In a match in the final round of Group B of the World Preliminary Round of 12 Asian Round of 12 that ended on the evening of March 29, Beijing time, the Vietnamese men's football team drew 1-1 away from home with the Japanese men's football team, ending the opponent's previous six consecutive wins.
The Japanese men's football team is ranked 23rd in the world, while the Vietnamese men's football team is ranked 98th, with a huge disparity in strength between the two teams. In the first round of the round of 12, Japan defeated Vietnam 1-0 with the winning goal of the in-form Junya Ito. Since qatar has already received a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar, the Japanese men's starting team has rotated nine people in this match. But even so, the Japanese team, which has famous players such as Kawashima Nagashi, Maya Yoshida, Shibasaki, Genki Haraguchi, and Kawashima Nagashi, is still far above the Vietnamese team.
But in the first half, it was the Vietnamese team that scored first. In the 19th minute, the Vietnamese team won a corner kick opportunity, Nguyen Gong Fung crossed from the left corner, Yoshida Ma also leaked, Nguyen Thanh Binh jumped high at the back point to head the ball into the far corner, and the Vietnamese team that played away took the lead in scoring! It was also the only shot on goal by Vietnam in the first half. After the Vietnamese team broke the Japanese men's football goal, the B team in the round of 12 except the Chinese men's football team, all other teams have scored the Japanese men's football goal.
In the second half, Japanese captain Ma Yoshida, who made a mistake in the 54th minute, also made up for it, and scored in front of goal to equalize. Subsequently, two goals from the Japanese team were blown away, and the two sides eventually shook hands 1-1.
Although the Japanese team ended their six-game winning streak, they also indirectly helped the Chinese men's football team secure the 5th place in Group B before the match against Oman. The Vietnamese men's football team, which has only 4 points with 1 win, 1 draw and 8 losses, has been impossible to surpass the Chinese men's football team with 6 points.
Although the Vietnamese men's football team regrettably failed to upset Japan, the round of 12 ended as the bottom of the group, but the only victory won was to defeat the Chinese men's football team they had never defeated before, in addition to the away draw of the powerful Japanese men's football team, this round of 12 trip is also a full harvest.