Son's milestone goal just the icing on the cake on a night of positives for South Korea
Son Heung-Min's 50th international goal was just one of several positives from South Korea's win over Kuwait.
Son Heung-Min's 50th international goal was just one of several positives from South Korea's win over Kuwait.
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Australia offer more than resilience, determination, and "bouncebackability", with further improvement to come.
Japan continue to march on in the Asian qualifiers, this time comfortably winning a heavyweight clash with Saudi Arabia.
Indonesia are still unbeaten in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the World Cup but came agonisingly close to a historic win.
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Group A | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iran | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 13 |
Uzbekistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 10 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Qatar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
Kyrgyz Republic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
North Korea | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
Group B | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 13 |
Jordan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +4 | 8 |
Iraq | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 8 |
Oman | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
Palestine | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
Group C | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +14 | 10 |
Australia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 6 |
Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 3 |