In the match last night, U20 Vietnam won 4-1 against U20 Bangladesh. However, we still lost the top spot. The reason is that U20 Syria won 10-1 against U20 Guam and improved the goal difference.
U20 Vietnam was pushed down to second place in Group A despite winning all three matches (Photo: VFF).
At the moment, U20 Syria is leading Group A with 9 points and a goal difference of +14. Meanwhile, U20 Vietnam has the same number of points but a goal difference of only +11.
Only the group winners will qualify for the final round of the AFC U20 Championship. The runners-up will have to compete with other group runners-up for five out of 10 tickets to the tournament in China.
Therefore, if we want to win a direct ticket, U20 Vietnam must overcome U20 Syria in the final match. Otherwise, we can only win second place in the group.
In the case of comparing the results with the second-placed team, the results of the matches against the bottom team will not be considered. In Vietnam's group, the bottom team will be determined by the match between U20 Bhutan and U20 Bangladesh in the final round.
At this point, U20 Vietnam is ranked second on the second-placed teams table with 6 points and a goal difference of +8 (in case U20 Bangladesh is at the bottom of the table). This is a high goal difference compared to many other teams.
It is worth noting that most of the other groups saw the second-placed team lose to the first-placed team (except groups H, F, D). Furthermore, based on the rankings of the second-placed teams, only Iraq (group H) has a more impressive goal difference than U20 Vietnam.
Just need to draw with U20 Syria in the final match, U20 Vietnam will win the ticket to continue (Photo: VFF).
In case of a draw with U20 Syria in the final round, U20 Vietnam will have 7 points with a goal difference of +8 (if U20 Bangladesh is last) or +6 (if U20 Bhutan is last). The situation in the groups shows that the second-placed teams in groups B, C, E, G will not have more than 6 points.
In Group D, U20 Saudi Arabia (9 points, goal difference +10) and U20 Australia (9 points, goal difference +5) will face each other. If these two teams draw, U20 Vietnam will definitely rank above the second-placed team U20 Australia in case of a draw with U20 Syria. And if the match has a win-loss result, we will also definitely rank above the second-placed team in this group if we have 7 points.
Therefore, it can be affirmed that U20 Vietnam will definitely advance if they draw with U20 Syria in the final match.
If they lose to U20 Syria, U20 Vietnam will only have 6 points and the goal difference will not be as high as it is now to compare with other second-placed teams. Up to this point, on the rankings of the second-placed teams, U20 Iraq, U20 Yemen, U20 Qatar, U20 Australia, U20 Kyrgyzstan, U20 Cambodia all have 6 points. At this time, the fate of U20 Vietnam depends on the results of these teams' matches in the final round. At that time, the possibility of coach Hua Hien Vinh's team being eliminated is very high.
The match between U20 Vietnam and U20 Syria will take place at 7:00 p.m. on September 29 at Lach Tray Stadium. Vietnamese fans hope that with the home field advantage, coach Hua Hien Vinh and his team will win at least 1 point to enter the 2025 U20 Asian Cup finals.
Ranking of second-placed teams as of the morning of September 28 (Photo: Wiki).
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