In the first four rounds of the Asian round of 36 of the World Preliminaries, the biggest dark horse changed from Malaysia to Indonesia, which has double-digit naturalized players, and its overall strength has jumped to the third-rate level in Asia, and the value of the whole team has exceeded that of the national football team. At present, Indonesia is four points ahead of third-placed Vietnam, and the qualification situation is very good.
It is worth mentioning that after Indonesia defeated Vietnam 3-0 away, it also "gave lessons" to Vietnamese coach Troussier.
After Vietnam's 3-0 defeat at home on Tuesday night, the Vietnam Football Association held a meeting with coach Troussier and exchanged views on his work as head coach of the Vietnam national team and the Vietnam Under-23 national team, and finally the two sides reached an agreement to terminate the contract from March 26, 2024. After the game, the Vietnam Football Association officially announced the dismissal of Troussier.
Compared with the Vietnamese men's football team coached by Park Hengxu, the Vietnamese men's football team led by Trussier is very different, and there is no second- or third-rate level in Asia at all.
In October last year, Vietnam played against the national football team, Uzbekistan and South Korea, and lost all three friendly matches, with the scores of 0-2, 0-2 and 0-6 respectively, and then won 2-0 away in the first round of the round of 36.
However, Vietnam then entered a wave of 7 consecutive defeats, including 0-1 Iraq in the World Preliminary Round, 1-2 Kyrgyzstan in the Friendly Match, 2-4 Japan in the Asian Cup, 0-1 in the Asian Cup, 2-3 Iraq in the Asian Cup, 0-1 Indonesia in the World Preliminary Round, and 0-3 Indonesia in the World Preliminary Round, scoring 5 goals and conceding 15 goals, with a total score of 5-15, a complete loss.
For the Vietnam Football Association, losing to Indonesia three times in a row in just two months is an unbearable result, and it is also a double kill at home and away in the world preliminaries, resulting in more and more dim hopes of qualifying.
In the latest standings, Iraq qualified two rounds ahead of schedule with 12 points, Indonesia rose to second with 7 points, Vietnam fell to third with 3 points, and the Philippines fell to the bottom with 1 point.
As a team in the second pot, Vietnam suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats in the world preliminaries, and the performance was really bad, and coach Troussier was unjustly dismissed early.
In the last two rounds, Vietnam played against the Philippines and Iraq, and Indonesia played against Iraq and the Philippines.
Due to Iraq's unique strength, it is difficult for Vietnam to win in such a state, and it is only a matter of time before it is out of the game, and there is a high probability that it will be eliminated in advance after a draw in the next round.
Compared with Vietnam, which is on the verge of elimination, the national football team is close to qualifying, and as long as it defeats Thailand at home in the next round, it can advance to the round of 18 one round in advance.