Assessing Vietnam's chances of participating in the U20 Asian finals

Because the groups have 5 teams such as Group B, Group C and Group D, the second team in this "save-away" category, the head-to-head record with the bottom team will be eliminated. In addition, with Group H returning to 4 teams after Australia and India were confirmed to participate in this qualifying round, it is also an advantage for the National Team.U20 Vietnam.

U20 Vietnam has a great chance to win a ticket to the U20 Asia final round. Photo: VFF

After winning 4-0 againstU20 Timor Leste, along with U20 Indonesia beating U20 Hong Kong with a score of 5-1. The U20 Vietnam team will win a ticket to Uzbekistan next year if:

- Winning against the host team U20 Indonesia in the final round, then our team will automatically take the top spot in Group F and officially win a ticket to the U20 Asia finals.

- The two teams drew in the official match, but the U20 Vietnam team defeated the host team Indonesia in the penalty shootout, then we will also be the leader of group F and will definitely have a ticket to Uzbekistan.

- If we lose in the penalty shootout, we will have 7 points and a goal difference of +8. We will definitely qualify for the finals as the best second-placed team.

- In case we have to accept defeat against the host team U20 Indonesia, coach Dinh The Nam's team will have 6 points and a goal difference of less than or equal to +7. Only the teams in group A, U20 China or U20 Saudi Arabia, can win second place and have 7 points. This only happens when the two teams U20 China and Saudi Arabia draw in the last match.

Ranking of the second-placed teams in the U20 Asian qualifiers as of September 17, 2022. Graphics: Xuan Quy

Another second-placed team that is also likely to get 6 points and a better goal difference than us will be U20 Kyrgyzstan (in Group J), when in the last match they only have to face U20 Brunei, who suffered 2 defeats 5-0 and 8-0 in the first 2 matches.

- In groups B, C, E, the teams currently ranked second are U20 Bahrain, U20 Yemen, U20 Malaysia all have 4 points but will have to face the strongest teams in the group such as U20 Qatar, U20 Japan and U20 Korea. It will be very difficult for these teams ranked second to win against these teams that are considered very strong. Therefore, the possibilityU20 VietnamThe lead over these teams is huge.

- The second-placed teams in Group D (U20 Syria or U20 Chinese Taipei); Group G (U20 Oman or U20 Afghanistan); Group I (U20 Lebanon) have only won 3 points and have very low goal difference, so it is very difficult for these teams to have a goal difference greater than +5. Therefore, if the U20 Vietnam team loses to U20 Indonesia by less than 2 goals, our chance of reaching the final round will also be very high.

However, football is always exciting until the last minute, no one can confirm 100% the results of the matches. Therefore, coach Dinh The Nam's students will try their best to achieve the best result, thereby deciding for themselves the ticket to attend the U20 Asian finals.

The final matches of the U20 Asian qualifiers will take place on September 18, 2022 (except for Group H which has not been played yet). The match between U20 Vietnam and U20 Indonesia will take place at 20:00 on September 18 at Bung Tumo Stadium./.