JAKARTA: China reignited their World Cup qualification hopes with a last-gasp 1-0 win over Bahrain in Riffa thanks to a Zhang Yuning strike after Herve Renard marked his return to the Saudi Arabia dugout with a 0-0 draw against hosts Australia on Thursday (Nov 15).
China's Alan and Yuning Zhang celebrate after the Asian Qualifiers match against Indonesia at Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, Qingdao, China, on Oct 15, 2024. JAKARTA: China reignited their World Cup qualification hopes with a last-gasp 1-0 win over Bahrain in Riffa thanks to a Zhang Yuning strike after Herve Renard marked his return to the Saudi Arabia dugout with a 0-0 draw against hosts Australia on Thursday .
The top two finishers in each of Asia's three qualifying groups advance automatically to the 2026 finals in North America while the third and fourth placed nations progress to another phase of preliminaries. The Australians continue to hold onto second place in the group on goal difference from Renard's Saudi Arabia with China in fourth. Bahrain are fifth on five points.Iran consolidated their position at the top of Group A after Amir Ghalenoei's side survived a turbulent second half to hand North Korea defeat in a five-goal thriller at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane.
Lucas Mendes, meanwhile, scored 12 minutes into stoppage time to secure a 3-2 win for Qatar over Uzbekistan in Doha after Abbosbek Fayzullaev scored twice to cancel out Alimoez Ali's first brace for the hosts. Oh Se-hun headed Korea's opener in the 10th minute and Son doubled the lead from the penalty spot nine minutes later.
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