That's correct and I expect them to wrap it up on 4th Feb against Singapore. Would be good to see them stutter and then we will have a good match between Jordan and Syria on our hands......can't see it going that far though!
It will benefit Iraq if they drop points next week, because they have to go full force against Syria.
UAE should look at Januzaj case. He never played for Belgium yet he can only play for England A team when he is 23 because he is acquiring new nationality.
UAE dont care about Januzaj and better luck in 2019 source same result for both UAE & Hong Kong games in this qualifying
same place Hazazi from except one born in Jeddah the other in Riyadh & the issue with him and Hong Kong is --> of course that means they want UAE out & 6 pts so they could qualify
Congrats jordan ! consider they already qualified, do the last match vs Syria will be play in like important match or they likely to play young player/subs ?
I hope they will go full force against Syria. The last scenario Iraq wants is Syria taking the 3 pts from Jordan, and getting 7 points overall.
yeah, I think iraq and china has 50-50 chance of qualifying through 2nd spot or best 3rd place. by looking of all groups, lebanon, syria & malaysia also have the chance
I think Iraq will beat China. China are going to play away, and haven't played for 3 months. They have no preparation games at all, while we had the WAFF and U-22 Asian Cup and 2 friendlies. I expect Lebanon to beat Thailand. That would be the biggest threat for Iraq if they do not beat China.
Iraq, China clash in Sharjah Sunday February 16, 2014: The AFC has approved the request of Iraq to play their final Group-C AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Australia 2015 clash at the Sharjah Stadium at 6pm on March 5. The clash is crucial for both sides to claim the second spot in the finals after Saudi Arabia. Iraq (6 points) need to win as China (8 points) will proceed in case of a draw.
Go Iraq! If Iraq win 1-0, China will qualify as best third as there is no chance that Lebanon will win by 5 goals in Thailand (4 goals if Iraq wins by 2 goals).
Games looking forward to Kuwait @ Iran UAE @ Uzbekistan China @ Iraq Indonesia @ Saudi Arabia (if Al Shamrani & Nawaf playing) can we consider those rivalries Vietnam vs Hong Kong Jordan vs Syria Qatar vs Bahrain I'm not sure about Vietnam & Hong Kong but I think the other two are rivalries
Mahdi Ali shortlist 24 players ahead of Uzbekistan clash Dubai/ Sunday February 23rd, 2014: The national teams’ committee has approved the shortlist of the senior national head coach Mahdi Ali ahead of Uzbekistan away clash in the final round of the Group-E AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Qualifiers. The finals will be held in Australia in January 2015. The players are: Abdul Aziz Haikal, Abdul Aziz Sanqoor, Ismail Al Hammadi, Ahmed Khalil, Walid Abbas, Majid Hassan (Al Ahli), Mohammed Fawzi, Haboush Saleh (Bani Yas), Ali Khsif, T Ismail, Ali Mabkhout (Al Jazira), Khaled Issa, Mohammed Ahmed Ismail Ahmed, Muhannad Al Anzi, Mohammed Abdulrahman (Al Ain), Habib Fardan (Al Nasr), Hamdan Al Kamali, Issa Ahmed, Salim Saleh (Al Wahda), Mohammad Yousuf, Ahmed Khamis (Sharjah), Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Dhafra), Mohammed Nasser (Al Wasl ). Ismail Matar is the only player who was shockingly left out of the team while three others are out due injury, Omar Abdulrahman , Amer Abdulrahman & Rashid Essa . The UAE lads will gather on Thursday February 27th and workout at the Nad Al Sheba playground before they head to Tashkent on March 3rd. UAE lads are showing the way with perfect five beating Vietnam 2-1 and 5-0 away and at home, Hong Kong 4-0 and 4-0, Uzbekistan 2-1 at home. UAE national team advanced in the FIFA Ranking to 58 to occupy the fifth position at the Asian level.
Iran vs. Kuwait in 2 hours. Both teams have already qualified. Iran set to use younger players and a B-team with no legionnaires involved in the game since full squad will be used vs. Guinea on 5th March. Kuwait will also probably use this match to give some of its younger players a chance in international football. Those interested in watching the game. Here's a decent stream when the game starts: http://www.telewebion.com/fa/live/tv3/500kb/پخش-زنده-شبکه-3-Live-channel-3
Good result for being the reserve team. Only positives from the game: Payam Sadeghian, Yaghoub Karimi and Ansarifard. The rest are not TM material.