpg\")
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