On March 29, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia continued, and in the last round of the group stage, Japan broke out at home, drawing 1-1 with Vietnam, and failed to win 7 consecutive wins. Vietnam upset got 1 point, but their points are still 4 points, the Chinese men's football team 6 points, early locked the 5th position in the group, Vietnam ranked at the bottom.
Japan's last away game was 2-0 away to Australia, an early round to lock up the World Cup qualification, Vietnam lost 0-1 at home to Oman, the points are still 3 points. In this matchup, the Japanese team rotated the lineup, arranged most of the substitute players to play, the Vietnamese team did not have pressure, they were not optimistic on the road, but there was a cold in this game.
In the first half of the game, Vietnam took the lead, and in the 19th minute, vietnam had a corner kick opportunity, and Nguyen Thanh Binh's header in front of the goal was successful, giving Vietnam the lead. Despite the initiative, Japan was unable to equalize at halftime and was 1-0 behind in the first half.
In the second half of the game, in the 55th minute, Japan equalized, this time it was the Vietnamese goalkeeper who came out of the hand, and The Japanese defender Ma Yoshida also scored the ball, the score was 1-1 draw, and Maya Yoshida's insertion was also crucial. In the 77th minute, the Japanese team missed a great opportunity to rebound, and Maya Yoshida's empty shot in front of the goal was deflected, and it failed to score twice, nor did it overtake.
In the following game, the Japanese team scored a goal, but the offside was first, and finally Japan drew 1-1 with Vietnam, only to get 1 point, and the Vietnamese team got 1 point, they ended Japan's 6 consecutive wins, but also got a valuable 1 point. However, Vietnam only got 4 points in the end, and there was still a gap between the 6 points of the national football team, so they determined to be at the bottom, and the national football team locked in the penultimate 2nd, that is, the 5th place in the group.