![]() "If Australia or Japan don't qualify for the World Cup, it's a massive failure because they've had the monopoly for so many years," Cahill told Kyodo News recently. The top two teams qualify automatically with the third-place side needing to advance through a pair of playoffs. They have advanced to the last three World Cup finals from the same Asian qualifying group, but whether that continues this time around hinges on each team's four games next year.Īfter six Group B games, Japan sit four points behind leaders Saudi Arabia and Australia five points behind. ![]() (photo courtesy of The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy)(Kyodo)Ĭahill hit a brace in Australia's late 3-1 comeback win over Japan in their 2006 World Cup opener, which heralded the beginning of a football rivalry between the two nations. 2022 World Cup global ambassador Tim Cahill at The Pearl-Qatar in April 2021.
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