Although the Vietnam national football team, 'Park Hang-Seo-Ho', lost in the final match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian region's second qualifying round, it was confirmed as the second place in the group's history.
Vietnam's national team, led by coach Park Hang-seo, lost 2-3 in the final match between the UAE and the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Region 2nd Qualifier held at the Jebel Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Vietnam finished the second qualifying round with 17 points (5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss), dropping down to second place in Group G by one point to the United Arab Emirates (18 points).
Vietnam, which was able to win a direct ticket to the final qualifier with the first place in the group just by drawing on this day, came in second in the group, but secured the final qualifier 'wild card' given to the top 5 teams in each group and held the first final qualifier ticket in history. I did.
Due to North Korea's declaration of non-participation, in the second qualifying round, the 'corrected points' excluding the results are compared with the lowest-ranked team when calculating the results of the second place in each group.
Vietnam has 11 points minus two wins over bottom-placed Indonesia.
In a situation where only three teams out of the second place in each group have to beat Lebanon and Tajikistan (with more than 10 points), which have already completed their second qualifying rounds, they are out of luck.
In the midst of this, the results of the final match in Group B did not come out, but Jordan or Kuwait, who are strong in second place (8 corrected points), could not exceed Vietnam's 'corrected points', so Vietnam had the right to advance to the final qualifiers.
In a situation where coach Park Hang-seo was unable to take the baton of this match due to accumulated warnings, Vietnam head coach Lee Young-jin took the lead, but failed to stop the UAE's offensive offensive.
Before the match, manager Park said, "I hope the players don't think it's okay to draw. As the defense is weak, we are preparing various tactics."
Vietnam conceded two goals in the first half alone and collapsed early.
After driving Vietnam hard from the beginning of the first half, the UAE conceded the lead in the 32nd minute with a strong right-footed shot from Ali Hassan from the right side of the penalty area in Vietnam's half.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Mohammad Id was caught by the Vietnamese goalie while digging into the left side of the penalty area to win a penalty, and Ali Mabkut scored an additional goal in the 40th minute of the first half.
After finishing the first half 0-2, Vietnam conceded the winning goal to Mahmoud Khamis in the fifth minute of the second half and seemed to collapse.
However, Vietnam gave strength at the end of the second half, and Nguyen Thien Linh's pursuit goal in the 40th minute followed by a goal by Tran Min Vuong in the 45th minute of the second half, but in the end the game could not be overturned.