On the evening of March 29, Beijing time, the final round of the World Cup Asian Top 12 began. In a match in Group B, Japan, at the top of the group, competed against Vietnam, who was at the bottom. In the end, the 90-minute battle ended, and the Japanese team, with a 0-1 behind, relied on Yoshida Ma to draw 1-1 with Vietnam in the second half, and broke out a small cold goal.
In this round of 12, the Japanese team did not start well and was once squeezed out of the promotion zone. Previously, head coach Mori Hoichi was in danger of leaving the class, but he still successfully turned the corner. From the first round of play against Australia, the Japanese team began its own winning streak. Prior to this match, Japan had won six consecutive wins in the round of 12.
In the last round of the round of 12, after defeating Australia, in addition to ensuring that they successfully qualified for the World Cup, they also received the news that Saudi Arabia was forced to draw with the national football team. Although the ranking does not affect the subsequent World Cup journey of the Japanese team, it is a better result to get the first place.
Facing the Vietnamese team in this game, the Japanese team did not dare to slacken off. In the first round against Vietnam, the Japanese team played quite tenaciously, and finally won 1-0. Facing the undesirable Vietnamese team, the Japanese team sent most of the substitutes to train their troops, and they were hit in the first half.
In the 19th minute of the match, the Vietnamese team opened a corner kick, and Nguyen Thanh Binh's header was successful, successfully overturning the climax of the visiting team. Although the victory or defeat of this game will not affect the qualification of the Japanese team, but the loss to Vietnam is definitely not allowed, and this game is the home of the Japanese team.
At half-time, the Japanese team had 12 feet on goal, while Vietnam scored with one shot on goal. Seeing that Japan was 1-0 behind, the country's famous player Keisuke Honda criticized the team's defense and praised the fighting spirit of the Vietnamese team.
In the second half, the Head Coach of the Japanese team replaced Jun Ito and strengthened his defense. In the 53rd minute of the match, the Japanese team finally relied on Maya Yoshida's supplementary shot to equalize. It was clear that the Japanese team was absolutely unhappy with the draw, so they continued to make substitutions.
In the 73rd minute, Tanaka bi scored a goal to help Japan reverse the score, but the home team's goal was cancelled due to Takumi Minamino's handball first. In the following time, the Vietnamese team was not limited to defense, and they even wanted to win the opponent by counterattacking. Because the Vietnamese team knows that only this miraculous victory over the Japanese team can avoid the embarrassment of being at the bottom of the group.
In the final minutes of the game, neither side was able to rewrite the score again. On the Japanese side, they only got 1 point, and they are likely to miss the top spot in the group. And being forced to draw by the world number 98 Vietnamese team is also a disgraceful one.
On the Vietnamese side, although it is a great achievement to force a draw with Japan, they who scored 1 point are sure that they have no chance to surpass the national football team, and can only leave the World Preliminary Tournament as the bottom of the group of 12. The national football team is also the embarrassment of determining that it will not be out of the bottom at the beginning of this round.