The Round of 12 is in an offseason, and many fans are using this time to prepare seriously. As the big brother of Southeast Asian football, the Vietnamese team naturally did not give up the opportunity to "continue to practice", and the dark horse of the World Preliminary Tournament chose to participate in the Southeast Asian Championship and strive to win the championship again to boost morale, so as to complete the revenge of the national football team on February 1 (China's New Year's Day) and fiercely pierce the Chinese fans.
Vietnam are currently ranked 13th in Asia, able to rank lowest of all teams in their Round of 12. Being able to beat Uzbekistan and enter the highest stage of Asian football is enough to highlight the talent and ambition of this small Southeast Asian country in the sport of football. In history, Vietnam won the Southeast Asian Football Championship twice, and in the last tournament they passed the barrier and finally won the final with a total score of 3-2 in two legs, which is also the Vietnamese team waiting for the Southeast Asian football throne after 10 years.
In this tournament, Vietnam beat Laos 2-0 in the first round, and in the second round it was a 3-0 victory over Malaysia, with a net win of 5 goals in two matches, with an average possession rate of 61% per game, and the advantage of the scene was very obvious. However, in the third round, the Vietnamese team was forced to draw 0-0 by Indonesia in the case of 21 shots in the whole game, but in the following fourth round, the Vietnamese team stopped the loss in time and ushered in a 4-0 victory. After successfully getting the right to qualify from the group, the outside world will be Vietnam as the big favorite to win the championship, but in the semi-finals, the Vietnamese team met the powerhouse Thailand, as the maker of the 0-5 tragedy of the national football team, the Thai team has always had the attribute of being strong and strong, and sure enough, the Thai team defeated Vietnam 2-0 in the whole game with only 42% of the ball control rate and only 3 shots on goal.
The defeat was a shame for the Vietnamese team, knowing that the Thai team's world ranking was only 106, which was 14 places lower than the Vietnamese team, and it was the fish belly team in Asia. What's more, after experiencing the experience of the top 40 and the top 12, the overall resistance ability of the Vietnamese team has greatly improved, and it was not expected that in the face of such an opponent, the Vietnamese team unfortunately lost in the first round, and the hope of defending the title is very slim. In the second leg of the battle, the Thai team shot 0 shots in the whole game, but relied on the tenacious overall defense to draw 0-0 with Vietnam, and finally eliminated Vietnam with an aggregate score of 2-0, such an alternative way of winning also reflects the sadness that Vietnam has the advantage but cannot be converted into a winning trend.
These two games are a huge blow to Vietnam's morale. Vietnam, which suffered six consecutive defeats in the round of 12, had hoped to be abused in Southeast Asia in order to improve the team's mental outlook while running into the lineup. As a result, the Vietnamese media was also in an uproar against an opponent who was far inferior in strength in two legs, one game was not won and not a goal was scored, and the Vietnamese media was also in an uproar after letting thailand play the famous front-court pass combination at the peak of Barcelona. It can be said that compared with the Thai team's 5-0 victory over the national football team at that time, Vietnam's 0-2 will also leave an indelible impact on domestic fans.
Seeing this result, I am afraid that the national football team will already be smiling. On the first day of the new year, the national football team will go to the away game to challenge Vietnam, which is a life and death battle related to the national football team, and now seeing the state of the Vietnamese team, I think Li Xiaopeng's heart is more confident to beat Vietnam, which is what the majority of fans are looking forward to. It can be said that this time the Thai team also helped the national football team to extinguish the arrogance of the Vietnamese team, when CCTV5 will also broadcast the Sino-Vietnamese war live, looking forward to the good news.