In a friendly match, with a victory over Hong Kong (China), the Vietnamese team rose one place to 94th in the world.
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| The starting lineup of the Vietnam team in the friendly match against Hong Kong (China). (Source: Vietnamnet) |
Despite many difficulties, the Vietnamese team still completed their mission when they won against Hong Kong (China) with a score of 1-0 in a friendly match at Lach Tray Stadium. The only goal of the "Golden Dragons" was scored by Que Ngoc Hai from the penalty spot.
With the victory over Hong Kong (China), ranked 147th in the world, the Vietnamese team was awarded an additional 3.4 points.
Currently, we have 1,233.09 points. Thanks to that, Coach Troussier's team has surpassed Equatorial Guinea to move up one place, to 94th in the world.
This position helps the Vietnamese team maintain an advantage before the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Maintaining a position in the top 18 of Asia helps the "Golden Star Warriors" stay in the second seed group and avoid strong teams such as Uzbekistan, China, Jordan, Bahrain or Syria.
Remember, the Vietnamese team was also in the second seed group in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. Thanks to that, we made history when we entered the third seed group for the first time.
On June 20, the Vietnamese team will face a higher-ranked team, Syria (90th in the world). If we win that match, we can surpass Palestine to take the 93rd position.
The team was deducted 1.77 points after a 0-0 draw with Indonesia. Also on June 20, Palestine will face China.
In the match against Vietnam, Syria did not have its strongest squad. The most important player of the Syrian team, Omar Khribin, could not join the team because he was busy with paperwork for his family to settle in Germany.
Omar Khribin is the top scorer of the Syrian national team with 21 goals. In addition, this striker is also the only Syrian player to win the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 2017.
Besides Omar Khribin, the Syrian team also does not have the services of a series of other key players such as Muhammad al-Hallaq, Mohammed Osman, Abd al-Rahman Weiss and Simon Amin due to injury.
The match between Vietnam and Syria will take place at 7:30 p.m. on June 20.
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| Vietnam team's ranking after the match with Hong Kong (China). (Source: Football-Ranking) |
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