World Cup 2022 qualifiers’ UAE – Vietnam: Big dream is coming very close

At 11.45pm June 15, Vietnamese football team will have the final match against UAE in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. At the current situation, only one draw is needed for coach Park Hang-seo and Vietnamese players to participate in the 3rd round. However, what the Vietnamese warriors are aiming at is not just 1 point.

Vietnamese team is expected to sing a triumphal song again in Dubai, UAE.

Recalling the first leg match between the two teams at the end of 2019, Tiến Linh's only goal helped Vietnam get an important 1-0 victory over the UAE. These 3 important points helped our team create a 2-point gap with the competition for a place in the 3rd round until today.

Compared to the first leg, in this second leg, the UAE has been on good form due to striker Ali Mabkhout. He scored a total of 5 goals in the last two matches of the UAE. Extremely impressive scoring performance of the brightest star on the opponent's side. Moreover, the UAE before this match also had good additions from naturalized strikers. The most prominent of these is No. 15 player Fábio Virginio de Lima. With his extremely skillful left foot, Fábio Virginio de Lima is a danger to every opponent's goal.

The UAE's strength is clear, but the Vietnamese team is no less competitive. Although there is no better addition, they are the same people, but with the talent of Coach Park Hang-seo, everything becomes new and different. Each match will be a surprise gift from Mr. Park to the opponent. Still those cards in hand, but depending on each opponent, depending on the time, he always gives himself the best possible choices. When Mr. Park takes action and changes his tactics, the opponent could only look with surprised eyes. A draw is enough to help Vietnamese team to enter round 3. However, with their bravery and strong mind, the red-shirt men did not want to leave the field but had to share points with their opponent. Thus, let's wait for the home team's third win in a row.

In this match, coach Park Hang-seo will not be able to sit in the cabin because he received 2 yellow cards. Accordingly, assistant Lee Young-jin will take the place of directing the players on the field. Coach Park Hang-seo is not even allowed to use walkie-talkies or phones to contact the coaching staff. The Korean teacher was also not allowed to enter the press conference room after the match. This can be considered a significant loss of Vietnamese . However, the "extended arms" of Coach Park Hang-seo will well complete the gap that their teacher assigns. If all goes well, Vietnam will participate in the third qualifying round in September. And then, it is likely that we will encounter strong Asian teams, such as Korea, Japan or Iran.

Reported by Thai Hai (from Dubai, UAE) - Translated by Ngoc Huynh

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