Syria's 3-1 victory over Qatar coupled 4MS2 from mtnba2k's blog

Syria's 3-1 victory over Qatar coupled with China's 1-0 win over Uzbekistan in Thursday's other Group A matches means a 4MS2 defeat for the Koreans in their final match in Tashkent on Tuesday could see them fail to qualify for the finals for the first time since 1982.Already having qualified from Group A.

Iran played the majority of the second half at the Seoul World Cup Stadium a man down after Saeid Ezatolahi's red card.But South Korea could not breach Iran's defence to clinch their ninth consecutive.

World Cup finals berth in front of more than 63,000 fans.Second-placed Korea have a two-point lead over both third-placed Syria and fourth-placed Uzbekistan in Group A and will need to beat the Uzbeks in Tashkent on Tuesday to be sure of claiming the second automatic qualifying berth.But should they lose then Syria could knock them out of the World Cup with a win against unbeaten Iran in Tehran.South Korea and Iran traded few chances in the opening half.

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min took a buy Maplestory Mesos free-kick from just outside the box in the 17th minute, but his low shot rolled off the leg of an Iranian player and out of play.Midfielder Jang Hyun-Soo almost headed one in for the hosts two minutes later, but saw his attempt bounce just wide of the gaping.