Defeating China, Vietnam’s futsal team opened the door to the quarterfinals of the Asian tournament

Vietnam’s futsal team is rated higher than China’s futsal team thanks to its ranking 40 places higher than its opponent on the FIFA rankings. After the first round of sharing points with the Myanmar team, Coach Giustozzi’s team understood that only victory would help Vietnam have the right to self-determine the ticket to continue to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian futsal tournament.

Vietnam team proactively played offensively after the opening whistle. However, the Chinese futsal team Quoc is not easily bullied. The country’s football team plays solid defense, making it difficult for the Vietnamese team to reach Song Zhechao’s goal. The Chinese players are ready to play hard to block Vietnam makes them pay the price.

The turning point of the match The match comes at 11 minutes team Vietnam national team was awarded a 10m direct free kick after a player China committed their 6th foul. Nhan Gia Hung stood in front of the penalty kick and skillfully placed the ball with his right foot into the right corner of the goal to open the score.

After conceding a goal, the Chinese players rose up to pressure the Vietnamese team. Coach Giustozzi’s team struggled quite hard. Van Y played excellently with successful saves to help the Vietnamese team keep a clean net.

After the break, the Vietnamese players regained the game and created many finishing opportunities. Unfortunately, Vietnam’s strikers were not sharp. Minh Quang Thinh Phat all had opportunities in front of the ball. But the opponent could not score. Duc Hoa subdued Song Zhechao, but he was denied a goal by the post.

In the second half of the second half Chinese futsal played power-play again but was not really impressive. This team only created a real opportunity in front of Van Y’s goal when Siming shot the ball against the crossbar in the last minute. Unable to score, the Chinese team sadly suffered their second defeat and was certain to leave the tournament after the group stage.

The Vietnamese team will compete with Thailand in the final match of the group stage. As long as they don’t lose to Thailand, the Vietnamese futsal team will definitely be in the quarterfinals.