The confrontations of the Gulf teams today in the World Cup qualifiers

Today, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and Iraq enter a new battlefield in the final Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, by playing the seventh round of qualifiers.

At 5:30 Mecca time, the Iraqi national team will face its Iranian counterpart in a difficult meeting, during which the Lions of Rafidain, led by Zeljko Petrovic, aspire to achieve a moral victory, especially after losing the sixth round against South Korea 3-0, and the team ranked fifth with 5 points in the first group and its chances to qualify faded.

In the same group, at 6 pm Mecca time, the Emirati team will meet its Syrian brother. The UAE team won the previous round 1-0 against Lebanon, and reached the sixth point, rising to third place, and maintaining its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.

In the second group, Saudi Arabia and Oman will meet at 8:15 pm Mecca time, and the Saudi green is at the top of the group with 16 points from winning in 5 matches, and a single draw against Australia, and today it seeks to confirm the crossing to Qatar, while the Omani Red lost the sixth round match played in it’s home against Japan with a clean goal, and finished fourth in the group with 7 points. Today, Oman hopes to return home with three points, reviving it’s hopes of competing for a qualified ticket, even if through the supplement.