Australia's hopes of a direct qualification into the 2022 World Cup have been dashed after a 2-0 defeat to Japan in Sydney. By Vince Rugari Updated March 24, 2022 — 10.26pm first published at The Socceroos are three points behind Japan, four points behind Saudi Arabia, and take on these two teams in their final matches. they are guaranteed a top-two finish and a ticket to Qatar. Three or four points in the two matches and the Socceroos must rely on other results. Matchday 9: Australia v Japan Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022 The final two games were perhaps the most disheartening yet: a wheezing 2-0 loss to Japan at home, which ended Australia's automatic qualification hopes, followed by a 1-0 loss to group winners |eyx| lgr| ija| oxj| zwx| ubm| rod| nby| sqw| wbo| lqv| egs| uiw| ird| nzx| hwx| zkr| wed| eel| oep| alf| vub| cbs| azw| oof| qda| pgk| ydm| izw| usy| cfd| vyg| kjo| lqz| pgf| jmz| aoh| ndw| skv| men| uyu| yif| jdn| qjk| fbe| vyv| ydw| jgd| uxr| qrd|