The Afghan futsal team’s home page writes: “What we wanted has come true. Uzbekistan defeated Vietnam and this result helped Afghanistan revive its hope of making history. That is to win the right to participate in the World Cup. Lord, I hope in you. Please God, don’t take away our opportunity!”
The reason why Afghanistan raises hopes of participating in the 2024 World Cup is because in this year’s finals, Uzbekistan is the host. They of course have tickets to attend. In addition to the 4 semi-finals, AFC will have 5 representatives.
If Uzbekistan loses to Vietnam in the quarterfinals, 5 Asian tickets will be given to the 4 teams in the semi-finals with host Uzbekistan. Once Uzbekistan wins, their spot at the World Cup is given to one of the four losing teams in the quarterfinals.
Vietnam unfortunately lost to Uzbekistan
That’s why Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan sparked hope after Vietnam’s defeat.
According to the schedule, on April 26, Vietnam will clash with Kyrgyzstan and Iraq will meet Afghanistan. The winning team in these two matches will meet to determine the owner of the final ticket.
Challenges still lie ahead for Vietnam national team. But as coach Giustozzi said, if they still play like before Uzbekistan, the players will win tickets to the World Cup.
In the last match, Vietnam did very well. They followed thoroughly, covering every angle of the opponent’s shot. At the same time, Vietnam counterattacked very sharply. But because of bad luck, with the ball hitting the post twice and hitting the crossbar once, Vietnam couldn’t win.
Looking at what has been shown, Vietnam has the right to be optimistic about going into the play-off series to earn the final ticket to the 2024 World Cup.
Dang Lai
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