The winners of Sweden and Netherlands also get the prize of a place in League A of the Nations League. A draw leaves Austria in among the big boys.
In this respect, both teams would be happy with a draw and a place in League B.

Come on Syria

Iceland will be the only debutants as things stand, so would be nice to have a Panama - Syria play off.

Syria will get battered today in Australia in front of a packed Stadium Australia in Sydney.

We don’t lose there much at all it’s gonna be very hard for the Syrian players to handle the atmosphere.

South America should have more places at the World Cup. European countries have too much advantage and they only have to beat plumbers to get qualified.

My girlfriend is from Argentina so I'm hoping they'll get through and give me someone to support after Scotland's most recent catastrophe.

She does not hold out much hope for them unfortunately. They don't have a great record in Quito.

Tim Cahill puts the Australians through with two goals, including one in extra time.
Syria had a player sent off early in extra time, with the scored level.

comment by PutSomeSensibleNameHere (U21629)
posted 5 hours ago
South America should have more places at the World Cup. European countries have too much advantage and they only have to beat plumbers to get qualified.
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They will from 2026.