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20 November 2024

Montenegro handed Turkiye a shocking 3-1 defeat.

The home team owes its victory to its striker Marko Jankovic, who scored his three goals (hat-trick) in the minutes (29, 45, 73). While the Turkish striker Kenan Yildiz scored his country's only goal in the 37th minute of the first half of the match.

The Turkish team settled for second place in Group (B4) with 11 points, one point behind the leader, the Welsh team, which defeated its guest Iceland by four goals to one, and advanced to the first level in the UEFA Nations League.

While the Montenegro team achieved its only victory in this version of the tournament, after 5 consecutive defeats, to collect its first three points, but it remained in the sixth and last place.

The following is the final ranking of the teams in Group (B4):

1- Wales - 12 points

2- Turkey - 11 points

3- Iceland - points

4- Montenegro - 3 points.

Saudi Arabia is the weakest attacking team in the Asian qualifiers

The Saudi national team recorded a negative record after finishing at the bottom of a special list in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

The Saudi national team suffered a surprising loss to host Indonesia with a score of 0-2 yesterday, Tuesday, in the sixth round of the decisive round of the Asian qualifiers, to fall to fourth place in Group Three in the qualifiers, and its balance froze at 6 points, as Indonesia, the third-place team, outperforms it on goal difference.

By the end of the sixth round matches, the Saudi national team has the weakest attacking line among the teams participating in the qualifiers. The Green Falcons scored only 3 goals, less than any other team, at a rate of 0.5 goals per match.

These three goals came in the first two matches in the decisive round (one goal in Indonesia, and 2 against China), while the team failed to score in the last four matches (lost to Japan and Indonesia, and tied with Bahrain and Australia).

The teams of Bahrain, Kuwait and North Korea outperform Saudi Arabia, as each of them scored 5 goals.

The following is the standings of the teams in Group C after the sixth round of the qualifiers:

1- Japan – 16 points

2- Australia – 6 points

3- Indonesia – 6 points

4- Saudi Arabia – 6 points

5- China – 6 points

6- Bahrain – 5 points.

Bahrain gives Saudi Arabia a precious opportunity Australian striker Kosini Yingi shocked the home team with a quick goal, which he scored just one minute after the start of the match.

But Bahraini striker Mahdi Abduljabbar responded by scoring two consecutive goals in the 75th and 77th minutes.

The Bahraini national team gave its Saudi counterpart a good chance, by drawing with its guest Australia (2-2) in the match that brought them together today, Tuesday, in the sixth round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

However, the "Kangaroo" Kosini Yengi returned in turn and scored a double, by snatching the equalizer for his country's team at the last minute when the match was breathing its last breaths at the Bahrain International Stadium in the capital, Manama.

The Australian team was satisfied with one point after this draw, raising its score to 7 points, to take second place in the Group Three (C) standings, but not far from the Saudi team, which is in third place with 6 points.

On the other hand, the Bahraini team raised its score to 6 points and advanced to the fifth place before the last on the standings.

Iraq snatches a valuable victory from Oman 

The Iraqi national team came out with a valuable victory from its host Oman's stadium (1-0) in the match that brought them together this evening, Tuesday, in the sixth round of the decisive stage of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup.

The victory of the "Lions of Mesopotamia" team goes to its player Yousef Amin, who scored the only winning goal after 36 minutes of the first half of the match that took place at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bousher, the capital of Muscat.

The Iraqi team raised its score after this victory to 11 points, and took the second place in the second group (B) standings, two points away from the Jordanian team, which tied with its host, Kuwait.

UAE sweeps Qatar 5-0!

The UAE national team inflicted a crushing victory on its Qatari guest (5-0) in the match that brought them together on Tuesday evening, at the conclusion of the sixth round matches of the third round of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

The UAE Whites striker Fabio de Lima shone by scoring four consecutive goals "super hat-trick" in the minutes (4, 5, 45 from a penalty kick, 57 from a penalty kick), while his teammate Yahya Al-Ghassani scored the fifth goal by the 73rd minute of the match that took place at Al Nahyan Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

The UAE Whites striker Fabio de Lima shone by scoring four consecutive goals "super hat-trick" in the minutes (4, 5, 45 from a penalty kick, 57 from a penalty kick), while his teammate Yahya Al-Ghassani scored the fifth goal by the 73rd minute of the match that took place at Al Nahyan Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

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