Thai goalkeeper and shocking statistics, Vietnam team has reason to regret

Thailand could have lost to Vietnam by 3 to 4 goals.

"The Vietnamese team was able to finish off the Thai team right at their home stadium Viet Tri, after almost having a great second half with the excellence of Nguyen Xuan Son," former Singaporean player and commentator Rhysh Roshan Rai expressed, after watching the first leg of the AFF Cup 2024 final on the evening of January 2.

Thai defenders were completely helpless against Nguyen Xuan Son of the Vietnamese team, according to regional press.

"The second half was great. Chalermsak Aukkee made up for his mistake and that goal helped the Thai team survive and continue to nurture hope. However, I think the Vietnamese team will be a bit uncomfortable. They could have finished off their opponents right here (at Viet Tri Stadium). Not only Nguyen Xuan Son, most of the Vietnamese players played a great first leg final.

However, for neutral fans, the temporary 2-1 score in favor of the Vietnamese team is great, because we will have another match that promises to be extremely attractive and dramatic to watch. At home, I think the Thai team will play better," Rhysh Roshan Rai assessed.

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In the first leg of the 2024 AFF Cup final, according to regional press such as The Straits Times (Singapore), the Vietnamese team took the initiative, but the Thai team also played with great determination.

However, the away team's players were under more pressure and made many mistakes, especially in defense, allowing striker Nguyen Xuan Son to score two goals to help the Vietnamese team lead 2-0 in the 59th and 73rd minutes. In the 83rd minute, center back Chalermsak Aukkee scored to reduce the score to 1-2, rekindling hope for the Thai team before the second leg at 8:00 p.m. on January 5.

If they had taken better advantage of their scoring opportunities, the Vietnamese team would have ended all hopes of the Thai team right from the first leg of the final.

Thai press, as TV reporter Ta Lao also acknowledged: "With Thailand's defensive errors, the Vietnamese team could have scored 3 or 4 goals. If they had done this, the goal to compensate for Chalermsak Aukkee's mistakes would certainly not have been enough.

However, the Thai team was lucky to leave Viet Tri Stadium with a 1-2 loss. They will have a chance to reverse the situation at their home stadium Rajamangala, where 47,000 tickets were sold out in just 2 hours. All the drama is still ahead."

Meanwhile, GOAL statistics show that goalkeeper Patiwat Khammai had a total of 7 spectacular saves against the "bombardment" of the Thai team's goal by the Vietnamese team's strikers, both in the first and second halves.

GOAL page (Thailand) points out the hero of the Thai team, helping to keep hope alive in the second leg

"Without this brilliance of Patiwat Khammai, the Thai team would have probably suffered a heavy defeat against the Vietnamese team and would have soon ended all hope. Luckily, they only conceded 2 goals from the brilliance of Nguyen Xuan Son, who now the entire Thai team knows who he is.

With a 1-2 loss, everything is still ahead. But the Thai team must play better than the first leg to have hope. If they cannot stop Nguyen Xuan Son and the spirit of the Vietnamese team is extremely excited, the outcome of the first leg can still happen again," GOAL emphasized.

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