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Italy face the prospect of a difficult World Cup qualifying draw after they lost to Portugal 1-0 in an international friendly on Tuesday.
Antonio Conte's Italy went into the game in Geneva in the knowledge that nothing less than a victory would give them the Ranking points they required to climb above Croatia and be seeded in pot 1 for the draw in St Petersburg on July 25.
But Portugal, who were without the rested Cristiano Ronaldo, needed only one goal from Eder in the 52nd minute to help end a 39-year wait for a victory over Italy.
It means that Italy, who will be joined in pot 2 by France, could be drawn with one of their fellow European heavyweights in either Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Portugal or Spain. They will hope to get lucky and be in a group with either Romania or Wales, who are the other nations in pot 1.
Only the group winners are guaranteed to qualify for Russia 2018, with the best the runners-up can hope for being a playoff. In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, France were drawn with Spain and only made it to Brazil after defeating Ukraine in a playoff.
Even though Italy reached the final of the European Championship in 2012, the Ranking points from that tournament are now only worth 20 percent of the total score. And Italy's dismal record in international friendlies means they have slipped out of Europe's top nine despite being undefeated in qualifying for Euro 2016.
The pots for the draw will be as follows:
Pot 1: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Romania, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, Croatia
Pot 2: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 3: Poland, Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, N Ireland, Serbia, Greece
Pot 4: Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia
Pot 5: Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova
Pot 6: Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra
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http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-28/socceroos-lose-three-for-world-cup-qualifier-against-bangladesh/6732796?section=sport
AUSTRALIA 5 - 0 BANGLADESH
Leckie 6', Rogic 8', Barman (OG) 20', Burns 29', Mooy 61'
http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317426/index.html
Play Tajikistan next Tuesday in Tajikistan.
TAJIKISTAN 0 - 3 AUSTRALIA
Milligan 57', Cahill 73' & 91'
http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317406/index.html
Next: JORDAN v AUSTRALIA, Oct 8
ROUND 2 - GROUP B STANDINGS
AUSTRALIA - 3 games, 9 pts, GD +9
JORDAN - 3 games, 7 pts, GD +6
KYRGYZSTAN - 3 games, 4 pts, GD +1
TAJIKISTAN - 3 games, 1 pt, GD -5
BANGLADESH - 4 games, 1 pt, GD -11
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Mahmoud 47', Aldaradreh 84'
http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317381/index.html
Next: v KYRGYZSTAN, Nov 12, Canberra
ROUND 2 - GROUP B STANDINGS
JORDAN - 4 games, 10 pts, GD +8
AUSTRALIA - 4 games, 9 pts, GD +7
KYRGYZSTAN - 4 games, 5 pts, GD +1
TAJIKISTAN - 4 games, 2 pts, GD -5
BANGLADESH - 4 games, 1 pt, GD -11
KYRGYZSTAN 2 - 0 BANGLADESH
STANDINGS
JORDAN - 5 games, 13 points, GD +11
AUSTRALIA - 4 games, 9 points, GD +7
KYRGYZSTAN - 5 games, 8 points, GD +3
TAJIKISTAN - 5 games, 2 points, GD -8
BANGLADESH - 5 games, 1 point, GD -13
REMAINING GAMES
Nov 12, v KYRGYZSTAN (H)
Nov 17, v BANGLADESH (A)
Mar 24, v TAJIKISTAN (H)
Mar 29, v JORDAN (H)
http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317397/index.html
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http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317382/index.html#
Also last night
KYRGYZSTAN 1-0 JORDAN
REMAINING POOL GAMES
Mar 24, JORDAN v BANGLADESH
Mar 24, AUSTRALIA v TAJIKISTAN
Mar 29, TAJIKISTAN v KYRGYZSTAN
Mar 29, AUSTRALIA v JORDAN
STANDINGS
AUSTRALIA - 6 games, 15 points, GD +14
JORDAN - 6 games, 13 points, GD +10
KYRGYZSTAN - 7 games, 11 points, GD +1
TAJIKISTAN - 6 games, 5 points, GD -3
BANGLADESH - 7 games, 1 point, GD -22
http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317393/index.html
With Jordan (coached by Harry Redknapp) currently leading 6-0 against Bangladesh in the second half, the Socceroos will only need a draw against Jordan next Tuesday night to go through to the next stage of qualifying.
Working this out is going to be a lot more complicated due to the disqualification of Indonesia (from Group F) and the postponements of Kuwait's last three games (Group G).
Because Group F only has four teams and hence this results in teams from other groups playing more matches, it was determined by the AFC that the results from the matches against the last-placed (fifth) team in each group would be disregarded when ranking the second-placed teams.
In Australia's case, the two wins and nine goals scored against Bangladesh wouldn't count to their ranking.
So if Australia lost, their fate could be determined by:
⚫ which teams end up finishing second in each group; then
⚫ which team finishes fifth in each group (i.e. which results then wouldn't count for other teams).
Most of the runner-up teams could finish with around the same points (after discarding the results of the two games against the fifth-placed side), so their 7-0 win against Tajikistan last night could take on more importance, if goal difference is required.
Hopefully Australia can win or draw against Jordan on Tuesday night and none of what I said will apply.
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http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317395/index.html
Group A: Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar, Syria.
Group B: Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Thailand.
2016
Sep 1 - Iraq (H)
Sep 6 - United Arab Emirates (A)
Oct 6 - Saudi Arabia (A)
Oct 11 - Japan (H)
Nov 15 - Thailand (A)
2017
Mar 17 - Iraq (A)
Mar 28 - United Arab Emirates (H)
Jun 8 - Saudi Arabia (H)
Aug 31 - Japan (A)
Sep 5 - Thailand (H)
Thailand in November, Japan in August (summer there).
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Australia 2-0 Iraq
Japan 1-2 UAE
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Thailand
MATCHDAY 2 (on September 6)
Iraq v Saudi Arabia
Thailand v Japan
UAE v Australia
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Iraq 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Thailand 0-2 Japan
UAE 0-1 Australia (Cahill 75')
STANDINGS
Australia 6, Saudi Arabia 6, Japan 3, UAE 3, Iraq 0, Thailand 0.
MATCHDAY 3 (on October 6)
Saudi Arabia v Australia
Japan v Iraq
UAE v Thailand