On the 29th (local time) at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Final Qualifier Group A match between Korea and the United Arab Emirates ended with a 0-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates. After the match, Korean players including Son Heung-min greet the cheering squad in the stands. Korea has already confirmed that they will qualify for the 10th consecutive World Cup finals, but with a loss that day, they stayed on 23 points and advanced to the final qualifier as 2nd place in the group after Iran (25 points, 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss), which they won 2-0 at home against Lebanon. got to finish yunhap news
It is predicted that the Korean national football team will advance to the round of 16 with 2 wins and 1 draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar group stage.
ESPN, an American sports media, released a scenario that predicted the results of all matches from the group stage to the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on the 6th.
According to this, Korea in Group H beat Uruguay 1-0 in the first match, and Ghana in the second match also won 1-0, and it was expected that they would advance to the round of 16 early.
Regarding the match between Korea and Uruguay, ESPN said, “This World Cup may be the last for Son Heung-min, but it’s a tournament he plays when his skills are at their peak.”
On the other hand, Uruguay devalued the team, saying, “The manager who was fired from the worst team in American Major League Soccer (Inter Miami) is in charge of the team.”
He also emphasized the negative side, saying, “I conceded a lot of goals (22 goals, 1.2 goals per game) in the regional qualifiers, and I still rely on two 35-year-old strikers (Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani).”
The media predicted Portugal’s 2-0 victory in the first leg between Portugal and Ghana, and Portugal’s 2-1 win in the second leg between Portugal and Uruguay, respectively.
Therefore, when the second leg was over, Korea and Portugal had already secured their place in the round of 16 with two wins, and it was expected that Korea and Portugal would draw 0-0 in the final third game.
The third match between Ghana and Uruguay was also predicted to be a 2-2 draw.
According to ESPN, in the round of 16, Brazil, who placed first in Group G, will face Korea, who placed second in Group H, and Korea lost to Brazil 0-2, and it was evaluated that they would not make it to the quarterfinals.
Brazil-France and England-Germany advance to the quarterfinals of this World Cup, and in the final, Brazil and England meet and Brazil is expected to win 1-0.
According to ESPN’s forecast of the Asian countries’ group stage, Qatar in Group A lost 3 and Iran in Group B got 1 draw and 2 losses. Saudi Arabia in Group C also predicted that they would pack their bags with three losses.
Japan, who was formed in Group E, which is called the ‘Group of Death’, lost to Germany 2-1 and defeated Costa Rica 1-0, but was expected to be eliminated with 1 win and 2 losses as they lost 0-2 to Spain.
ESPN predicts that the round of 16 will be held in addition to Korea-Brazil, the Netherlands-USA, Argentina-France, Denmark-Poland, England-Senegal, Spain-Canada, Germany-Morocco, Portugal-Switzerland.