At 18:35 Beijing time on March 29, a match in the Round of 12 of the World Cup Asian Qualifiers was contested, with Japan facing Vietnam at home. Although Japan did not start well in the World Preliminary Round, it has regained its winning rhythm after adjusting and has locked in a World Cup final in advance. The final round will only determine whether Japan will finish 1st in the group, nothing more. Vietnam's record is somewhat worse, losing 8 of the first 9 group matches, and the only one to win is to beat the national football team at home. Japan won only 1 goal against Vietnam in the first leg, and now back at home, the Japanese team has exploded and drawn with Vietnam.
In this tournament, Moriho lined up a 433 offensive formation. Nagashi Kawashima served as the starting goalkeeper. Seeai Yamane, Maya Yoshida, Shogo Taniguchi and Yuta Nakayama are teamed up at 4 defenders. Genki Haraguchi, Takeshi Shibasaki and Flag bearer Keiyō form a 3 midfielder. The offensive trident combination of Hisahito, Keiji Ueda, and Kaoru Mitsuru join forces. Junya Ito, Takumi Minamino, Takuma Asano, and Yu Nagatomo all sat on the bench.
After the game began, Japan had the advantage of possession and constantly created opportunities, and the shots of Hisaguchi and Haraguchi were not grasped. However, the passive Vietnamese team scored the first goal in the 18th minute, relying on corner kick opportunities, Nguyen Thanh Binh head the ball in. Laggard Japan played more aggressively, and opportunities kept emerging. Flag bearer Keiyō's header was deflected into the top of the goal, Akigo Taniguchi was also unable to score, Ueda Akiyo's shot was confiscated by the goalkeeper, Haraguchi's long-range shot was deflected, and Hisaguchi's header was confiscated. At the end of the half, the Japanese team never scored, trailing 0-1. The Japanese team had 68% possession in the first half, 12 shots on goal, and only 1 shot was on target, and they failed to score. Vietnam scored with just one shot on goal in the first half! It's incredible!
In the second half, Yibian fought again, Morihoichi made a substitution adjustment, and Jun Ito also replaced the flag bearer Pity Yang. In the 53rd minute, Japan scored a goal and Maya Yoshida scored in front of goal to equalize. The goal boosted the morale of the Japanese team, and the team continued to increase its offensive efforts. Moriho was suddenly replaced by Tanaka Bi, Takumi Minano and Hidemasa Morita. However, the Japanese team was unlucky, tanaka bi's goal was invalidated because of Takumi Minamino's handball, and Ueda's goal was blown off due to offside. Two goals from Japan were blown out. The final score was fixed at 1-1, and the Japanese team was upset at home.
The Japanese team had 73% of the ball in the whole game, and scored only 1 goal with 24 crazy shots and 8 shots on target. Vietnam scored one goal with one shot on goal. Such a comparison of data is really crazy. The match resulted in the end of Japan's five consecutive clean sheets in the round of 12. At the same time, this also means that only the national football team in this group has not scored the goal of the Japanese team.