Like the Chinese team, they started against the top 3 in the group, with 6 points, but they had a chance to make a comeback.

This week, the 9th round of the World Cup qualifiers will usher in the 9th round. The Chinese team will play away against Indonesia. Once the game is tied and lost, the Chinese team will be eliminated early. In the past eight rounds, the Chinese team won 2 wins and 6 points, with 6 points, and did not have a draw. Among them, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, which were in the top three in the group, had three consecutive losses. Now there are voices who believe that the poor schedule of the Chinese team has affected the performance of the Chinese team. However, there is a team like the Chinese team that started against the top 3 in the group and now has 6 points, but they still have a chance to make a comeback. This is Palestine, ranked 5th in Group B.

First look at the situation of the Chinese team's group. The points of the 6 teams are: Japan's 20 points, Australia's 13 points, Saudi Arabia's 10 points, Indonesia's 9 points, Bahrain's 6 points, and China's 6 points. The Japanese team has already qualified early, and Australia's 3 points will be expected to qualify early. Basically, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Bahrain and China's 4 teams have "4-choice 2" competition opportunities. Judging from the previous 8 rounds of games, the Japanese team, Australia and Saudi teams in this group are indeed stronger, but the Chinese team will encounter these three teams in a row at the beginning. Judging from the results, the Chinese team did lose three consecutive times at the beginning and then lost to them again. In other words, the Chinese team did not get one point in these 6 games. If the Chinese team was eliminated in the end, the poor schedule could indeed be a reason.

However, interestingly, among the three groups in the World Cup 18, one of the teams started like the Chinese team and was also in the top three teams in the group. This is the Palestinian team in Group B. They played against South Korea, Jordan and Iraq in the beginning. From the perspective of paper strength, Palestine ranks 101st in the world, lower than the 94th of the Chinese team, Palestine is worth 10 million euros and 12 million euros lower than the Chinese team. No matter how you look at it, their strength is not as good as the Chinese team, and their qualifying situation is even worse.

In fact, in the first three rounds of the World Cup 18, Palestine's performance was not much better than that of the Chinese team. They first drew South Korea 0-0, then lost Jordan 1-3, and lost Iraq 0-1. They only scored 1 point in the first three games, ranking at the bottom of the group. Moreover, in the fourth round, they drew 2-2 to Kuwait, which was not strong, and lost 0-1 to Oman in the fifth round. That is to say, they drew 2 and lost 3 in the first five rounds, only scored 2 points, and continued to be at the bottom of the group. At the same time, the Chinese team also scored 6 points with 2 wins and 3 losses. At this time, I believe that no matter how the outside world looks at it, they will think that Palestine has basically no hope of qualifying.

However, from the 6th round, Palestine began to create miracles. They first drew 1-1 and then lost to Jordan 1-3. However, in the critical round, they defeated Iraq 2-1 at home, which not only made Group B "a mess", but Palestine itself had 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses, with 6 points, getting rid of the bottom and getting promoted to fifth place. Although Palestine is only 6 points now, and there is a 4-point gap from Oman, the fourth-placed Oman, the 9th round of the match is very interesting. Palestine will play against Kuwait, the weakest strength at home, while Oman will play against Jordan at home. Palestine has a very good chance of defeating his opponent and getting 3 points. Oman lost to Jordan 0-4 in the first leg, which means that the two teams are very different, so Oman is likely to continue losing this time.

In this way, Palestine will score 9 points and Oman will score 10 points, and the two teams will only be 1 point apart. Next, what is even more dramatic is that in the 10th round, Palestine will play against Oman at home, and the two teams will have a direct dialogue. Previously, Palestine only lost 1 goal to Oman in the first leg, and the gap is not big. Palestinian players are not afraid of their opponents, and the home game increases Palestine's chances of winning. As long as Palestine wins, they can rank in the top 4 and advance to the play-offs. By then, can Palestine counterattack? Let's wait and see!