FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR FIVE QUALIFICATIONS THAT STUNNED THE SPORT
Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
is now in the home straight. The draw for the group phase will be made in Doha
on 1 April, and just prior to that, each of the confederations will be playing
out its decisive matches. FIFA World Cup 2022
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Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
Contrary
to the expectations of many football pundits, 24 March will see Italy and not
Switzerland in the UEFA play-off semi-finals. The reigning European champions
could only manage draws in their last two qualifiers, against the Swiss and
Northern Ireland, causing them to surrender their grip on top spot and miss out
on direct qualification for Qatar. The Nate, on the other hand, cruised past
Bulgaria 4-0 on the last match day to book their fifth World Cup ticket in a
row.
AFC: Korea DPR’s
impregnable defense
When
qualifying for South Africa 2010 came around, Saudi Arabia could already look
back on four appearances on the world’s biggest stage and were expecting to get
the better of an inexperienced Korea DPR team. The Green Falcons, however,
needed three points from the final Group C match on 17 June 2009 in Riyadh,
while their opponents knew that a draw would be enough after previously winning
the reverse fixture on home soil.
The country’s president declared a national holiday to mark
the occasion, with the public and private sectors alike joining with school
children to celebrate this landmark event. As the saying goes, ‘one man’s joy
is another man’s pain’, and the result meant that USA had to come to terms with
not qualifying for a World Cup for the first time in 32 years.CONMEBOL:
Cubillas provokes Peruvian rhapsody.
Led
by such stars as Yasser Al Qahtani and Nayef Hazazi, the hosts took
the game to their opponents from the off and created a number of chances, but
Korean keeper Ri Myong Guk made one save after another. A minute before the
end, the match became even more one-sided when Kim Yong Jun was shown a red
card, but the visiting defense held firm and the resulting draw was enough to
see them qualify for a World Cup for the first time in 44 years.
CAF: Togo squeeze
through
Another major tremor on planet football occurred in October
2005, with Togo’s win over Congo qualifying them for their first-ever World
Cup, despite coming up against a Senegal team that had made it through to the
Korea/Japan 2002 quarter-finals. The Sparrowhawks’ success was down to the
results of the matches between the two countries – a 3-1 win at home in Lome
and a draw away in Dakar. The latter truly was a six-pointer: Togo were on 23
points, two clear of Senegal, and they managed to hold on to top spot in their
qualifying group to book their ticket for Germany 2006.Concacaf: Panama head to
Russia
Los Canaleros secured their first-ever World Cup appearance at Russia |
-one could have foreseen this qualifying outcome. On 11 October 2017, Los Canaleros secured their first-ever World Cup appearance at Russia 2018, and in the most dramatic of circumstances. Merely days after crashing to a 4-0 defeat away to USA, they once again found themselves behind, 1-0 this time to Costa Rica. Undaunted, Panama managed to equalize in the second half before Roman Torres became a national hero two minutes before the final whistle. Despite being a central defender, he converted the crispest of volleys and made all of Panama’s dreams come true.
South American qualifying for Mexico 1970 was held across
three groups, and also earnt a place in the history books as it was the first
and indeed only time that Argentina attempted but failed to qualify for
football’s showpiece event. They went into Group 1 as favorites against Bolivia
and Peru, having appeared at six previous World Cups compared with two for
Bolivia and just one for Peru.
Things did not go according to plan, however, with Argentina
managing just one win in their first three games, necessitating victory over
Peru in their final match with a World Cup ticket on the line for both teams.
La Blanquirroja, whose team was based around attacking midfielder Teofilo
Cubillas, had two wins to their name, and as such only needed a draw. The
showdown came on 31 August 1969, with Argentina coming up just short in a
thriller. The match ended 2-2, and Peru got the point they needed to secure
their Mexico 1970 berth. Cubillas was the hero, but the country took the whole
team to their hearts.
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