Vietnam National Team Receives Encouragement Before Match Against Oman; Tien Linh Wins AFC Award

Vietnam national football team receives encouragement from AFC before match against Oman

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) homepage posted an article praising the efforts of the Vietnam national football team in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, before the team...Coach Park Hang-seoentered the match against Oman.

“After 3 matches of the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, only 1 team is still looking for the first point, that is the Vietnam national team. However, the “Golden Star Warriors” can consider themselves unlucky, after equalizing against China and only being denied 1 point in the last minute. Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will certainly hope for luck in the upcoming match against Oman” - the article said.

Vietnam national football team was somewhat unlucky in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. Photo: AFC

AFC commented further on the unsatisfactory start of the Vietnam national team in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup: “The Vietnam national team is one of the rising teams in Asia and is participating in the final qualifying round of the World Cup for the first time, after finishing second in Group G in the second qualifying round. However, they are experiencing difficulties when facing opponents of the top class in the continent.”

After losing to Saudi Arabia 1-3, Australia 0-1 and China 2-3, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will visit Oman at 11:00 p.m. on October 12, Vietnam time.

Tien Linh won the AFC award

Striker Nguyen Tien Linh surpassed Zhang Yuning (China) in the "Future Star" vote after the third round of the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup - Asia region.

The voting was launched by the Asian Football Confederation on October 8 on its official fanpage. The two talents selected for fans to vote for areNguyen Tien Linhand Zhang Yuning - the strikers who scored in the last round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Zhang Yuning opened the scoring for China in their win over Vietnam. He also created one scoring chance and won five aerial duels. Tien Linh scored the equalizer for Vietnam, with three shots on target and a passing accuracy of 86.7%.

In the poll that just ended on the afternoon of October 11, AFC announced Tien Linh as the winner with the comment: "The 23-year-old striker had an indescribable performance, scoring for Vietnam in one of the best matches of the third leg."

Tien Linh (right) received more votes than Zhang Yuning.

With the equalizer against China, Tien Linh increased the total number of goals scored in the World Cup qualifiers to 6. Therefore, he was chosen as the representative image of Vietnam, in the poster of typical strikers selected by the World Football Federation (FIFA) before the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. Tien Linh appeared with a series of world stars such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Son Heung-min, Wu Lei, Mehdi Tarimi...

In a recent interview with AFC, Tien Linh said: "The matches in the third qualifying round are more difficult than the second qualifying round. The opponents are all ranked higher than Vietnam, so scoring becomes a challenge. However, I am trying to improve myself through each match. As a striker, my goal is to score goals, I will try to do that as much as possible."

Today, October 12, Vietnam will meet Omani at 11pm (Hanoi time) in the fourth match. In the past, Oman won both times they met Vietnam in 2003 with a total score of 8-0.

Germany wins ticket to World Cup 2022 after big win over North Macedonia

A 4-0 victory over North Macedonia in the 8th round helped Germany become the first team to qualify for the World Cup.World Cup 2022.

In this match, coach Hansi Flick put out his best players. Therefore, despite having to play away, Germany played very well, creating great pressure on the home team's field. The "Tank" strikers continuously bombarded the North Macedonia goal, but could not score in the first half.

Entering the second half, minute 50, Havertz scored from close range to open the score after Muller's assist.

Timo Werner scored twice to help Germany win big. Photo: Reuters

After opening the score, Germany played much easier, the pressure was relieved so the "Tank" strikers played very well, especially Timo Werner, who scored 2 goals in the 70th and 73rd minutes to help Germany lead North Macedonia 3-0.

In the remaining time of the match, North Macedonia fought back strongly to find an equalizer. However, facing a Germany team that was stronger in every aspect and played well, the home team could not do what they wanted. Not only that, they also conceded another goal in the 83rd minute, when Musiala tore the net.

In the end, Germany won 4-0 against North Macedonia. The victory of the German team became sweeter when in the same match, Romania defeated Armenia with a score of 1-0. That means, Germany officially became the first team in the world to win a ticket to the 2022 World Cup.

Que Ngoc Hai revealed special details after the match between Vietnam and China.

Center back Que Ngoc Hairevealed that the Vietnam national team had a private meeting after the match against China and is now determined to get a good result against Oman.

In an interview before the match against Oman in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, center-back Que Ngoc Hai revealed that the members of the Vietnamese national team had a meeting after the unfortunate 2-3 loss to China and emphasized the spirit of standing shoulder to shoulder to accept any results.

“The whole team had a private meeting after the match with China. For the young players, not only Thanh Binh but I reminded everyone. When the whistle has not yet blown, we all have to make an effort.

The Vietnam national team will continue to wear white in the match against Oman. Photo: VFF

We won together, so we also accept defeat together. We will be more mature in the future, for example, Thanh Binh can gain more experience when facing big teams in this final qualifying round" - Que Ngoc Hai shared.

According to the Nghe An player, this is the first time the Vietnam team has participated in the final qualifying round of the World Cup, so they certainly still lack some experience. However, the whole team has forgotten the match against China and is aiming for a good result in the away match in Oman.

“The whole team has skipped the match with China to focus on the upcoming matches, especially the match with Oman tomorrow. We will definitely keep the fighting spirit like the past matches and try to improve the shortcomings to get good results” - Captain of the Vietnam team expressed.

The match between Vietnam and Oman will take place at 11:00 p.m. on October 12, Hanoi time. In this match, Vietnam will continue to wear white uniforms like in the match against China, while the host team, Oman, will wear their traditional red uniforms./.