A footstep closer to Brazil: qualifiers in Asia, Oceania, Americas and Caribbean

Asia

Asia’s matchday 5 was resplendent with the surprise hard-fought 2-1 win of Australia over Iraq in Doha. The Australians came from behind with two late goals from Tim Cahill in the 80th minute and from Archie Thompson four minutes after. Another shock win came from Oman who beat blithe Jordan by the same 2-1 scoreline on home soil. The Omani men built up an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 87th minute of the clash. However, Thaer Bawab squeezed in a consolation goal in the dying minutes. The Uzbekistani team savoured their first victory over Qatar and Iran’s captain brought a 1-0 win over Korea Republic to his team.

Iran 1-0 Korea Republic
Iraq 1-2 Australia
Oman 2-1 Jordan
Qatar 0-1 Uzbekistan

North, Central America and Caribbean

Guatemala opened the scoring in Kansas City with Carlos Ruiz’ fierce shot five minutes into the match. However, it didn’t bewilder the USA who scored thrice in the first half ending the game 3-1. Jamaica is level on 10 points with Guatemala in Group A after the team defeated Antigua and Barbuda 4-1. Costa Rica cemented their place in the final round with a terrific thrashing Guyana 7-0 and Mexico continued an unbeaten path with a 2-0 win over El Salvador. Canada missed their bite at the cherry to book a place in the final round as they shamefully lost 1-8 to Honduras. Cuba and Panama ended in a lackluster 1-1 draw.

Mexico 2-0 El Salvador
Honduras 8-1 Canada
Cuba 1-1 Panama
USA 3-1 Guatemala
Jamaica 4-1 Antigua and Barbuda
Costa Rica 7-0 Guyana

South America

Argentina remains in the top of the CONMEBOL qualifying zone with their 2-1 win over Chile. Barcelona’s striker Lionel Messi scored an opener in the 28th minute and Real Madrid’s forward Gonzalo Higuaín netted the other goal just three minutes after. Bolivia got a splendid 4-1victory over Uruguay with Carlos Saucedo’s hat-trick and a goal from Gualberto Mojica. A 1-1 draw with Venezuela earned the second position in the table for Ecuador with 17 points. Paraguay defeated Peru 1-0.

Chile 1-2 Argentina
Paraguay 1-0 Peru
Venezuela 1-1 Ecuador
Bolivia 4-1 Uruguay

Oceania

New Zealand keeps confidence in Oceania as the team had their fourth out of four 3-0 win over Tahiti on Tuesday. They remain on the top with 12 points.

New Zealand 3-0 Tahiti
New Caledonia 5-0 Solomon Islands