“Al-Abyad” qualified as the leader after an enjoyable performance

Marvik surprises Vietnam and suspends the "seconds" accounts

Ali Salmin celebrates the team's first goal against Vietnam.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

The Dutch national team coach, Van Marwijk, surprised the Vietnam team with a new formation through which he dominated the match that took place yesterday at Al-Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, Dubai, at the end of the second phase of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and Asia 2023. The team won a deserved 3-2 victory He climbed to the top of Group G, to reserve the qualification ticket directly without the trouble of entering into the best seconds accounts.

Marvik pushed Majid Hassan in the middle of the field to close all the spaces in front of the speed of the Vietnam players, to pay the debt of the loss of going to the Vietnamese team.

This is the fourth win in a row since the start of the second leg, after beating Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, to lead the white with 18 points, compared to 17 points for Vietnam, who qualified among the best seconds.

The team succeeded in controlling the match completely, thanks to the midfield trio: Majed Hassan, Ali Salmin, and Abdullah Ramadan, who presented one of his most beautiful matches and scored two goals, after the coach gave him the freedom to move with the presence of the heart of the midfield Majid Hassan, in addition to Ali’s movements Salmin who scored the first goal.

Possession and superiority

The first half of the match witnessed a great advantage for Al-Abyad, who dealt with the match calmly and without rushing in attacks, and relied on possession and not deflecting the ball and passes, in addition to building attacks from behind, so Al-Abyad reached the Vietnam goal easily and without any suffering.

And he succeeded in translating the advantage, which reached 72% in the first half, by scoring the first goal through Ali Salmin from a wonderful pass by Abdullah Ramadan.

Marvik's intelligence

The match proved the intelligence of Dutch coach Marvik in reading the Vietnam team well, and dealing with the team’s only weakness in the previous three matches, which was the lack of correct defensive positioning and the imbalance in the midfield with the presence of Ali Salmin and Abdullah Ramadan only, so in this match he filled the gap completely by paying Majid He improved in the middle of the field to close the spaces in front of Vietnam, and gives preference to the white while relying on passes and not deflecting the ball, which gave the white great confidence.

constant pressure

Al-Abyad continued his pressure and possession of the first half of the match, and did not return to the defense, but relied on the passes that Vietnam failed in front of, and the pressure he made did not succeed in reaching Ali Khaseef's goal, due to the closing of the spaces from the midfield trio.

The team refused to finish the first half without impressing on its superiority, so it managed to score a reassuring goal through top scorer Ali Mabkhout from a penalty kick, which Khalil Ibrahim managed to get after the Vietnam goalkeeper intervened strongly.

white changed

The team continued to excel in the second half, and maintained constant pressure and possession, after Bandar Al-Ahbabi made the third goal, and the advanced full-back Mahmoud Khamis scored, which decided the result significantly for the team, despite the two goals of Vietnam.

Ranking of the second group

Emirates 18 points.

Vietnam 17.

Malaysia 12.

Thailand 9.

Indonesia 1.

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