Lose again! Vietnam suffered another defeat in the round of 12, losing 4-0 to Australia away from home, the biggest loss since the team played in the round of 12. After the game, some Vietnamese players were embarrassed and angry, and in order to save face, they vowed to beat the Chinese team at all costs.
According to the Vietnamese media "soha" (pictured above), after the match, Vietnamese player Leong Xuan Chang said he was determined to represent the Vietnamese team and win at all costs against China to win or at least get points.
Speaking about the upcoming match against China in a few days, the midfielder said: "Obviously this is a very special game. However, we will try not to be distracted and influenced by external factors and only focus on the game. Of course, the whole team will try to win, and if they don't win, they will at least take a point. The whole team will be determined to win this game at all costs. ”
Reaching the round of 12 this year, Vietnamese football once fantasized about winning the third play-off match in the group and trying to finally reach the Qatar World Cup. However, as the game progressed, the team lost consecutively, and their desire was reduced to not being laughed at by the Thai team.
In the last Round of 12, although the Thai team only scored 1 point in the 10 rounds of the game, if the Vietnamese team was 0 points this year, it would undoubtedly be ridiculed by neighbors. This is what Vietnamese football does not want to see! In order to fight for breath, for these 1 or 3 points, they set their eyes on what they think is the weakest opponent in the group, the Chinese team.
For this game, they can be described as painstaking! Originally, they opened up to 5,000 spectators at home, but on the first day of the Chinese New Year, their Meiting home stadium will pour in 20,000 fans to cheer up their team and get the first points of this year's Round of 12!
On the same day, the national football team lost 0-2 to Japan away from home, which also made a desperate bet and wanted to get points on the national football team to see hope.
It is reported that the Vietnamese team will return home on the morning of January 28 and arrive in Hanoi in the afternoon of the same day, and the national football team may also arrive on the same day, when both sides have 3 days to prepare for this game. In this way, it is quite fair.
This year's Round of 12 has been played 7 rounds so far, the national football team 1 win 1 draw accumulated 5 points, the only victory is the first leg to defeat the Vietnamese team. The Vietnamese team lost all 7 games, scoring only 4 goals but conceding 16 goals, which can be called the point-giving boy in the round of 12.
In the face of such a point-giving boy, of course, the national football team will not give up without taking 3 points. However, we felt that the opponent was a broiler, and the opponent also regarded us as the only object of the group to score points.
Chinese also celebrates the Spring Festival, and Vietnamese people also celebrate the Spring Festival on the same day, and neither side wants to add to the blockage of their fans during the New Year. Li Xiaopeng wants to win the first victory of his coaching career, and the opponent also has the demand - that is, to win at all costs, to draw or surpass the achievements of the Thai team in the previous edition, and to become the best team in Southeast Asia in the round of 12.