World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: Thailand - Vietnam and the fateful September
(Baonghean.vn) - In addition to the fact that the 3 new Thai coaches all failed in their debut matches, September, considered the fateful time for Thai football, they have never won. For Vietnam, on the contrary, we always have bad luck, on September 5, 2017, both teams played, Vietnam won, Thailand lost.
Normally, the Thai national team plays about 15-18 matches each year. But September is always the time when they only lose or draw, so this year they have to face Vietnam and Indonesia during this time, which makes Thai people worried.
Thailand: lost 3, drew 1
According to statistics from soccerway, in the second qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Asia, Thailand won 2-0 against Afghanistan on September 3, 2015. After that, they played 4 matches in September and lost 3 and drew 1.
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| In September, the Thai national team often has "bad" luck. Photo: FAT |
The draw we want to mention happened 5 days after the match against Afghanistan, also in the second qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Asia, they tied Iraq 2-2. In just 3 minutes from the 80th to the 83rd minute, T. Bunmathan and M. Tossakai respectively kept the draw for Thailand.
Still in the second qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Asia, Thailand lost two consecutive matches in September 2019. On September 1, 2016, the Thai team lost 0-1 to the host team Saudi Arabia. The opponent a few days later was Japan, the top team in Asia, and right at home they had to lose 0-2. The two Japanese players G.Haraguchi and T.Asano each scored one goal in a different half.
Exactly 2 years ago, on September 5, 2017, in the final match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Asia, the Thai team lost to Australia with a score of 1-2. At that time, coach M. Rajevac had a strong squad, in the 4-5-1 formation T.Dangda played as the center forward, 2 Thai midfielders P. Anan and T. Bunmathan played right behind. Center forward T. Jurić opened the score for the home team, P. Anan equalized the score 1-1 for Thailand but only 4 minutes later M. Leckie raised the score to 2-1 for Australia.
Vietnam: won 4, drew 1
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| Coach Park is determined to win big against host Thailand. Photo: FAT |
Surprisingly, in September, while the Thai team only drew and lost, the Vietnamese team achieved quite good results. On September 8, 2004, the Vietnamese team lost to the visiting team Korea 1-2. Phan Van Tai Em scored early but in the end we still lost 2 goals in the 63rd minute by Lee Dong-Gook and in the 76th minute by Lee Chun-Soo.
Up to 8 years later, the matches of the Vietnam national team did not take place in September. Until September 11, 2012, to prepare for the AFF Cup 2012, the Vietnam national team had 2 consecutive friendly matches, winning the host Malaysia with a score of 2-0. Then 4 days later, the Vietnam national team had a goalless draw with Indonesia at My Dinh Stadium.
The luck also followed the “friendly” matches with the boys in red. On September 6, 2014, at Lach Tray Stadium (Hai Phong), the Vietnamese team had a friendly match against Hong Kong (China). Striker Hai Anh scored a double, and Cong Vinh scored the remaining goal to help Vietnam win 3-1.
On September 8, 2015, in the second qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup in Asia, the Vietnamese team had a victory right on the field in Chinese Taipei and won 2-1 overall thanks to goals from Dinh Tien Thanh in the 53rd minute and Phi Son in the 90+2 minute.
In the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers, on September 5, 2017, the Vietnamese team defeated the Cambodian team 2-1 thanks to goals from Van Quyet (4th minute) and Quang Hai (81'). Thus, in the past 8 years, the Vietnamese team has been undefeated in the matches of September: won 4, drew 1.
So, coincidentally, on September 5, 2 years ago, Vietnam won Cambodia 2-1 while Thailand lost to Australia 1-2. Will we repeat this again on September 5, 2019, right in the land of the Golden Pagoda?
