On March 29, Beijing time, in the final round of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, Japan sat at home against Vietnam. Before the game, Japan was the first in the group and Vietnam was at the bottom of the group, which was a head-to-tail battle. After beating Australia in the last round, the Japanese team has already qualified early, but in order to retain the first place in the group and thus qualify for the third gear of the World Cup, the Japanese team still has to strive to win this game.
In this campaign, the Japanese team sent young players, Kubo Kenei started, with Ueda Akishi and Mitsuru paired up front, Takumi Minano, Junya Ito, Yuto Nagatomo and other main players sat on the bench, compared with the last key battle with Australia, the Japanese team changed more.
In the first half, in the 20th minute, it was unexpected that the Japanese team fell behind, and was broken by the bottom team Vietnam, 0-1, a big cold start!
From the corner kick on the left side of the front court, the Vietnamese team drove to the Japanese team's penalty area, the Japanese team was a bit careless, felt that the Vietnam team was limited in height, the attention was focused on the front point, the back point was 3 hit 2 by the Vietnamese team, the Vietnamese full-back Nguyen Thanh Binh jumped high, pressing the Japanese defender to break the head hammer, and the Vietnamese team led the Japanese team 1-0.
After conceding the ball, Japanese centre-back Ma Yoshida, who played for Sampdoria in Serie A, was also helpless! From the first 30 minutes, the Japanese team's ability to seize opportunities in the front court has dropped a lot, after all, the main players are basically sitting off the field, which is the lineup of the Japanese second team.
Of course, we have to praise the Vietnamese team, leading Japan 1-0 away, it's unbelievable! Historically, Vietnam has never beaten Japan in an official match, and the first leg of the round of 12 was also a 0-1 defeat, will this match have a miracle? See.