2014 FIFA World Cup Draw

[Eastdog]

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and the winner of the third place play off then faces a home-away tie against the fifth placed team from South America - with the winner qualifying for the WC. A rather daunting prospect.

I wonder what the table is in the South American qualifying. I believe there is only 1 group with 10 teams. Who knows we could play Uruguay once again.

[Eastdog]

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Just checked the table. At the moment Uruguay is 4th with 12 points and Chile is 5th with 12 points.

[LostDoggy]

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We would get pumped by Uruguay ATM.

[Eastdog]

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We would get pumped by Uruguay ATM.

Uruguay did very well at the 2010 World Cup finishing 4th after losing to Germany in the 3rd place final.

[whythelongface]

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We would get pumped by Uruguay ATM.

Absolutely.

IIRC Uruguay are currently ranked in the top 4 in the world. With the likes of Forlan and Suarez in their team they are a formidable opponent.

[Sedat]

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IIRC Uruguay are currently ranked in the top 4 in the world. With the likes of Forlan and Suarez.

Best goalkeeper in the last World Cup

[Eastdog]

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It certainly will be a challenge if we do finish 3rd and play the 5th placed South American team. Uruguay in that 2005 qualifier still could of won when it came down to penalties but thankfully we qualified to our second world cup in our history winning the shoot out.

[LostDoggy]

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It certainly will be a challenge if we do finish 3rd and play the 5th placed South American team. Uruguay in that 2005 qualifier still could of won when it came down to penalties but thankfully we qualified to our second world cup in our history winning the shoot out.

We wouldn't get close to any South American at the moment

[Eastdog]

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We wouldn't get close to any South American at the moment

We would most likely lose 2-0, 3-0 something like that from what we have done in our world cup qualifying so far. Our current FIFA world ranking is 25 in the world comparing that to Uruguay and Chile who are currently ranked 5 and 14 respectively who are the two teams hovering around 5th place in South America. Hopefully we won't have to worry about that and we qualify automatically finishing in the top 2.

[Eastdog]

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Next Upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifier

16 Oct 12 5:15pm Iraq vs Australia Al Arabi Stadium

[Eastdog]

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Important match for Australia against Iraq tomorrow morning. If we lose tomorrow morning its going to make it very difficult for us and will be hanging in the 2014 World Cup qualifying by a thread. We currently sit 3rd out of 5 teams in Group B of the AFC qualifying 4th round. If we end up finishing 3rd I think will be playing a South American team which will be a very difficult task.

[Eastdog]

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Iraq 0-0 Australia at Half Time. If it ended in a draw it wouldn't be the worst result but it would be much better for our chances if we win.

[Eastdog]

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Full time: Iraq 1-2 Australia. Our goals were scored by Cahill and Thompson. Iraq's was scored by Alaa. Very important win for us coming from behind and the pressure is eased a little and we are in a slightly better position now.

[The Coon Dog]

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Late goals (80th & 84th minutes) to Cahill & Thompson rescue the Socceroos.

The table as it stands.

1 Japan +10 10pts
2 Australia 0 5pts
3 Oman -2 5pts
4 Jordan -6 4pts
5 Iraq -2 2pts

Our remaining games (the top 2 in the group qualify, 3rd plays off against the other group's 3rd for the 5th spot).

March 26, 2013: Oman (home)
June 4, 2013: Japan (away)
June 11, 2013: Jordan (home)
June 18, 2013: Iraq (home)

[LostDoggy]

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Should qualify in second spot easily now with 3 home games left.

Win may have glossed over the number of ageing players. The Iraqi goal
exposed how slow Lucas Neill is. I don't understand how he still gets a regular appearance let alone be captain of the side.

Archie has proved a few people wrong.