Japan, Iraq, and Indonesia in the same group is basically an Asian Cup rematch. Also, there's possibility of Qatar and Jordan being in the same group, which means we have a rematch of the last Asian Cup Final, as well as the Korean War (South vs North).
Afc level is definitely much much higher than ever before. I love to see how competitive it's become. I think we will see a big splash from this region in the next few world cups. Morocco showed what they can do and we will too!
As an Uzbek Norwegian, who have just travelled to Thailand for tourism, Thailand's failure is not something new for me. People like to pay attention to China's chronic football problems because it is a big nation. Yet Thailand's issue is far, far less discussed, but far worse. It has one of the best football leagues in Asia, but it functions in a very Mexican way, where Thai clubs overpay their foreign superstars (since Thai clubs are exceptionally rich by Asian standard). This helps Thai League to become one of Asia's best, but also hinders a lot of their potential as domestic players struggle to make up for their lost opportunities. Hell Thailand is sometimes referred as "Asia's Mexico". Unfortunately, the Chinese have realised their problems earlier than the Thais and, while still undergoing painful reforms, their decision to invite several Japanese football strategists (notably Tsutomu Takahata) have recently yielded some results for them.
Actually, Thailand has a stronger football culture than China. Thailand imo is already better than China. In Basketball, China's league is pretty much functioning like Mexico.
Nigeria's downfall was such an immense. Narrowly missed out for the 2022 World Cup due to the controversial playoff defeat vs Ghana and also the 2023 AFCON title, they somehow were in 4th place of the group. Having a lot of good strikers, particularly Victor Boniface (who won the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen), Victor Osimhen (who won the Scudetto with Napoli), and Ademola Lookman (who scored a hattrick in Europa League Final with Atalanta) is not a great deal for Nigeria.
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 Yeah, but the strikers had always been struggling to score the goal. That's a major problem. They only scored 7 goals in the last AFCON, though!
In Korea, a lot of our compatriots expressed grief when they saw Thailand failed to capitalise from our gift. As much as I don't like Thailand due to their previous anti-Korean campaigns over tourist disputes a few months ago, I can only feel sorry for the Thais. Nuff said, we have a severe issue with our coaching staff. We have no new coach since January, we have alternated between two local managers. While this won't be a problem for us in this phase, it promised to be a big trouble for us in the next phase. We need a new coach quick, and he has a mission to stabilise the team. Unfortunately, with the corrupt Chung Mong-gyu in charge, I can't see if we are going to have a new manager on time.
Thank you for making this ,I am going to categorize what is the worst and best groups for Asian Qualifiers . Worst group for Iran :Group A, Iran , Iraq ,Jordan ,United Arab Emirates , Palestine ,North Korea Worst Group for Japan :Group B , Japan , Australia ,Saudi Arabia , Oman , China , North Korea Worst Group for South Korea : Group C : Qatar , Jordan , Uniter Arab Emirates , China ,North Korea Best Group for Iran : Group A : Iran , Australia , Uzbekistan , Bahrain , China ,Indonesia Best group for Japan :Group B: Japan , Qatar ,Uzbekistan , Bahrain , Kyrgyzstan ,Indonesia Best group for South Korea : Group C : South Kora ,Qatar,Uzbekistan , Bahrain , Kyrgyzstan ,Kuwait
But it's good for us to play against low blocks as they were historicly our "bete noire " so that is gonna help us in the early stages of afcon am not worried about the senegals and nigerias its more about the weaker teams on paper
You definitely deserve a like for your work with international football! Seriously don’t think there are other RUclipsrs who follow the CAF and AFC as well as you do
I reckon Iraq has a solid chance of qualifying for the World Cup this time, without needing to go through another round. It's not just because of the expansion, but also because they're hosting games in their own country for the first time since the 1960s. That's a massive advantage, and I don't think any other Asian team can beat Iraq at home. Plus, the team is young and getting better, with some amazing players coming back from long injuries. We could definitely top the group in round 3, just like we did in the Asian Cup and round 2 WC qualifiers, where we got a perfect 27 out of 27 points. We're the only Asian team to have done that! ❤
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, we will see, Iraq loves to boast their imaginary superiority when facing weaker teams, but against the likes of Uzbekistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, they are not going to win it.
@@jotarokujo9164 It's funny because you don't know anything about Iraq. Iraq has always defeated teams like the ones you mentioned. The most recent example is when they defeated Japan, the best team in Asia lol 😆
@@kinghassan3122 Ok? didn't iran also beat Japan and Irans not even a good team? also Japan weren't tryin its legit the group stages they wanted to go against South Korea and iran to get rid of them.
Ok tp Indonesia ingin sekali lagi bertanding dengan Iraq, kemarin lini belakang melakukan kesalahan seperti jordi, dan ernando kedepannya kiper ny juga akan di ganti oleh martin paes yg lebih berpengalaman , dan jordi cadangan
CONCACAF: I think Guatemala really needs a World Cup for their own. They deserved it. Shame how they had faltered a lot to Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador and Panama. Still, this could be their time. Currently, I am living in the US and I seriously wish to see Guatemala in a World Cup. CAF: 1) Shocked by Nigeria's abysmal performance so far. They look like they don't want to play anymore. Four matches without a win, only three draws and one loss. Nigerians can say goodbye to World Cup now. 2) Sudan is the biggest surprise so far. Nobody considered them a worthy opponent, yet they are on top of the table, at least before facing Sadio Mane's Senegal. We'll see how far will they go but Senegal will want some redemption after a shock home draw to DR Congo. 3) Equatorial Guinea shot itself at the foot with an illegal player playing for them in 11 years. 4) Morocco and Egypt are too good for their groups. 5) Ghana is surprisingly in hot form at their World Cup qualification. They have an abysmal AFCON showing but they appear to be returning back to their true strength in WCQ. The fact that they even beat a strong team like Mali surely has a word. 6) Algeria sucks so much, but Guinea is worse. AFC: 1) Feel sorry for Indians after Qatar eliminated them by a ghost goal. Kuwait marked their return but it is unlikely that they will advance since they are basically the China before China. 2) Syria's own demise is as strange as their Asian Cup performance. They performed so well in Asian Cup but not in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. 3) Thailand seems unable to escape from their own mediocrity, or? South Korea is China's kryptonite, and China is Thailand's kryptonite, maybe? This can summarise everything up. 4) Uzbekistan has returned to their form and I think they have found new hope under Srecko Katanec. 5) Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine marked their historic appearances in the final round. Can't see any of them going to make to the World Cup however. 6) UAE and Bahrain do not meet the right opponents on the table. They will be tested in the final round. UAE's current football crisis is going to be worse. 7) Jordan promises to deliver even more surprises. 8) Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia, the Big Five, will have their own voices in the final round.
As a sudanese we are pretty much surprised with no active football but its been a while our national team looked solid and if we do get a win vs senegal next year we ca talk about qualification
India did get robbed against water but idk if they were going to get a 2nd goal to go through and even if they did go through I think they would get destroyed because they haven’t been playing good
For Ghana, I also believe that their defense needs to improve. Yeah their attack is decent and at times they may miss chances, but the defensive aspect on the field of play is concerning. An example is when Otto Addo was coaching the team when they qualified for the World Cup in 2022. When they played against South Korea, it was 2-0 the 1st half. In the 1st 15-20 minutes of the 2nd half, the score was 2-2. A lot of the goals they concede are either from individual mistakes or poor defense. I wanna see our defense improve
What a moment for Sudanese football , at these tough times and without active football ,our national team has really made us pleased and i know with the revent additions of players we can do really in the future Sudana foog🇸🇩🇸🇩
Uefa isnt like caf the gap between thr elite teams and other teams is really narrow. And also it wouldnt be that much of a one side game if senegal won against us , i can telll you that
On paper they are far off with the pool if players but in CAF that favtor doesnt usually determine especially with morocco they hva ehad different generation of good players and always under achieved. Hence i say the gap between caf teams is narrowing chz various factors not only pool of players
As a Czech-Vietnamese myself, I think this exposed clearly the fragility of Vietnam's football system. There are only six really stable clubs in Vietnam, the rest lived entirely by state budget and they could fold anytime soon (there is one Vietnamese club even announced to fold by the end of summer 2024). This mismanagement prevented Vietnam, a football mad nation, from even achieving necessary football results. Of course, Vietnam's situation is not unique to only one country, it is widespread in Southeast Asia albeit under different circumstances, and a key reason why only Australia is regarded as the most serious and formidable AFF member (which is exceptionally painful because Australia isn't Asian) whereas the rest is regarded as not competitive or not good enough. This has led to a widespread anger about constant losses of football clubs in Vietnam and, for the first time, there is a serious discussion about implementing a North American-style league system, which mean no promotion and relegation for an infinitive period. The story of MLS, A-League Men and even Mexico's Liga MX have been discussed in Vietnam today, simply because Vietnamese football clubs always learn how to disappear faster than to sustain (sorry hombres, but I think Mexicans are not alone) - by abolishing promotion and relegation for a time period, clubs can start build up financial capability before they can become sustainable. Another thing I was so disappointed was the failure of the ASEAN to include Australia to the regional ASEAN Cup again. ASEAN agreed to include Australia to their group since 2013 but they forbade Australia from sending their senior national side. This has resulted in a huge loop in quality and reduction of capability. Still they again didn't want Australia in because Australia was seen as a culturally hostile nation. This attitude won't help improving football in Southeast Asia.
Interesting about Vietnam's club sustainability issues. Are clubs folding because people aren't supporting or is it because of straight up mismanagement? Is Vietnam football mad all across the country or is it stronger in certain regions?
@@loganmiller6879 It's across the country, Vietnamese love football because it is the first sport they truly found connected with. I'd say far more than those in Czechia, where I live most of my life. Unfortunately, unlike Czechia, Vietnam's system is really, really poorly managed. What made it exceptionally troublesome is most Vietnamese clubs do not run professionally except for the only six really professional clubs, they all have to rely on some forms of corporation backing. Heck, even some clubs bear the names of their sponsors, which is a taboo thing in most of Europe. Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague, for examples, were established not by corporative but by football enthusiasts who wanted to use football to promote sporting programs among Czechs, and their clubs have their distinctive names not related to any business group. But you can't expect much from the fact that Vietnamese football is, by surprise, very new to the globe. Vietnamese football development only really started in 1991, which is also the year Sino-Vietnamese relations normalised and Vietnam retreated all of their troops from Cambodia. Vietnam has missed the necessary steps other countries used to experience in term of football development because of wars after wars.
@@jbkoo5849 South Korea has a far different situation, where chaebols could sponsor and prop up teams even if this mean bearing names of the sponsors, and also South Korean clubs are far richer economically and far more financially self-sustainable. Akin to Czech clubs like Viktoria Plzen or Slavia Prague even if they have different situations. Vietnamese clubs have none of these chaebol-style elements nor even clubs are financially self-sustainable.
@@diomuda7903 thank you for your comment. Compared to Vietnam, SK clubs are more sustainable. However some chaebols are stingy and do not invest as much as they could or should. For example Samsung does not invest anymore on Suwon Bluewings and that club once famous is now in K League 2. The main issue in Korea is the attendance of the games. I envy J League with its attendance records. In Korea we only have the national team that draws many people. And I'm frustrated because Korean clubs are really good in Asia and K League is one or the best league in Asia in terms of football. I'm a French Korean and we have the same issue in France.
you are the only person that give Iraq team a credit because thay are young team only 4 players are over 30 😊 and in Indonesia 🇮🇩 the weather was bad 70% most but we did it ❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Can say the problem with Indonesia team are the individual mistakes and finishes, i know struick and marcelino are good player but their young and will improve over the time, but for now they need experience forward player like Tom Haye or Jay Idzes for balance in the front
For that 9 Spot i choose : 1/ El Kaabi -> rocking in Conference League 2/ Rahimi -> rocking in Asia Champions league 3/ Adli -> Not a pure striker but better in Attack than En-nesyri 4/ En-nesyri..
As a Peruvian, who himself is of Chinese and Japanese descent here, I can say China will have a lot of work to do. A performance so horrendous that China only sneaked to the third round by the virtue of head-to-head record against Thailand. China's shock 1-3 loss to Vietnam in the last WCQ was a major blow and we really need a total restructuring. Even if football is not the most popular sport in China (behind basketball), it is still among the most followed. I think China has found the right manager, and CFA's decision to give Branko Ivankovic's total autonomy in selection is another right choice. Hopefully China can at least occupy a playoff spot, since my Peru is, basically, in trouble during the CONMEBOL qualification phase.
As you said, Morocco is getting ready for that AFCON we will host soon.. we need to win that thing for sure. also.. El Kaabi all the way my friend, he's too good right now.
Hey Michael 👋, What a final matchday to end Round 2 of AFC WC Qualifying ⚽️🏆 So much tension and drama for the likes of Kuwait 🇰🇼 and India 🇮🇳 in Group A, North Korea 🇰🇵 and Syria 🇸🇾 in Group B, China 🇨🇳 and Thailand 🇹🇭 in Group C, Indonesia 🇮🇩 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 in Group F. Congratulations to Kuwait 🇰🇼, North Korea 🇰🇵, China 🇨🇳 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 for stealing a berth into the 3rd Round. Round 3 is where all of the tougher qualifiers will begin. I just hope that my beloved Australian Socceroos 🇦🇺 receive a kinder draw as we were pipped by South Korea 🇰🇷 into Pot 1 for the Round 3 draw which will be held on June 27th. Fingers crossed 🤞 we finally avoid Japan 🇯🇵 and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 in our group this time round.
My CAF playoff teams before this window was Nigeria 🇳🇬 Ghana 🇬🇭 Egypt 🇪🇬 and Cape Verde 🇨🇻 and now after using a table calculator it’s Cape Verde 🇨🇻 Gabon 🇬🇦 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 and Mozambique 🇲🇿 . Nigeria is in a WORLD of trouble
Nigeria has midfielders and a creative one at that. You can talk all the crap you want but Iwobi is our creative outlet. The issue is that he can be inconsistent. The biggest problem is management, because without management you can't get the best tune out of players or enforce discipline when players are showing up late to camp or not giving it their all.
Nigeria have to step up. I was laughing about this with Tari and HH. The rest of Africa we can afford to miss competition's but any of Africa's big 5 have to go represent. Them not making it is outrageous even though id obviously be happy for any team that deservedly finishes above them, its still a shame for any of those historic teams to fumble.
@@brotaku8619 Oh no doubt. I don't feel sorry for them. If they mess up they mess up and they gotta hold that L rightly so 😂 that's why I was even laughing that as a Zimbabwean I don't come from any of the big 5 so I have nothing to gain or lose with them going or not going, just moreso a shame to see big nations waste resources coz these teams have such an advantage over a lot of the rest of the continent.
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 Yeah unruly behavior from them. And unfortunately their issues once again start at the top down. So it's not really ever gonna be something they can address overnight with one good hire etc
Irankunda case is a long one but essentially he was in the youth setup did his debut at 15 in the A-league and everyone was keeping tabs on him. He was called up in 2023 as a train player for a friendly against Ecuador. However from there it was like his career went on a rocket ship. Adelaide had transfer fee for Goodwin the talisman of Adelaide United and Irankunda became the new talisman at 17 years old. This was then followed by a heavy media speculation of a move to Bayern Munich which happened and Burundi and Tanzania were trying to cap him It was confirmed by teammates and coaches he was struggling mentally because it was happening very quickly and everyone wanted a piece of him. Never has a player had massive fan fare in Australia probably since Harry Kewel and Tim Cahill. So they decided to delay the call until the season was over but were in constant contact with him. Unfortunately its not just him we have battles for Alex Robertson (Man City youth) not cap tied, Alessandro Circati (Parma) cap tied, Christian Volpato (Sassuolo) seems to have chosen Italy and Patrick Yazbek (Viking FK) cap tied.
51:01 🇲🇦 As a Moroccan; I think the best option is to start with Ayoub El Kaabi, because he has many offensive solutions, unlike En-Nesyri, who is only good at scoring with headers🤝
The match between Qatar and india did one job. It hid the incompetence of this team and the football authorities. We should consider ourselves lucky that Qatar played their U23 side against us.
The thing is India not allowing Indian origin players playing in Europe to represent india. I think india is the only team in Asia not using origin players. Funny thing is that even the qatar had one Indian player playing for them.
I am Tunisian, but have lived in the UAE for seven years, and is now moving to China for personal works, planning to settle in Chongqing or Chengdu. I would say the UAE's situation is worsening for me. They topped the table because the group did not have good teams, except Bahrain (which is mediocre), Yemen and Nepal are too weak. Their youth football situation is in an abysmal shape, no UAE youth teams have been able to advance to the recent youth competitions in Asia. Paulo Bento (current UAE coach) even claimed that the UAE is in a total, full-blown crisis. China is one of my upcoming destinations, alongside Japan. I feel really sorry to see China in this shape but their recent U19 and U20 successes and the good U23 team (which also beat the UAE in the U23 Asian Cup) seem to offer a glimpse of hope. For my country Tunisia, seems like the draw and the situation in the table did favour us. Equatorial Guinea was reduced of all two earlier wins after they were found to have fielded ineligible player... for 11 years. Now, all what we can do is to handle Namibia and Liberia.
If Nigeria don’t qualify for a World Cup with 48 teams then I will suggest to the federation that there needs to be a hall of shame for all of the coaches, staff and the players this is unacceptable.
10:38, no offence but Afghanistan has been knocking door for AFC Asian Cup qualification since the 2014 afc challenge cup, but for some reason we always seem to bottle it because of some internal disputes (in this case, a mass player boycott), this is the 4th time in a row now that we have bottled AFC Asian Cup qualification since reaching "AFC Asian Cup level". People need to look at the bigger picture, if Afghanistan had progressed to WCQ R3 then we would have attracted players like Jusef Erabi, Hussain Carneil, Nadiem Amiri, Wahid Faghir etc & formed a very strong team to compete in WCQ R3, unfortunately the referee's terrible decision making cost us the game. When you take the following into consideration then it becomes even more demoralising: • Kuwaiti defenders diving to win a free kick whenever Afghanistan get a chance in the box, e.g when Rahmat Akbari hit the post & could have scored of the rebound or at least Afghanistan could have kept the pressure. • Abdul Najim Haidary almost getting killed by Kuwaiti player doesn't even get booked when in reality the Kuwaiti player should have gotten a red card. • Kuwaiti players fanatically time wasting, whilst their fans throw bottles at our players to cause more time wasting & despite this, the referee blows the whistle whilst we were on the attack, before the game is even supposed to be over when there should be more time added to compensate for wasted time. • Many other examples but I'm too demotivated.
I disagree with you about Tunisia 🇹🇳. They are not one of the worst teams to watch in international football, They are THE ABSOLUTE worst team to watch in international football ⚽️
What I have right now is Egypt 🇪🇬 Senegal 🇸🇳 South Africa 🇿🇦 Cameroon 🇨🇲 Morocco 🇲🇦 Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 Algeria 🇩🇿 Tunisia 🇹🇳 Mali 🇲🇱 Playoffs Cape Verde 🇨🇻 Gabon 🇬🇦 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 Mozambique 🇲🇿 Group C and Group I are going to be absolutely chaotic right now I have Mali 1st with 17pts and Madagascar 4th but with 15pts 😂
I really wanna see us face off against Uzbekistan on the pitch. It's been way too long since we last had an official match against them. Historically, we've had the upper hand, but it'd be sick to see how things play out this time.
That's fascinating claim but I think it could be correct. Uzbekistan is no joke this time. Searching their meeting history, the most recent competitive match between them was at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, where Uzbekistan silenced Iraq in front of thousands of Iraqi fans (2-1). It seems like Uzbekistan appear to have a sense of fearlessness when playing Iraq.
@@luishernandezblonde Uzbek really Developing their team for the past couple of years, they Won AFC u-23 in 2018, their U-20 Won it too last year, and then they are finalist U-23 2024 and are going to Olympic for the first time Thanks to their Developing Grassroot and Good System
@@luishernandezblonde Iraq tied with Uzbekistan in Tashkent 1-1 and lost 2-1 in Amman, Jordan. If the game was in Iraq, the result would have been different.
Bro Qatar started 5 experienced players in their staring 11 it was not completely under 23? What are u talking about? India had only 6 over 23 players who many of them were not NT regular. You really be making these videos without doing proper research eh? India could have won this match if that fraud goal was disallowed. That goal broke India's spirit & composure. This is not how India was suppose to go out. Our players were fighting up until that stupid goal by Qatar. Also the coach of India is to be blamed as well as the federation who was sticking with the coach even after that asian cup humiliation. The coach lost the dressing room the players clearly weren't interested in playing under him.
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 also how was India's goal a deflection? Our number 10 Brandon fernandes is the best passer in the entire Indian football. He gave that clever pass inside the box to the player (lalianzuala chhangte) who put the ball in the net. This was not the first time Brandon gave such balls. In fact he is known for having the best vision among all the Indian midfielders. There's a reason he is wearing number 10 in the NT.
Politics are inherently in football, it determines who gets money allocation, World Cup & continental tournament hosting rights, confederation slots at World Cups etc. People just pick and choose which politics can and cannot be allowed in football.
As a Saudi, I don't think we have problems after losing to Jordan and lost the first spot. We actually become more dangerous as a Pot 3 team instead of being Pot 1 or 2. Though I am certainly tired of seeing Japan and Australia in the same group each year. C'mon AFC, please don't put us against Japan and Australia again. We are looking for a rematch against South Korea, Iran, Qatar or Iraq. South Korea has a strong internet warrior culture, but their team is, in reality, weak and only relies on their superstars based abroad. Iran is more formidable but not invincible. Qatar is not powerful without their ability to naturalise Brazilian, Portuguese, Nigerian, Congolese, Algerian, Iranian, Moroccan and Egyptian mercenaries. Iraq will love to claim they are the best in Asia, a typical Iraqi behaviour that always planted the seed of their future disaster, and I love it.
I think you should worry about your own country's football team instead of focusing on what Iraq claims. You guys have spent a lot of money on your players and coaches, but you keep getting humbled to teams like Tajikistan and Jordan. What's up with that lol?
@@kinghassan3122 C’mon, the second round is where we took some trainings. Wait until we come to the form in the final round, for our party has just started. 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦
The issue with Middle East players is that they don't try to go to Europe... ( Except Moussa Al Tamari who gets better and better). They still play the same football and the football played is not competitive in the World Cup. In Asia Iran, SK, Australia, Japan are more competitive.
Sorry people some parts had some lagging, computer was acting crazy
It's okay bro
it was just the last few minutes
Try buying an original Indonesian Apparel Erspo national team jersey 😊
If japan irak and Indonesia meet again in round 3 that's will be funny😂
It definitely would be. Hopefully not though, I personally wanna see Indonesia face other national teams
Japan, Iraq, and Indonesia in the same group is basically an Asian Cup rematch.
Also, there's possibility of Qatar and Jordan being in the same group, which means we have a rematch of the last Asian Cup Final, as well as the Korean War (South vs North).
@@FDeeKay Now, i think indonesia can handle them if they decrease their individual mistakes
@@ezraezra2928 Better to meet Japan or Iraq than QATAR to be honest
@@HapPawhereAbsolutely agree
Afc level is definitely much much higher than ever before. I love to see how competitive it's become. I think we will see a big splash from this region in the next few world cups. Morocco showed what they can do and we will too!
I am amazed at the amount of knowledge you have about all these teams.. Greetings from Iraq
I agree Fandi is the best striker in southeast asia.. Greetings from Indonesia.
As an Uzbek Norwegian, who have just travelled to Thailand for tourism, Thailand's failure is not something new for me. People like to pay attention to China's chronic football problems because it is a big nation. Yet Thailand's issue is far, far less discussed, but far worse. It has one of the best football leagues in Asia, but it functions in a very Mexican way, where Thai clubs overpay their foreign superstars (since Thai clubs are exceptionally rich by Asian standard). This helps Thai League to become one of Asia's best, but also hinders a lot of their potential as domestic players struggle to make up for their lost opportunities. Hell Thailand is sometimes referred as "Asia's Mexico".
Unfortunately, the Chinese have realised their problems earlier than the Thais and, while still undergoing painful reforms, their decision to invite several Japanese football strategists (notably Tsutomu Takahata) have recently yielded some results for them.
Thailand have some good players but for me its a mentality issue when they need to perform they dont
Actually, Thailand has a stronger football culture than China. Thailand imo is already better than China. In Basketball, China's league is pretty much functioning like Mexico.
@@loganmiller6879 Far stronger correct, but more mismanaged, then yes.
Maybe benchmarketing the Korean policy of U23 mandatory playing during a match for Thailand.
Nigeria's downfall was such an immense. Narrowly missed out for the 2022 World Cup due to the controversial playoff defeat vs Ghana and also the 2023 AFCON title, they somehow were in 4th place of the group. Having a lot of good strikers, particularly Victor Boniface (who won the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen), Victor Osimhen (who won the Scudetto with Napoli), and Ademola Lookman (who scored a hattrick in Europa League Final with Atalanta) is not a great deal for Nigeria.
They need to win the next 2 games in qualifiers otherwise they will miss the world cup again
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 Yeah, but the strikers had always been struggling to score the goal. That's a major problem. They only scored 7 goals in the last AFCON, though!
How was their defeat to Ghana for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers controversial? 🤔
@@brotaku8619 Apparently not. Additionally, I forgot to include that Nigeria missed out the 2022 World Cup after losing the playoffs on away goals.
@@ezraezra2928 Exactly. They missed out because they weren't good enough to score in Kumasi. Nothing "controversial" about it.
In Korea, a lot of our compatriots expressed grief when they saw Thailand failed to capitalise from our gift. As much as I don't like Thailand due to their previous anti-Korean campaigns over tourist disputes a few months ago, I can only feel sorry for the Thais.
Nuff said, we have a severe issue with our coaching staff. We have no new coach since January, we have alternated between two local managers. While this won't be a problem for us in this phase, it promised to be a big trouble for us in the next phase. We need a new coach quick, and he has a mission to stabilise the team. Unfortunately, with the corrupt Chung Mong-gyu in charge, I can't see if we are going to have a new manager on time.
Thank you for making this ,I am going to categorize what is the worst and best groups for Asian Qualifiers .
Worst group for Iran :Group A, Iran , Iraq ,Jordan ,United Arab Emirates , Palestine ,North Korea
Worst Group for Japan :Group B , Japan , Australia ,Saudi Arabia , Oman , China , North Korea
Worst Group for South Korea : Group C : Qatar , Jordan , Uniter Arab Emirates , China ,North Korea
Best Group for Iran : Group A : Iran , Australia , Uzbekistan , Bahrain , China ,Indonesia
Best group for Japan :Group B: Japan , Qatar ,Uzbekistan , Bahrain , Kyrgyzstan ,Indonesia
Best group for South Korea : Group C : South Kora ,Qatar,Uzbekistan , Bahrain , Kyrgyzstan ,Kuwait
Moroccan here. We found our group so easy. It was like a walk for us.
But it's good for us to play against low blocks as they were historicly our "bete noire " so that is gonna help us in the early stages of afcon am not worried about the senegals and nigerias its more about the weaker teams on paper
Morocco usually vs big sides plays like minnows
@@salihalash4111 who are these big sides 🤨
I always said Iraq & Uzbekistan will qualified to the world cup 2026. They figgin 'good
😢why?
You definitely deserve a like for your work with international football! Seriously don’t think there are other RUclipsrs who follow the CAF and AFC as well as you do
Rooting for Indonesia 🎉
I reckon Iraq has a solid chance of qualifying for the World Cup this time, without needing to go through another round. It's not just because of the expansion, but also because they're hosting games in their own country for the first time since the 1960s. That's a massive advantage, and I don't think any other Asian team can beat Iraq at home. Plus, the team is young and getting better, with some amazing players coming back from long injuries. We could definitely top the group in round 3, just like we did in the Asian Cup and round 2 WC qualifiers, where we got a perfect 27 out of 27 points. We're the only Asian team to have done that! ❤
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, we will see, Iraq loves to boast their imaginary superiority when facing weaker teams, but against the likes of Uzbekistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, they are not going to win it.
Iraq have a young team so now its about taking the next step
@@jotarokujo9164 It's funny because you don't know anything about Iraq. Iraq has always defeated teams like the ones you mentioned. The most recent example is when they defeated Japan, the best team in Asia lol 😆
@@kinghassan3122 Ok? didn't iran also beat Japan and Irans not even a good team? also Japan weren't tryin its legit the group stages they wanted to go against South Korea and iran to get rid of them.
Ok tp Indonesia ingin sekali lagi bertanding dengan Iraq, kemarin lini belakang melakukan kesalahan seperti jordi, dan ernando kedepannya kiper ny juga akan di ganti oleh martin paes yg lebih berpengalaman , dan jordi cadangan
thank you Michael for your support to Jordan 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
CONCACAF: I think Guatemala really needs a World Cup for their own. They deserved it. Shame how they had faltered a lot to Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador and Panama. Still, this could be their time. Currently, I am living in the US and I seriously wish to see Guatemala in a World Cup.
CAF:
1) Shocked by Nigeria's abysmal performance so far. They look like they don't want to play anymore. Four matches without a win, only three draws and one loss. Nigerians can say goodbye to World Cup now.
2) Sudan is the biggest surprise so far. Nobody considered them a worthy opponent, yet they are on top of the table, at least before facing Sadio Mane's Senegal. We'll see how far will they go but Senegal will want some redemption after a shock home draw to DR Congo.
3) Equatorial Guinea shot itself at the foot with an illegal player playing for them in 11 years.
4) Morocco and Egypt are too good for their groups.
5) Ghana is surprisingly in hot form at their World Cup qualification. They have an abysmal AFCON showing but they appear to be returning back to their true strength in WCQ. The fact that they even beat a strong team like Mali surely has a word.
6) Algeria sucks so much, but Guinea is worse.
AFC:
1) Feel sorry for Indians after Qatar eliminated them by a ghost goal. Kuwait marked their return but it is unlikely that they will advance since they are basically the China before China.
2) Syria's own demise is as strange as their Asian Cup performance. They performed so well in Asian Cup but not in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
3) Thailand seems unable to escape from their own mediocrity, or? South Korea is China's kryptonite, and China is Thailand's kryptonite, maybe? This can summarise everything up.
4) Uzbekistan has returned to their form and I think they have found new hope under Srecko Katanec.
5) Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine marked their historic appearances in the final round. Can't see any of them going to make to the World Cup however.
6) UAE and Bahrain do not meet the right opponents on the table. They will be tested in the final round. UAE's current football crisis is going to be worse.
7) Jordan promises to deliver even more surprises.
8) Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia, the Big Five, will have their own voices in the final round.
As a sudanese we are pretty much surprised with no active football but its been a while our national team looked solid and if we do get a win vs senegal next year we ca talk about
qualification
Ghana had the best window the attack was clicking and gaining 3 points in Mali is massive!
@@salihalash4111 Senegal has not knocked the door yet.
Love this! As a South African I'll be really disappointed if will do not qualify. Morena super sub! :)
They have a fantastic opportunity now
Watching from India 🇮🇳
Yeah😢, we need to improve a hell lot. Not just improvement, we need a reset. In the national team and in federation.
Feel for India, got robbed again from the Cheater Qatar
I do feel the stolen goal really didn’t help the morale. But yea, definitely a reset is needed
India did get robbed against water but idk if they were going to get a 2nd goal to go through and even if they did go through I think they would get destroyed because they haven’t been playing good
For Ghana, I also believe that their defense needs to improve. Yeah their attack is decent and at times they may miss chances, but the defensive aspect on the field of play is concerning. An example is when Otto Addo was coaching the team when they qualified for the World Cup in 2022. When they played against South Korea, it was 2-0 the 1st half. In the 1st 15-20 minutes of the 2nd half, the score was 2-2. A lot of the goals they concede are either from individual mistakes or poor defense. I wanna see our defense improve
What a moment for Sudanese football , at these tough times and without active football ,our national team has really made us pleased and i know with the revent additions of players we can do really in the future
Sudana foog🇸🇩🇸🇩
Pretty remarkable what's going on with the national team right now
Just like Armenia during the early phase of 2022 WCQ. That’s before Germany slapped them. Senegal is not going to tolerate it.
Uefa isnt like caf the gap between thr elite teams and other teams is really narrow. And also it wouldnt be that much of a one side game if senegal won against us , i can telll you that
@@salihalash4111 CAF isn't UEFA, but distance still lives on. Morocco and Senegal are still too much for the rest and Sudan has yet to face Senegal.
On paper they are far off with the pool if players but in CAF that favtor doesnt usually determine especially with morocco they hva ehad different generation of good players and always under achieved. Hence i say the gap between caf teams is narrowing chz various factors not only pool of players
Africa has me sooooo stunned and i love the vid so I subscribed :)
Africa is a madness!
As a Czech-Vietnamese myself, I think this exposed clearly the fragility of Vietnam's football system. There are only six really stable clubs in Vietnam, the rest lived entirely by state budget and they could fold anytime soon (there is one Vietnamese club even announced to fold by the end of summer 2024). This mismanagement prevented Vietnam, a football mad nation, from even achieving necessary football results. Of course, Vietnam's situation is not unique to only one country, it is widespread in Southeast Asia albeit under different circumstances, and a key reason why only Australia is regarded as the most serious and formidable AFF member (which is exceptionally painful because Australia isn't Asian) whereas the rest is regarded as not competitive or not good enough.
This has led to a widespread anger about constant losses of football clubs in Vietnam and, for the first time, there is a serious discussion about implementing a North American-style league system, which mean no promotion and relegation for an infinitive period. The story of MLS, A-League Men and even Mexico's Liga MX have been discussed in Vietnam today, simply because Vietnamese football clubs always learn how to disappear faster than to sustain (sorry hombres, but I think Mexicans are not alone) - by abolishing promotion and relegation for a time period, clubs can start build up financial capability before they can become sustainable.
Another thing I was so disappointed was the failure of the ASEAN to include Australia to the regional ASEAN Cup again. ASEAN agreed to include Australia to their group since 2013 but they forbade Australia from sending their senior national side. This has resulted in a huge loop in quality and reduction of capability. Still they again didn't want Australia in because Australia was seen as a culturally hostile nation. This attitude won't help improving football in Southeast Asia.
Interesting about Vietnam's club sustainability issues. Are clubs folding because people aren't supporting or is it because of straight up mismanagement? Is Vietnam football mad all across the country or is it stronger in certain regions?
@@loganmiller6879 It's across the country, Vietnamese love football because it is the first sport they truly found connected with. I'd say far more than those in Czechia, where I live most of my life. Unfortunately, unlike Czechia, Vietnam's system is really, really poorly managed.
What made it exceptionally troublesome is most Vietnamese clubs do not run professionally except for the only six really professional clubs, they all have to rely on some forms of corporation backing. Heck, even some clubs bear the names of their sponsors, which is a taboo thing in most of Europe. Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague, for examples, were established not by corporative but by football enthusiasts who wanted to use football to promote sporting programs among Czechs, and their clubs have their distinctive names not related to any business group.
But you can't expect much from the fact that Vietnamese football is, by surprise, very new to the globe. Vietnamese football development only really started in 1991, which is also the year Sino-Vietnamese relations normalised and Vietnam retreated all of their troops from Cambodia. Vietnam has missed the necessary steps other countries used to experience in term of football development because of wars after wars.
In South Korea we have clubs that bear the names of the sponsors... Jeonbuk Hyundai, Ulsan Hyundai, Suwon Samsung, Daejeon Hana Citizen...
@@jbkoo5849 South Korea has a far different situation, where chaebols could sponsor and prop up teams even if this mean bearing names of the sponsors, and also South Korean clubs are far richer economically and far more financially self-sustainable. Akin to Czech clubs like Viktoria Plzen or Slavia Prague even if they have different situations.
Vietnamese clubs have none of these chaebol-style elements nor even clubs are financially self-sustainable.
@@diomuda7903 thank you for your comment. Compared to Vietnam, SK clubs are more sustainable. However some chaebols are stingy and do not invest as much as they could or should. For example Samsung does not invest anymore on Suwon Bluewings and that club once famous is now in K League 2. The main issue in Korea is the attendance of the games. I envy J League with its attendance records. In Korea we only have the national team that draws many people. And I'm frustrated because Korean clubs are really good in Asia and K League is one or the best league in Asia in terms of football. I'm a French Korean and we have the same issue in France.
Very well done 👍
Superb analyse mickael ❤
tunisia always got the power of luck 😅
Greeting from morocco
And free_palestine ✌✌
Tunisia are one of the worst teams to watch
you are the only person that give Iraq team a credit because thay are young team only 4 players are over 30 😊 and in Indonesia 🇮🇩 the weather was bad 70% most but we did it ❤
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FIFA planned for Congo to play in DR Congo. But they refused last minute. Morocco was the only possible venue.
I have q feeling nigeria will still qualify I don't know why. Jordan are a very underrated team.
They better qualify the super eagles
thank youuuuuuuuuu
Can say the problem with Indonesia team are the individual mistakes and finishes, i know struick and marcelino are good player but their young and will improve over the time, but for now they need experience forward player like Tom Haye or Jay Idzes for balance in the front
Young Garuda written gold history and ready to the WC. 🎉🎉
For that 9 Spot i choose :
1/ El Kaabi -> rocking in Conference League
2/ Rahimi -> rocking in Asia Champions league
3/ Adli -> Not a pure striker but better in Attack than En-nesyri
4/ En-nesyri..
As a Peruvian, who himself is of Chinese and Japanese descent here, I can say China will have a lot of work to do. A performance so horrendous that China only sneaked to the third round by the virtue of head-to-head record against Thailand. China's shock 1-3 loss to Vietnam in the last WCQ was a major blow and we really need a total restructuring. Even if football is not the most popular sport in China (behind basketball), it is still among the most followed. I think China has found the right manager, and CFA's decision to give Branko Ivankovic's total autonomy in selection is another right choice. Hopefully China can at least occupy a playoff spot, since my Peru is, basically, in trouble during the CONMEBOL qualification phase.
As you said, Morocco is getting ready for that AFCON we will host soon.. we need to win that thing for sure.
also.. El Kaabi all the way my friend, he's too good right now.
@@mouna5252elle its a typo..
@@YoussefAzaroual i know
Hey Michael 👋,
What a final matchday to end Round 2 of AFC WC Qualifying ⚽️🏆
So much tension and drama for the likes of Kuwait 🇰🇼 and India 🇮🇳 in Group A, North Korea 🇰🇵 and Syria 🇸🇾 in Group B, China 🇨🇳 and Thailand 🇹🇭 in Group C, Indonesia 🇮🇩 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 in Group F.
Congratulations to Kuwait 🇰🇼, North Korea 🇰🇵, China 🇨🇳 and Indonesia 🇮🇩 for stealing a berth into the 3rd Round.
Round 3 is where all of the tougher qualifiers will begin.
I just hope that my beloved Australian Socceroos 🇦🇺 receive a kinder draw as we were pipped by South Korea 🇰🇷 into Pot 1 for the Round 3 draw which will be held on June 27th.
Fingers crossed 🤞 we finally avoid Japan 🇯🇵 and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 in our group this time round.
My CAF playoff teams before this window was Nigeria 🇳🇬 Ghana 🇬🇭 Egypt 🇪🇬 and Cape Verde 🇨🇻 and now after using a table calculator it’s Cape Verde 🇨🇻 Gabon 🇬🇦 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 and Mozambique 🇲🇿 . Nigeria is in a WORLD of trouble
100% they are in trouble...
Nigeria has midfielders and a creative one at that. You can talk all the crap you want but Iwobi is our creative outlet. The issue is that he can be inconsistent. The biggest problem is management, because without management you can't get the best tune out of players or enforce discipline when players are showing up late to camp or not giving it their all.
If Iwobi is the creative outlet compared to a Brahim Diaz for Morocco then damm Nigeria will struggle for years.
As Indonesian this is our first time go to 3rd round,our hope we can give surprise to others team
Indonesia team is recruiting more players from around the world. Hope it will doing well
@@HapPawhere thanks🙏,we call it “diaspora” players because all of them have Indonesia blood either from grandfather-grandmother or father-mother side
U r great, love from jordan🇯🇴
let's go my country Indonesia . hello from tasikmalaya city.
Waw ,are you From Tasikmalaya??it magic bro.. i'm from Bogor city mamen.
Nigeria have to step up. I was laughing about this with Tari and HH. The rest of Africa we can afford to miss competition's but any of Africa's big 5 have to go represent. Them not making it is outrageous even though id obviously be happy for any team that deservedly finishes above them, its still a shame for any of those historic teams to fumble.
Them missing back to back world cups would be catastrophically bad
The World Cup will be JUST fine without Nigeria😂
@@brotaku8619 Oh no doubt. I don't feel sorry for them. If they mess up they mess up and they gotta hold that L rightly so 😂 that's why I was even laughing that as a Zimbabwean I don't come from any of the big 5 so I have nothing to gain or lose with them going or not going, just moreso a shame to see big nations waste resources coz these teams have such an advantage over a lot of the rest of the continent.
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 Yeah unruly behavior from them. And unfortunately their issues once again start at the top down. So it's not really ever gonna be something they can address overnight with one good hire etc
El kaabi for sure !
Irankunda case is a long one but essentially he was in the youth setup did his debut at 15 in the A-league and everyone was keeping tabs on him. He was called up in 2023 as a train player for a friendly against Ecuador. However from there it was like his career went on a rocket ship. Adelaide had transfer fee for Goodwin the talisman of Adelaide United and Irankunda became the new talisman at 17 years old. This was then followed by a heavy media speculation of a move to Bayern Munich which happened and Burundi and Tanzania were trying to cap him
It was confirmed by teammates and coaches he was struggling mentally because it was happening very quickly and everyone wanted a piece of him. Never has a player had massive fan fare in Australia probably since Harry Kewel and Tim Cahill. So they decided to delay the call until the season was over but were in constant contact with him.
Unfortunately its not just him we have battles for Alex Robertson (Man City youth) not cap tied, Alessandro Circati (Parma) cap tied, Christian Volpato (Sassuolo) seems to have chosen Italy and Patrick Yazbek (Viking FK) cap tied.
51:01 🇲🇦
As a Moroccan; I think the best option is to start with Ayoub El Kaabi, because he has many offensive solutions, unlike En-Nesyri, who is only good at scoring with headers🤝
“they’re not just about bad bunny and reggaeton” 😂😂😂
Blimey, you are committed to global football.
The match between Qatar and india did one job. It hid the incompetence of this team and the football authorities. We should consider ourselves lucky that Qatar played their U23 side against us.
You didn't talk about AFC Group H (UAE, Bahrain, Yemen, Nepal)
The thing is India not allowing Indian origin players playing in Europe to represent india. I think india is the only team in Asia not using origin players. Funny thing is that even the qatar had one Indian player playing for them.
I am Tunisian, but have lived in the UAE for seven years, and is now moving to China for personal works, planning to settle in Chongqing or Chengdu. I would say the UAE's situation is worsening for me. They topped the table because the group did not have good teams, except Bahrain (which is mediocre), Yemen and Nepal are too weak. Their youth football situation is in an abysmal shape, no UAE youth teams have been able to advance to the recent youth competitions in Asia. Paulo Bento (current UAE coach) even claimed that the UAE is in a total, full-blown crisis.
China is one of my upcoming destinations, alongside Japan. I feel really sorry to see China in this shape but their recent U19 and U20 successes and the good U23 team (which also beat the UAE in the U23 Asian Cup) seem to offer a glimpse of hope.
For my country Tunisia, seems like the draw and the situation in the table did favour us. Equatorial Guinea was reduced of all two earlier wins after they were found to have fielded ineligible player... for 11 years. Now, all what we can do is to handle Namibia and Liberia.
Trinidad and Tobago was kinda robbed too in that Grenada game.Cuz that penalty wasn't a penalty.But big up to T&T🇹🇹
Amazing video! How much football do you watch lol?
too much...
If Nigeria don’t qualify for a World Cup with 48 teams then I will suggest to the federation that there needs to be a hall of shame for all of the coaches, staff and the players this is unacceptable.
The crazy part, Indonesia coming from the pot 4
And from round 1
Jollof rice 🍚without the tomatoes😂😂😂
Group F 21:01
Thom Haye 🇮🇩🥶
El Salvador finally won a game👏
Qatar : i have money
Six country that might be qualify for WC 2026 in asia
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Uzbekistan
Asia got extra slot its like 9 i think
@@Manselior yeah but six country is the top 2 in each group
I do think Iran will qualify among the six.
@@jbkoo5849 but personally to me Uzbek & Iraq ball more impressiven than Iran
Not clear as daylight, there is no top down view nor a view where the keeper doesn't impede vision.
I hope Guatemala makes the 2026 world cup. I need another team of my origin to root for cuz Mexico are playing like trash
Hope they make it!!
6 1 dude mauriitus dominated 2nd half libya
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Seychelles...
If I speak🤐
10:38, no offence but Afghanistan has been knocking door for AFC Asian Cup qualification since the 2014 afc challenge cup, but for some reason we always seem to bottle it because of some internal disputes (in this case, a mass player boycott), this is the 4th time in a row now that we have bottled AFC Asian Cup qualification since reaching "AFC Asian Cup level".
People need to look at the bigger picture, if Afghanistan had progressed to WCQ R3 then we would have attracted players like Jusef Erabi, Hussain Carneil, Nadiem Amiri, Wahid Faghir etc & formed a very strong team to compete in WCQ R3, unfortunately the referee's terrible decision making cost us the game.
When you take the following into consideration then it becomes even more demoralising:
• Kuwaiti defenders diving to win a free kick whenever Afghanistan get a chance in the box, e.g when Rahmat Akbari hit the post & could have scored of the rebound or at least Afghanistan could have kept the pressure.
• Abdul Najim Haidary almost getting killed by Kuwaiti player doesn't even get booked when in reality the Kuwaiti player should have gotten a red card.
• Kuwaiti players fanatically time wasting, whilst their fans throw bottles at our players to cause more time wasting & despite this, the referee blows the whistle whilst we were on the attack, before the game is even supposed to be over when there should be more time added to compensate for wasted time.
• Many other examples but I'm too demotivated.
Tunisia will make a person fall asleep 😴
it says 4 games played, but i only see 2 games...where are the other 2
for which group?
Funny thing is Fandi has Indonesian blood xD
I disagree with you about Tunisia 🇹🇳.
They are not one of the worst teams to watch in international football,
They are THE ABSOLUTE worst team to watch in international football ⚽️
What I have right now is
Egypt 🇪🇬
Senegal 🇸🇳
South Africa 🇿🇦
Cameroon 🇨🇲
Morocco 🇲🇦
Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
Algeria 🇩🇿
Tunisia 🇹🇳
Mali 🇲🇱
Playoffs
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Gabon 🇬🇦
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
Mozambique 🇲🇿
Group C and Group I are going to be absolutely chaotic right now I have Mali 1st with 17pts and Madagascar 4th but with 15pts 😂
Mali are not qualifying they are a joke in wc qualifiers as much as their squad and play style look sexy but they don't do anything good with them
El Kaabi is so much better than En Nesyri
Right now yes
Iraq would straightly qualified if they didnt meet Uzbekistan in Round 3
Iraq could face Jordan in Round 3 which would be spicy
I really wanna see us face off against Uzbekistan on the pitch. It's been way too long since we last had an official match against them. Historically, we've had the upper hand, but it'd be sick to see how things play out this time.
That's fascinating claim but I think it could be correct. Uzbekistan is no joke this time. Searching their meeting history, the most recent competitive match between them was at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, where Uzbekistan silenced Iraq in front of thousands of Iraqi fans (2-1). It seems like Uzbekistan appear to have a sense of fearlessness when playing Iraq.
@@luishernandezblonde Uzbek really Developing their team for the past couple of years, they Won AFC u-23 in 2018, their U-20 Won it too last year, and then they are finalist U-23 2024 and are going to Olympic for the first time Thanks to their Developing Grassroot and Good System
@@luishernandezblonde
Iraq tied with Uzbekistan in Tashkent 1-1 and lost 2-1 in Amman, Jordan. If the game was in Iraq, the result would have been different.
Well paid Qatar 💔
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love you from iran❤
syria bottled againts myanmar
Also vs North Korea they had so many chances in that game
100% el kaabi. Never got the obsession with en nesiry. He ruins every attack with his terrible first touch and weak movement.
El Kaabi is prime R9 now
Didn’t realised how similar Jordan and Palestine flag’s are.😮
i would Love to see Palestine progress.😅
Hate comments will be ignored.
Bro Qatar started 5 experienced players in their staring 11 it was not completely under 23? What are u talking about? India had only 6 over 23 players who many of them were not NT regular. You really be making these videos without doing proper research eh? India could have won this match if that fraud goal was disallowed. That goal broke India's spirit & composure. This is not how India was suppose to go out. Our players were fighting up until that stupid goal by Qatar. Also the coach of India is to be blamed as well as the federation who was sticking with the coach even after that asian cup humiliation. The coach lost the dressing room the players clearly weren't interested in playing under him.
3 players over 23 who didn't feature at the Asian Cup, if India didn't lose to Afghanistan they wouldn't be in this situation
@@MichaelTalksFootball1 also how was India's goal a deflection? Our number 10 Brandon fernandes is the best passer in the entire Indian football. He gave that clever pass inside the box to the player (lalianzuala chhangte) who put the ball in the net. This was not the first time Brandon gave such balls. In fact he is known for having the best vision among all the Indian midfielders. There's a reason he is wearing number 10 in the NT.
South Africa will qualify they dnt even hve chemistry only they fighting for positions in the team n in harmony imagine Lyle foster on bench some
South Africa right now are playing good just need to keep it up for 6 more games
@@MichaelTalksFootball1they will they very good away from home I see them punishing Benin on a counter attack
Ponys 😂😂
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Why can't they keep politics outside of football
Politics are inherently in football, it determines who gets money allocation, World Cup & continental tournament hosting rights, confederation slots at World Cups etc. People just pick and choose which politics can and cannot be allowed in football.
Politic is everywhere you are
As a Saudi, I don't think we have problems after losing to Jordan and lost the first spot. We actually become more dangerous as a Pot 3 team instead of being Pot 1 or 2. Though I am certainly tired of seeing Japan and Australia in the same group each year. C'mon AFC, please don't put us against Japan and Australia again.
We are looking for a rematch against South Korea, Iran, Qatar or Iraq. South Korea has a strong internet warrior culture, but their team is, in reality, weak and only relies on their superstars based abroad. Iran is more formidable but not invincible. Qatar is not powerful without their ability to naturalise Brazilian, Portuguese, Nigerian, Congolese, Algerian, Iranian, Moroccan and Egyptian mercenaries. Iraq will love to claim they are the best in Asia, a typical Iraqi behaviour that always planted the seed of their future disaster, and I love it.
I think you should worry about your own country's football team instead of focusing on what Iraq claims. You guys have spent a lot of money on your players and coaches, but you keep getting humbled to teams like Tajikistan and Jordan. What's up with that lol?
@@kinghassan3122 C’mon, the second round is where we took some trainings. Wait until we come to the form in the final round, for our party has just started. 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦
@@saudiarabiathelandoftwomos4221
Good luck 👍🏼
The issue with Middle East players is that they don't try to go to Europe... ( Except Moussa Al Tamari who gets better and better). They still play the same football and the football played is not competitive in the World Cup. In Asia Iran, SK, Australia, Japan are more competitive.
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