Match statistics: U23 Iraq overwhelmed U23 Vietnam

On the morning of April 27, U23 Vietnam lost 0-1 to U23 Iraq in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian U23 Championship. Thereby ending the journey in the tournament as well as the dream of winning tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In this match, U23 Vietnam only controlled the ball 37% compared to Iraq’s 63%. U23 Vietnam continues to have more matches with less ball control than their opponents at the 2024 U23 Asian Championship.

With an overwhelming position, especially after scoring the opening goal, Iraq U23 launched 18 shots, and 8 of them hit the target. However, most of Iraq U23’s shots were not clear opportunities.

U23 Vietnam kicked the goal 8 times but only hit the target once. The only hit was Ngoc Thang’s long shot at the end of the match. It was easily captured by the goalkeeper on the U23 Iraq side.

Iraq U23 committed many fouls and also received more yellow cards. The team from West Asia tried to prevent the risk of U23 Vietnam counterattacking with many early fouls. This really makes U23 Vietnam difficult and unable to change status as desired.

A parameter that shows more clearly the pressure of Iraq U23 is the number of corner kicks. U23 Iraq had 8 corner kicks, twice as many as U23 Vietnam. However, Iraq U23 showed that they are not a team good at playing high ball when they are completely “harmless” from corner kicks.

In the match against U23 Iraq, Vietnamese players continued to show incompetence in their playing style when Manh Hung received a rather ungainly red card. Before that, goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan also ran out and could not get his hand back in time, causing U23 Vietnam to be blown 11 meters.