Vietnam make history by progressing to final round of World Cup qualifiers

Wednesday, 10:48, 16/06/2021

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s national football team have advanced to the third qualifying round in the Asian region of the 2022 FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history after making it through as one of the five best second-placed teams in the group stage.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 1 — After previously two winning matches against Indonesia and Malaysia, the national team face the hosts the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their final match of Group G in the second round of World Cup qualifiers.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 2 — The Vietnamese footballers display great confidence in the opening minutes of the game.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 3 — Ali Sameen of the UAE opens the scoring in the 32nd minute.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 4 — Striker Ali Mabkhout scores the second goal of the game with a penalty in the 40th minute.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 5 — The Vietnamese team makes changes at half time in order to play more attacking in the second half.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 6 — Mahmood Khamis heads the ball home to put the UAE 3-0 up in the 50th minute.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 7 — The Vietnamese footballers continue attacking and are eventually rewarded after Tien Linh scores a goal in the 84th minute.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 8 — The solidarity and teamwork also brings about a second goal for Vietnam in injury time through substitute to Minh Vuong.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 9 — Although the team fall to a 3-2 defeat away to the UAE and lose top spot in Group G, Vietnam still manage to advance to the third qualification round of the 2022 World Cup for the first time in their history due to to results elsewhere going their way.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 10 — Vietnam successfully make it through to the third qualifying round of the World Cup for the very first time. The next round of matches will take place between September and March, 2022. So far the team have received VND8 billion for their excellent performance in the World Cup qualifiers in the UAE.

vietnam make history by progressing to final round of world cup qualifiers picture 11 — The only Southeast Asian team to make it through is Vietnam, who are now one of the top 12 teams in Asia.

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