At 18:35 Beijing time on March 29, the final round of Group B of the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, Japan played at home against Vietnam. Because Japan had already qualified early, they made a big rotation against Vietnam in the last round, compared with the previous round against Australia, only the back line Maya Yoshida and Yamane Wereai were still in the starting list, and the other 9 main players were on the bench.
Unexpectedly, in the opening 19 minutes, the Vietnamese team scored with a corner kick from the left side, and the 00-back center-back Nguyen Thanh Binh scored a header to lead the Japanese team 1-0 away from home.
This is the first time in vietnam's history that it has played in the round of 12, losing 8 games in the first 9 rounds, and only winning 3-1 on the Chinese team. This time, facing the Japanese team that has already qualified early, they temporarily lead 1-0 at halftime and are expected to win the second round of 12 in team history.
At the end of the half, Vietnam scored 1 goal on 1 shot on goal, while the Japanese side scored only 1 goal on target in 12 shots.
They have met 4 times in the history of Japan, Vietnam has lost all of them, and the last 3 meetings have all been kept clean by Japan, which is the second time they have broken through the door of a Japanese team after 15 years. If this game is won, it will be the first time in Vietnam's history to beat Japan.
Facing Oman in the first round of the round of 12, Japan was defeated 1-0 by Oman in 89 minutes at home, which can be said to be the biggest underdog in the round of 12. And now, another cold game is brewing in the round of 12, and the Vietnamese team is 45 minutes away from creating a miracle. You know, foreign media predict that the probability of Vietnam's away victory over Japan is only 4.03%!
At present, the B group real-time standings, Vietnam and the national football team with the same 6 points. If Vietnam wins Japan and the national football team loses to Oman, then the national football team is likely to be at the bottom of the group.