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Vietnam makes biggest surprise at 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers: FIFA

Vietnam proved the biggest surprise packages by sealing maiden progression to the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, FIFA affirmed in its article summarising the second round’s results.
Vietnam makes biggest surprise at 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers: FIFA ảnh 1The article on FIFA website (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam proved the biggest surprisepackages by sealing maiden progression to the third round of the 2022 FIFAWorld Cup Asian qualifiers, FIFA affirmed in its article summarising the secondround’s results.

The second round saw the emergence of Vietnam, the article wrote.“Having reached the last eight in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the team continued tomake progress on the continental stage under coach Park Hangseo”.

Entering the back-end of the campaign as group leaders, theVietnamese registered back-to-back victories against Indonesia and Malaysia andadvanced as one of the best second placed finishers, despite narrowly losing tohosts UAE 3-2 in the concluder, it added.

FIFA also commended striker Nguyen Tien Linh. “A host ofplayers announced stepped into the spotlight to help their respective teamsthrough. Notable among them was 23-year-old striker Nguyen Tien Linh, whostruck four times, including scoring the match-winning goal in the first-legmeeting against UAE, to help his side achieve breakthrough progress,” it wrote.

Prestigious statistics firm We Global Football assessed the chancefor Vietnam to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup is 4.44 percent.

Among the 12 teams, Vietnam’s chances are just higher thanChina’s at 3.68 percent and Lebanon’s at 1.88 percent.

The third round is scheduled to take place from September 2,2021 to March 29, 2022.

The draw for this round will be held in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, on July 1 instead of June 24 as initially scheduled./.
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