0-1! Losing to FIFA146, there is no hope of qualifying from the group! What to learn from Vietnam? The national football team should not be arrogant
At 22:30 Beijing time on January 19, the 2023 Asian Cup Group D Round 2: Vietnam VS Indonesia.
In the first round, Japan defeated Vietnam 4-2 and Iraq defeated Indonesia 3-1, both of which took the initiative to qualify. In the first game of the second round, Iraq defeated Japan 2:1, breaking out a big upset, comparable to the 2022 World Cup Germany lost to Japan and finally went out of the group, the difference is that this time Japan will not be out of the group, but it also gives Vietnam and Indonesia the hope of qualifying, if they can beat their opponents in this round, at least they can qualify as one of the three best groups with the best results.
Vietnam, ranked 94th in the world by FIFA, should not be underestimated, although it lost 2:4 against Japan, it also scored 2 goals as the biggest favorite to win the championship, and fell behind 0:1 and reversed 2:1. Indonesia's FIFA ranking is 146th in the world, judging from this ranking, it is absolutely a fish belly, but the squad for the Asian Cup this time is worth more than Vietnam, the total value of the Indonesian team is 8.9 million euros, and the total value of the Vietnamese team is 5.83 million euros, of course, this is also related to the fact that Vietnam coach Trussier recruited most young players in their early 20s this time, and there are too few official competitions to participate in them, so they naturally can't play the value, such as the 19-year-old child Nguyen Dinh North, who broke through Japan and hit the goal, is only worth 175,000 euros.
However, Indonesia's players are also not very old, as can be seen from the average age of the starting line-ups of both sides.
Vietnam started the 3421 formation, the front line unit price head Nguyen Van Dong, both sides of Pham Jun Hai, Nguyen Quang Hai, midfielders Wei Mintong, Nguyen Jun Anh, Nguyen Thai Song, Pham Xuan Manh, three central defenders Phan Jun Cai, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Nguyen Thanh Binh, goalkeeper Philipp Nguyen. The total value of the starting eleven is 3.025 million euros.
Indonesia started the 541 formation, center Rafael, midfielders Vekini, Marcelino, Ivar, Shayuri, defenders Platama, Justin, Amat, Walsh, Asnawi, goalkeeper Enando. The starting eleven is worth a total of 4.2 million euros.
The average age of the starting eleven is 26.3 years old in Vietnam and 25.2 years old in Indonesia.
It can be seen that Indonesia is not a "fish belly".
After the opening of the game, the last round against Japan played Vietnam vigorously, and this time against Indonesia was at a comprehensive disadvantage.
In the 42nd minute, Rafael Struk was brought down in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty, which Indonesian captain Asnawi Baha converted. Indonesia leads Vietnam 1-0.
In the second half, Vietnam did not recover the disadvantage, and became impatient, and finally lost 0:1, 2 consecutive defeats and 0 points at the bottom, and the qualification was basically out of play.
In the first 2 rounds of the group stage, the team outside the 100th FIFA ranking drew 0:0, and the national football players were not beaten into frightened birds, but they were said to be useless by domestic media people......
Media people who don't think it's a big deal, and even compare Chinese fans to the little demon who was tortured and committed suicide by Tang Seng in the Journey to the West, the so-called weak team in the two wars, did not lose, and kept a clean sheet, is it really that bad?
What's wrong with Vietnam? After watching this game, isn't that it? What happened to Japan? After watching the last game, isn't it just like that?
Germany has been out of the group stage of two consecutive World Cups, and Italy, like the national football team, has been out of the qualifiers for the last two World Cups.