World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region of the round of 12 matches continue, the first game to start is Japan against Vietnam, the current standings, Japan ranked first with 7 wins and 2 draws and 21 points, the Japanese team in this tournament made a rapid adjustment in the case of an unfavorable start, the team locked in the World Cup place through a wave of consecutive wins, while the Vietnamese team ranked first in the group with 1 win, 8 losses and 3 points, the only win of the Vietnamese team was to defeat the Chinese team, and the Chinese team in this group ranked second to the bottom of the group with 6 points.
In this match, the Japanese team made a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup, the Japanese team started the lineup: Nagashi Kawashima, Akira Taniguchi, Yamane Shirai, Yuta Nakayama, Maya Yoshida, Shibasaki, Genki Haraguchi, Kenei Kubo, Flag bearer Yoshiyo, Mitsuru, and Ueda Akira.
In the 19th minute of the first half of the game, the Vietnamese team took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field, Nguyen Gong Feng corner kick out, japan's defense leaked, Nguyen Thanh Binh jumped high after the point to head the ball into the far corner, Vietnam led 1:0, 3 minutes later Japan almost equalized, Shibasaki Sent a wonderful straight ball, flag bearer Pi Yang a foot shot slightly offside, Japan formed a siege on the Goal of Vietnam, but it was a little bit worse than the goal, and Vietnam led Japan 1:0 at the end of the half, Comparing the data in the first half, the Japanese team had the advantage, with 12 shots on goal by Japan and only one shot by Vietnam.
The second half of the game did not take long, the Japanese team equalized the score, Haraguchi Genki's shot was blocked by the Vietnamese goalkeeper, Yoshida Maya also made up for the equalizer, the score became 1:1 draw, the game came to the 78th minute, the Japanese team got a great opportunity to counter the score, Yoshida Maya Yemen unguarded a kick to push the bottom line, and finally the whole game ended, Vietnam created a big cold, 1:1 draw with Japan, the second in Asia, and the Chinese team finally ranked 5th.