A question to remain: Australia's difficult quest for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, really that difficult?
Australia may have been through the third round, but it is no guarantee. It has been a haunting question for the Aussies, long one of Asia's leading football superpowers. Of course, Australia was a bit weird in this qualifier, not in exact perfect form, but somehow, they got a perfect record, eight wins out of eight. Their opponents were also strangely balanced: Nepal and Chinese Taipei were typically the weakest, while Jordan and Kuwait being the most paranoid. Paranoid because of historical record indicated, some aspects, that Australia trailed behind these two opponents. This time, however, Australia beat both of them, albeit Kuwait was weakened by internal strife, while Jordan, Australia's kryptonite, underperformed than what they used to handle Australia back in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. That was not to say Australia had no flaws, but considering how Australia went into this qualification, it was a big improvement. Even during its golden era back in the 2010 qualifiers, Aust...