'Vietnam team played fairly with Japan'; Iran made an unbelievable comeback

Expert Phan Anh Tu: "Vietnam team played fairly with Japan"

Despite the defeat, according to expert Phan Anh Tu, the Vietnamese team had a good performance and competed fairly with Japan.

Mr. Tu highly appreciated the confidence of coach Park Hang-seo's students.

“The Vietnamese team today is commendable despite the defeat. We dared to play fair with Japan instead of being tight-lipped as initially feared,” said expert Phan Anh Tu after the Vietnamese team’s 0-1 defeat to Japan.

VAR saves Vietnam for the first time in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, depriving Japan of a goal

Junya Ito's classy shot for Japan in the 41st minute was disallowed when one of his teammates was offside while participating in the ball situation. More precisely, with the intervention of VAR, the Vietnam team escaped a goal from Japan.

After consulting VAR technology, the referee did not recognize the Japanese team's goal.

This is the first time the Vietnam team has benefited from VAR. Previously, in matches against Saudi Arabia, Australia and Oman, the Vietnam team was always disadvantaged by VAR. Even the goal that the Vietnam team scored against Oman, we were still nervous because the referee watched VAR very closely.

Lebanon 1-2 Iran result: Iran makes an incredible comeback in extra time

Two stoppage-time goals from Azmoun and Nourollahi helped Iran make an impressive comeback to beat Lebanon 2-1 in Group A of the third round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Although playing away, Iran, with its superior class, took the initiative to attack right after the opening whistle.

It was thought that Lebanon would defend their impressive achievements until the end of the match, but the unexpected happened. The drama of the match was pushed up in the extra minutes. In the 90+1 minute, Azmoun shone to help Iran equalize the score 1-1. Four minutes later, Nourollahi had a decisive finish to seal a dramatic 2-1 victory for the away team. With 3 valuable points against Lebanon, Iran continued to maintain the top position in Group A after 5 matches with 13 points.

Conte disobeyed Levy because he wanted Bale instead of Hazard

Chairman Daniel Levy wanted to sign Eden Hazard but Conte said no.

President Daniel Levy wanted to sign Eden Hazard but Conte said no. Instead, the Italian coach proposed signing Gareth Bale. This information was revealed by famous Spanish journalist Eduardo Inda on El Chiringuito TV. Conte objected because when he was at Chelsea, he knew Hazard was not a hard-working player.

Result Republic of Ireland 0-0 Portugal: Regrettable draw

In the extra minutes, the Republic of Ireland put the ball into the Portuguese net but it was not recognized. Meanwhile, Ronaldo also had an extremely delicious opportunity in the final minutes but could not beat goalkeeper Bazunu.

The final result of the match between Republic of Ireland and Portugal was 0-0. With 1 point from this match, Portugal regained the top spot in Group A, with the same 17 points as Serbia but with a better goal difference.

The red card of defender Pepe in the match between Republic of Ireland and Portugal caused Seleccao to miss the opportunity to leave behind chasing team Serbia in the race for a ticket to the 2022 World Cup finals.