Vietnam NT has a great opportunity to make history at World Cup 2022 Qualifiers

Group G is considered one of the most attractive tables of this tournament, with the participation of 4 in 5 ASEAN teams.

The fact has proved that, when Indonesia was crashed out of the tournament, the remaining 4 teams - Vietnam, UAE, Thailand and Malaysia - still have hope. In particular, Vietnam is having the most advantage to reach the third qualifiers.

Favorable schedule

Park Hang Seo's army tops Group G by winning 11 points from 5 matches. Vietnam, under Park’ lead is showing a very high performance with unbeaten record and only conceding 1 goal (against Indonesia).

Park Hang-seo and Vietnam NT will have 3 matches ahead against Malaysia, UAE, and Indonesia respectively. If they win from 5 to 7 points in the remaining 3 matches, their chance will be wide opened.

From what they have showed in the past time, this task is not too difficult, especially when all three upcoming opponents were defeated by Vietnam in the first qualifier.

Vietnam is going to travel to Malaysia, a favorite destination where Vietnam had 4 victories and lost once in 6 away matches.

If Vietnam is able to do this, their chance will increase to 90% since they will face Indonesia in the last match.

The return of pillars

Because of the outbreak of COVID-19, FIFA had to postpone qualifying matches in March and June to ensure the safety of the participating teams. This suddenly helps a lot for Vietnam.

If the tournament goes as planned, Vietnam will face Malaysia on March 31. Meanwhile, Park Hang-seo won’t have the strongest squad with the absence of a series of pillars in the squad.

Besides Trong Hoang and Dinh Trong absent due to suspension, Vietnam also lose Duy Manh and Van Hau due to injuries. The lack of 3 pillars in the defense will surely make the "golden dragons" face a lot of difficulties against the strong attack of Malaysia.

In addition, Xuan Truong and Huy Hung also have to race against time to come back as soon as possible. These are also two of Park's favorite midfielder.

The postponement of the tournament, thereby will be a very good opportunity for the above players to recover from injury and return to serve for Vietnam in the upcoming important period.

The final matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia will only return in October and November. Park Hang-seo will certainly have in hand the most satisfactory names in the squad.

Clement weather,favourable terrain and concord among the people are on the side of Vietnam. This is an opportunity for Park to make history for Vietnamese football, to extend the great success in the past 2 years.