On December 13, Beijing time, in the competition of the Southeast Asian Championship, Vietnam defeated Malaysia 3-0 and returned to the top two of the group.
Previously, Vietnam had lost 7 consecutive games in the World Preliminary Round, losing all 6 of the round of 12. But back in Southeast Asia, they're back in their old form. If they can win the championship of this competition, the FIFA ranking of the Vietnamese team will be increased. And on February 1 next year, they will meet Li Xiaopeng's new national football team at home.
The Vietnamese team, which was in the same group as the national football team in the World Preliminary Round, has been in poor shape. But in the Southeast Asian Championships, they beat Malaysia 3-0. The three strikers Nguyen Gong Fung, Nguyen Quang Hai and Nguyen Hoong Duc have contributed to the team respectively. This is the most painful match won by Vietnam so far this year.
In the previous Round of 40 group, Vietnam had been in the same group as Malaysia, but they narrowly defeated Malaysia with only a suspected fake penalty in the last moment. But this time, the Vietnamese team not only won easily, but also defeated the opponent.
In the next game, as long as it can beat indonesia, Vietnam can lock in the first place in the group.
Nguyen Quang Hai, who has been in a state of flux, took the lead for the Vietnamese team, and Nguyen Gong Phuong, who was watched by national defender Jiang Quang Tai to the point where he had almost no chance, also regained his former style in the U23 Asian Cup. Coupled with Nguyen Thanh Ling, who scored the equaliser in the match with the national football team, Li Xiaopeng's team will face a strong impact from the Vietnamese forward "Three Nguyen" in the future.
The state of the Vietnamese team is not only reflected in the attack. Coming to the familiar environment of Southeast Asia, they concede very few goals.
In the two consecutive rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, they all lost to Japan and Saudi Arabia by a slight disadvantage of only 1 goal. In the Southeast Asian Championships, they did not concede a goal in 2 games. And the opponents get very few opportunities.
Malaysia, the target of the Vietnamese team, is not unknown, after the Tokyo Olympic Qualifiers, they had drawn 2-2 at home with the Chinese Olympic team, and unfortunately went out due to the disadvantage of the goal difference.
In that match, the Malaysian national olympic team once gained the advantage on the field, and also led by one goal to the 84th minute. Zhu Chenjie and other active internationals have participated in that game.
The 97-year-old national football team is very average, and they have suffered three consecutive defeats in the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup. The strongest group of players in the Vietnamese team is exactly in the 97 age group.
This match between Vietnam and Malaysia can be seen as a contest between the 97-year-old players on both sides, and the result is that the Vietnamese team has completely won the opponent. If it is replaced by a Chinese team composed of 97-year-old players, the result may be similar to that of Malaysia.
The World Preliminary Round is not over yet, and the champions of Southeast Asia will certainly not be able to satisfy the appetite of the current Vietnamese team. What they want is a breakthrough in Asia.
In the previous World Preliminary Tournament, the Vietnamese team lost all their faces, which made their fans lose face. However, in the next 2 home games, Vietnam will expand the number of fans. More than 20,000 fans are expected to go live to watch the second leg of the national football team and Vietnam.
Unlike the morale of the Vietnamese team, the decline in the state of the naturalized players in the national football team, and whether they can come back collectively after that, is an unknown.
Coach Li Xiaopeng should be prepared to play against the Vietnamese team without naturalized players. Before facing Vietnam, the national football team will face the strongest Japanese team in this group. Even if all the naturalized players are there, the national football team is not the opponent of the Japanese team. If you experience a fiasco and don't get the next game, the national football team may not get 1 point.
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