On the evening of January 27, Beijing time, the World Cup Asian Top 12 rekindled the flames, with Australia facing Vietnam at its home. In the end, after 90 minutes, Australia won the match 4-0, temporarily surpassing Japan to rise to the second place in the standings. After losing the match, Vietnam officially missed the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Prior to this match, Australia was one point behind Japan in third place in the group. Australia have not won the last three rounds, losing 2-1 to Japan, 0-0 to Saudi Arabia and 1-1 to the national team. Consecutive points conceded put the Kangala Army down third in the table, a place to play a play-off.
On the Vietnamese side, they can be said to be the worst team in this round of 12. At the end of six rounds, they all lost, scoring 4 goals and conceding 12 goals. Before this round, Vietnam still has the possibility of theoretically qualifying. But after defeating Australia, with 3 games remaining in the round of 12, Vietnam has been unable to achieve a rebound, which means that they officially missed the World Cup at the end of the year.
In December last year, Vietnam competed in the Southeast Asian Championships with a main squad, but they lost to Thailand in the semi-finals, missing the opportunity to win the cup. Back in the round of 12, the Vietnamese team has the self-awareness that it is impossible to qualify, but still hopes to create trouble for the opponent.
Australia wants to qualify, and the rest of the matches cannot be lost. Against Vietnam, it is a game that the Kangaroo Army must win, only 19 seconds after the opening, the Kangaroo Army successfully sent the ball into the vietnamese team gate, the result was that the referee blew the Australian player offside, and the home team's opening goal was ruled invalid.
In the ensuing hours, Australian striker Matthew Leckie performed well, creating a threat in the penalty area in a row, but he fell to the ground several times without awarding a penalty. Coming to the game for 30 minutes, Australia, which has been attacking continuously, has finally scored. Vietnam's defense was completely leaky, and Jamie McLaren broke the deadlock with his head hammer unguarded.
Just before half-time, Rogic scored a one-handed goal to open up the scoreline and the Kangaroo Army returned to the dressing room with a 2-0 lead. At the end of the half, the Vietnamese team was in a comprehensive disadvantage, and there was basically no possibility of a reversal.
In the second half, the Vietnamese team, which had been adjusted by the midfield, found a certain offensive attack, but unfortunately, the continuous threat balls were defused by the Australian defense. In the 70th minute of the game, Australia seized the opportunity of vietnam's continuous upward pressure to score again, and goalkeeper Matthew Ryan assisted Goodwin to score a goal, and the score came to 3-0, and the victory and defeat were no longer suspenseful.
With McGrey scoring for Australia again in the 72nd minute, the Kangaroo Army won 4-0, temporarily rising to second place in the table, while also sending Vietnam, the latter the team that started the round of 12. Vietnam still struggled to find a point after seven rounds of matches, and it was the number one sender in the top 12, and their 16 goals were also the worst results of the top 12 teams. The Vietnamese team's failure to score points on Australia also further weakened the hopes of the national football team to qualify.