Australia - Vietnam match: People in Melbourne, souls in Hanoi
(Baonghean.vn) - At 4:10 p.m. on January 27, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will have an away match that is predicted to be "less safe, more dangerous" against the Australian team, within the framework of the 7th match of the final qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup in Asia.
Entering this match, the goal of coach Graham Arnold and his team is to win all 3 points. Because at the present time, the Australian team has not yet gained an advantage over the Saudi Arabian team and the Japanese team. After 6 matches in Group B, the team nicknamed Socceroos is temporarily in 3rd place.
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The match between the two teams in the first leg. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang |
If you lose points firstVietnam team(draw or lose), most likely, coach Graham Arnold and his team will be left behind by Saudi Arabia and Japan in the race for the top 2 positions in Group B. Even in 3rd place, Australia will have to face no small pressure from Oman.
Therefore, the order for coach Graham Arnold and his team in the match against the Vietnam team is nothing other than a big win. This is a task within the reach of Mathew Ryan and his teammates. Simply, the difference between the two teams is quite large, although the first leg did not show that.
Objectively speaking, the Australian team is superior to the Vietnamese team in every aspect. In addition to the home field advantage, coach Graham Arnold and his team also possess a much higher level of expertise, as most of the pillars of the Australian team are playing in top European leagues, typically the Premier League.
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The Vietnam team will not have the service of key striker Nguyen Tien Linh. Photo: Doc Lap |
With "heavenly time, favorable terrain and harmony of people" in hand, coach Graham Arnold and his team will not have much difficulty in completing the task of defeating the Vietnamese team. Just one victory is enough for the Australian team to get closer to a ticket to Qatar to attend the biggest football festival on the planet, taking place at the end of this year.
On the other side of the front line, everything is against coach Park Hang-seo and his team. Not only did they lose central defender Que Ngoc Hai and midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh due to penalty cards, the Vietnamese team also did not have the services of striker duo Nguyen Van Toan - Nguyen Tien Linh due to immigration procedures, after testing positive for Covid-19.
Without the strongest squad and having to play away from home against a World Cup-class opponent like the Australian team, defeat is inevitable for Coach Park Hang-seo and his team. Most of the country's football fans only hope that the Vietnamese team will not suffer a heavy defeat in Australia.
However, the most important match for Coach Park Hang-seo and his team in the final qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup in Asia is against the Chinese team, taking place at My Dinh Stadium on February 1. Therefore, the match against the Australian team is just a practice match for Do Hung Dung and his teammates./.