Trust in UAE!

As we know, to win a ticket to the quarter-finals, U23 Vietnam must possess both necessary and sufficient conditions. Besides the task of defeating U23 North Korea, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team must also look forward to the result of the match between U23 UAE and U23 Jordan, taking place at the same time (8:15 p.m. on January 16).

If only two teams from the West Asian region “join hands” to create a draw with goals (1-1, 2-2…), all the efforts of Quang Hai and his teammates in the match with U23 North Korea will become meaningless. Therefore, the honesty and fairness of U23 UAE and U23 Jordan are extremely important to the fate of U23 Vietnam at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.

U23 Vietnam (red shirt) does not have the right to decide for the ticket to play in the knockout round. Photo: Archive

Coach Maciej Skorza has promised to defeat U23 Jordan, but the truth remains to be seen after this match. However, in the past, Vietnamese football has benefited from the efforts and “fair-play” of UAE football.

Remember in the group stage of the 2007 Asian Cup, the Vietnam team was in the same group with the UAE team, Qatar team and Japan team. After the first two matches, the Vietnam team and Japan team won 4 points, the Qatar team won 2 points, while the UAE team did not win any points and was officially eliminated.

In the final match, Le Cong Vinh and his teammates met the Japanese team, while the UAE team faced their West Asian "brother" - the Qatar team. With the situation of the UAE team at that time, not many people believed that they would play with determination against the Qatar team, because they had run out of motivation to compete. Therefore, the possibility of the Vietnamese team going on was almost non-existent, when the opponent was the Japanese team.

As expected, at the end of the first half of the match at My Dinh Stadium, the Japanese team led the Vietnamese team with a score of 3-1 and a superior game. In the match at the same time at Military Zone 7 Stadium (HCMC), the UAE team was led by the Qatar team with a score of 1-0. Hope for the Vietnamese team is extremely fragile.

The UAE team's car surrounded by Vietnamese fans after the match with Qatar. Photo: tienphong.vn

Nearly 13 years have passed, but Vietnamese football fans have not forgotten what the UAE team did in the match against the Qatar team, a match that was just a formality for them. Hopefully, Vietnamese football will once again benefit from the efforts and honesty of the UAE football team, specifically in the match against U23 Jordan./.