[VOV2] – Losing 1-2 when meeting strong opponent Uzbekistan in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian Futsal Tournament, taking place on the evening of April 24 in Thailand, the Vietnam Futsal team will have to find tickets to the World Cup through the tournament round. play-offs.
Entering the fourth quarter-final match of this year’s continental arena, the Vietnam National Team faces Uzbekistan – currently ranked 3rd in Asia on the FIFA BXF and is also the host of the 2024 World Cup. In fact, the Uzbekistan National Team is superior in terms of performance. time to control the ball and launch many shots, with an emphasis on low shots from tight angles. However, goalkeeper Ho Van Y continued to show very high performance, continuously shining to save losses.
Coach Diego Giustozzi proactively asked his players to play low from the beginning, patiently wait for the opportunity to change their status and counterattack quite sharply. The most significant was captain Duc Hoa’s shot off goal when facing the opponent’s goalkeeper, and then the situation where Thinh Phat kicked the ball into the post at close range. In a tense match, the red team took the lead from a corner kick. Manh Dung passed the ball to Minh Quang, who then passed it back to Thinh Phat, who finished close range and hit the Uzbekistan goalkeeper’s net.
In the second half, if they take advantage of better opportunities and have more luck, Vietnam can finish the match. However, two efforts from Anh Duy, then Minh Quang, hit the crossbar and post respectively. In the final minutes of the match, the red shirt players could not maintain the highest physical strength and concentration to prevent great pressure from the white team. With more than 6 minutes left in the second half, Ropiev volleyed from midfield and Tulkinov connected extremely quickly. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced down, causing Ho Van Y to give up. And when the match had only 1 minute left to end, Juraev caught the ball from a corner, before shooting so low that Van Y could not block it. Losing the final 1-2, the Vietnam futsal team stopped in the quarterfinals of the Asian Futsal Championship and had to enter the play-off round to compete for tickets to the Futsal World Cup.
Thus, this year’s continental tournament has determined the Top 4. In addition to Uzbekistan as the host of the World Cup, the other 3 World Cup spots belong to Thailand, Iran and Tajikistan. The 5th place will be decided through the play-off round, including 4 teams that just lost in the Quarterfinals. On April 26, Vietnam National Team met Kyrgyzstan National Team, while Afghanistan National Team met Iraq National Team. The two winning teams will continue to meet on April 28 to determine Asia’s final ticket to the World Championship./.
