Graham Arnold’s Socceroos will take on Paulo Bento’s Taeguk Warriors on June 7 in Busan, Australia’s first senior men’s match since the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.

Asian qualifying for Qatar 2022 opens in June with Bangladesh, who sit at 188 on the FIFA World Ranking, featuring among the six pairings of the Continent's bottom ranked sides in Round 1 action. Standing in their way of progression to the group stage are Laos, a side four places above them on the global pecking order.

The 45-year-old Cannavaro made the announcement on social media and said it was to focus on his family and his job as coach of Chinese Super League (CSL) side Guangzhou Evergrande.

The victory kept Zenit eight points ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow with just four games left to play.

As well as Azmoun's double, Samara skipper Taras Burlak put through his own goal with Igor Smolnikov adding a fourth.

Lokomotiv edged Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 2-1 to keep their slim hopes alive with Krasnodar, who beat CSKA Moscow 2-0, in third, three points further back.

Radulovic was the Lebanon head coach but parted ways with the West Asians after their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 campaign ended.

The Montenegrin, who replaces German coach Antoine Hey, has signed a contract till December 2020 and will lead Myanmar's charge in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and 2019 SEA Games.

Seeded teams Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Bhutan and Mongolia were handed challenging fixtures for a place in the next qualifying round.

Mongolia, who edged Timor-Leste in the previous edition to earn their place in the second round, will face a Brunei Darussalam side who were defeated 3-1 on aggregate by Chinese Taipei in the 2018 Qualifiers.

The match-up between Macau and Sri Lanka will be a rematch of their 2016 AFC Solidarity tie, where both teams settled for a 1-1 draw with Macau going on to top the group and finish runners-up behind eventual winners Nepal.

Vietnam - be it their U23 squad or the national team - have captured the imagination of the Continent with swashbuckling performances that have brought great dividends.

Park - rightly so - has been credited for the great work he has accomplished with the 2018 AFF Cup champions and the Korea Republic native shares his thoughts and vision for Vietnam with the-AFC.com.