Vietnam easily defeated Indonesia despite Hung Dung's missed penalty

In the first minutes, the Vietnamese team started the game cautiously. Meanwhile, the host Indonesia, with home field advantage, showed quite confidence in their attacks.

In the first 20 minutes, Indonesia had to use 5 fouls to neutralize the attacks of the Vietnamese team. In the 19th minute, Trong Hoang was the one who had the first dangerous shot. The shot was powerful with his right foot but the ball found the right position of the Indonesian goalkeeper.

In the 24th minute, Hung Dung's efforts created a dangerous situation right in the 16m50 box, unfortunately no player was able to shoot. However, just in the corner kick situation after that, Tien Linh headed the ball, Van Hau created a wall to create conditions for Duy Manh to tap the ball into the goal to open the score of the match.

Vietnam national team starting lineup. Photo: VFF

The joy of victory of Vietnam National Team.

In the following minutes, Indonesia continuously fouled Vietnamese players and created a few attacking situations but they were not very dangerous. Except for the situation where the ball was hung inside and goalkeeper Van Lam could not catch the ball.

In the 43rd minute, from a very clear attack, Quang Hai skillfully passed the ball to Tien Linh to break the offside trap, unfortunately his one-touch shot missed the post by a hair. In the last minute of injury time of the first half, Indonesia suddenly had a surprising corner kick combination. The Indonesian player fired a shot from very far away but the ball only went into the back of the net.

Center back Duy Manh opened the scoring for the Vietnam national team. Photo: Hai Hoang

At the beginning of the second half, Indonesia once again created a surprise in a direct free kick but the home team's player was offside. In the 53rd minute, Hung Dung's move past two Indonesian players caused the opponent to commit a foul in the penalty area and the Vietnam team was awarded a very clear penalty.

On the 11m mark, Que Ngoc Hai made no mistake, defeating the Indonesian goalkeeper to raise the score to 2-0. A very meaningful gift from him to his wife on her birthday.

In the 57th minute, Trong Hoang's through ball created a very dangerous opportunity for the Vietnam team, unfortunately Van Toan had the ball cleared by the opponent right at his feet. Conceding 2 quick goals, Indonesia immediately made a substitution to increase their attack.

Vietnam had more space as their opponents pushed forward to find an equalizer. And in the 59th minute, Duc Huy had a shot from outside the box from a pass from Van Toan. The Indonesian goalkeeper had to punch the ball away.

Captain Que Ngoc Hai celebrates the goal that increased the score to 2-0. Photo: Hai Hoang

In the following minutes, the long balls of the Indonesian team could not bring any results. Number 10 Lilipaly tried hard but he alone was not enough to make a difference against the concentrated defense of the Vietnamese team. However, this was the match where goalkeeper Van Lam showed his uncertainty in the high ball situations.

In the 75th minute, Coach Park made a substitution, sending Van Thanh onto the field to replace Tien Linh. Before that, Viet Phong also came onto the field to replace Van Toan. Immediately after entering the field, Van Thanh had a chance, but his long-range shot hit the Indonesian defender.

Vietnam's defense had trouble with the small player Riko from Indonesia. Photo: Duc Dong

With 10 minutes left in the match, Indonesia continued to make substitutions. A moment of lapse in concentration from the defense, especially Duy Manh, forced Van Lam to go into the net to pick up the ball.

In the 84th minute, the diminutive midfielder Riko tried to dribble past 3 Vietnamese defenders before passing to substitute Irfan Bachdim to finish past Van Lam. Immediately after, Hong Duy was brought on to replace Trong Hoang.

In the 90th minute, Vietnam almost scored a goal to increase the score to 4-1 from a difficult corner kick by Quang Hai. In the final minute (90+4), Vietnam was once again awarded a penalty when an Indonesian defender blatantly fouled Quang Hai in the penalty area.

The person who took the shot was Hung Dung but the midfielder of Vietnam national team failed to execute it successfully. And this was also the last situation of the match.

In the end, Vietnam won 3-1. This result helped Vietnam get 7 points after 3 matches, 2 wins and 1 draw.

In the remaining match, Thailand won 2-1 against UAE, temporarily taking first place in Group G with 7 points but had a better goal difference than Vietnam.

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