As the opening of the Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar, approaches, the Japanese men's team is seen as the favourites to win the tournament with a strong performance. In their final warm-up match before the Asian Cup, Japan extended their 10-game winning streak with a 6-1 win streak and scored 45 goals, setting two new records in team history. In contrast, Vietnam, who are in the same group as Japan, have been in poor form of late, losing five of their last six matches, leaving their prospects of qualifying for the Asian Cup uncertain.
The Vietnam Football Association officially revealed that the 26 players participating in the Asian Cup are all from domestic leagues, and none of them play for overseas clubs. This reflects the overall strength of the Vietnamese national team, especially when it was played in the round of 12 of the World Cup qualifiers two years ago.
The Vietnamese team is currently coached by Troussier, but since he took over, the team has lost more than won. In three friendly matches in October last year, Vietnam lost three games in a row to the Chinese national football team, Uzbekistan and South Korea, conceding 10 goals.
In November, Vietnam narrowly beat the Philippines in the World Preliminary Tournament, but then suffered a narrow defeat to Iraq. These games have shown that Vietnam often struggle to sustain or even score against teams ranked higher than them in the world.
Two months later, Vietnam were set to make their debut at the Asian Cup, where they played a friendly against a similarly strong Kyrgyzstan before the tournament, but lost 2-1 and barely created any effective threat chances.
Playing in the group stage of the Asian Cup with the shadow of defeat will have an impact on the morale of the entire Vietnamese team. In Group D, Viet Nam is in a group with Japan, Iraq and Indonesia, which is undoubtedly a very challenging group. Vietnam are clearly no match against a strong Japanese team, and the outcome of the encounter with Iraq may not be promising. Indonesia may be Vietnam's only prospective opponent, although the two sides have met in the past.
Considering Vietnam's current form, they may struggle to win even against Indonesia, with a third straight defeat likely to be out of the tournament.
In contrast, the Chinese national football team, as a second-tier team, has a relatively good draw result compared to Vietnam. Although Qatar, as the host, is the first team, its strength is not outstanding, and the strength of Lebanon and Tajikistan is not strong, the Chinese national football team is expected to advance to the knockout stage as the group leader.
On the eve of the tournament, former UAE international Faisal Khalil and former Palestinian international Bahadari are expected to reach the last eight, while not expecting much from Vietnam's performance, believing that the Southeast Asian side may not be able to qualify for the latter stages of the group stage.
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