The AFC looked forward to the national football team and the Vietnam war on its official website on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, using Chi Zhongguo as the cover character on the cover. The AFC pointed out that against Vietnam, which has lost seven consecutive games, new coach Li Xiaopeng will fight for a victory away from home to maintain the hope of theoretically fighting for third place. This game will start at 20:00 on the first night of the Chinese New Year.
Screenshot of the report on the official website of the AFC
In the last round, China and Vietnam both suffered defeats. Vietnam lost 4-0 away to Australia, and China also lost 2-0 away to Japan. Now the Chinese team has only scored 5 points in the group, ranking second from the bottom, while the Vietnamese team has suffered 7 consecutive losses, and is still 0 points, scoring 4 goals and conceding 16 goals.
The AFC reviewed the last meeting between the two teams on its official website, when China took a 2-0 lead with goals from Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei. But then Vietnam scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of regular time to tie the score. In the last moment, Wu Lei stood up again, he helped the Chinese team score a goal to score the reading second whistle, and helped the Chinese team to get the only victory so far in the round of 12.
"Last year's victory over Vietnam was the only victory of the Chinese team in the last 7 matches of the round of 12, and for the Chinese team, all the matches in the round of 12 were played abroad, which is a very difficult process. Although losing to Japan, the Chinese team still maintains the theoretical hope of qualifying. If the Chinese team can win this game under the leadership of new coach Li Xiaopeng, then it still maintains the hope of competing for the third place in the group. The AFC reported.
In the other two meetings of the group, Japan will meet Saudi Arabia, while Oman, who has 7 points, and Australia, which has 14 points, will meet. If Oman can beat Australia at home and China can beat Vietnam on the road, then the Chinese team is still theoretically likely to catch up with Australia. In this game, Luo Guofu, who was suspended in the last game, will definitely start the game.