China, Australia do not win, Indonesia opens the door to World Cup 2026

At home, the Indonesian team surprised everyone by continuously pressuring Saudi Arabia right from the opening whistle. They created an impressive game and quickly got the opening goal of the match thanks to Marselino Ferdinan. This young midfielder continued to score in the second half to help the team of thousands of islands win 2-0 against the top opponent of the continent.

With this result, the Indonesian team officially rose to 3rd place with 6 points and a goal difference of -3. In the match at the same time, the Chinese team tried hard but lost 1-3 to Japan. The Japanese team was superior when they won 16 points after 6 matches and almost certainly won the first World Cup ticket of Group C.

The Indonesian team has hopes of winning a ticket to the 2026 World Cup.

Meanwhile, the Australian team continued to disappoint fans. In the late match against Bahrain, Australia opened the scoring early from a mistake by their opponent in the 41st second. However, coach Popovic and his team played poorly and did not create enough pressure. In the second half, substitute Abdul Jabbar scored 2 goals in 3 minutes to help Bahrain take the lead.

In extra time, Yengi scored and brought Australia a hard-fought point. Thus, the kangaroo team has 7 points and is temporarily ranked 2nd. Bahrain dropped to 5th place and Saudi Arabia ranked 4th.

According to the rules, the top two teams of the three groups will qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The third and fourth teams in each group will enter the fourth qualifying round. In this round, the teams will play a round-robin, and the group winners will also qualify for the World Cup. The second-placed teams will play an additional home and away match to determine the team that will play in the intercontinental play-off to qualify for the World Cup.

World Cup 2026 qualifying group C standings.

Group C is the most unpredictable group with 4 teams having 6 points, the second-placed team has only 7 points and only Japan has surpassed them. If they play consistently in the last 4 matches, Indonesia is fully capable of winning a ticket to the 2026 World Cup without having to enter the next qualifying round.

Mai Phuong

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