worthy opponent of Vietnam futsal team

In the past, the Australian team has finished second in the Southeast Asian Futsal Championship four times, in 2007, 2013, 2014 and 2015. In all four finals, Australia lost to Thailand. We have twice won the runner-up position in the regional tournament, in 2009 and 2012. In both of those second-place finishes, the Vietnamese futsal team also lost to Thailand.

In terms of achievements in World Cups, the Australian futsal team is better than the Vietnamese futsal team in terms of the number of times they have participated in the world tournament. Australia has reached the World Cup finals 7 times in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2016, but has never passed the first round. The Vietnamese futsal team has participated in the World Cup finals twice, in 2016 and 2021.

The Australian team is the opponent of the Vietnamese team in the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian tournament.

However, in terms of quality in the world championships, the Vietnamese futsal team has achieved better results than the Australian team. Specifically, in both the 2016 and 2021 World Cups, the Vietnamese futsal team reached the round of 16.

The last time the Vietnamese and Australian futsal teams met in an official match was at the 2022 Southeast Asian Championship. At that time, the Vietnamese futsal team beat the Australian team 5-1 in the group stage. In the match 2 years ago, Nguyen Thinh Phat (2 goals), Tran Thai Huy, Chau Doan Phat and Nguyen Van Hieu scored for the Vietnamese team. Of these, Thinh Phat, Thai Huy and Doan Phat are still playing for the Vietnamese team at the 2024 Southeast Asian Championship.

In general, compared to 11-a-side football, in futsal, Australia is not a strong team in Asia. They still have a physical advantage over the other teams in Southeast Asia, compared to the Vietnamese futsal team. However, in terms of technique, Vietnamese players have better techniques than Australians.

The Vietnamese futsal team (red shirts) has more chances to reach the finals.

In this year's tournament, Australia is in Group B with Indonesia, Myanmar and Cambodia. They only got 4 points after 3 matches, equal with Myanmar. Australia is only ranked above Myanmar due to the extra score, thanks to that, Australia qualified for the semi-finals as the second team in Group B.

Specifically, Australia only had 1 win in this group, when they beat Cambodia with a score of 9-2. The rest, they lost to Indonesia 1-3, tied with Myanmar 3-3. Of the total 13 goals (average 4.3 goals/match) scored by the Australian team in the group stage, 9 of them were scored against the weak team Cambodia, showing that their attack is not too strong. On the contrary, the Australian team's defense conceded 8 goals after only 3 matches (average conceded nearly 2.67 goals/match).

The Australian futsal team (yellow shirts) did not perform very well in the group stage.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese futsal team scored 23 goals (an average of 5.75 goals/match) and only conceded 3 goals (an average of 0.75 goals/match). The statistics of the Vietnamese team so far are better than those of the Australian team. In theory, the chances of winning the semi-finals of the team under coach Diego Giustozzi are higher, especially after we were boosted by the 3-2 victory over Thailand yesterday (November 6).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/uc-doi-thu-xung-tam-voi-doi-tuyen-futsal-viet-nam-185241107125118942.htm