Why was the Vietnam team's goal against Iraq denied?

Red card, 2 penalties cause Vietnam team to lose to Iraq

The Vietnamese team entered the match against Iraq with great determination. In the 17th minute, the "Golden Dragons" scored against their opponents. From Minh Trong's cross, Tahseen put the ball into his own net.

Khuat Van Khang was in an offside position (Screenshot).

However, after consulting VAR, Malaysian referee Nazmi Nasaruddin disallowed Vietnam's goal, citing Khuat Van Khang as being offside in the situation.

Although Khuat Van Khang did not directly touch the ball, this player was determined to have obstructed the vision of the player behind Iraq, meaning he was still participating in the attack.

Then, the semi-automatic offside technology determined that Van Khang was in an offside position in this situation.

Semi-automatic offside technology determined that Khuat Van Khang was in an offside position (Screenshot).

After having their goal disallowed, the Vietnamese team still tried their best. We had the opening goal by Bui Hoang Viet Anh in the 42nd minute. In the 45+4 minute, Khuat Van Khang received a second yellow card and was sent off.

In the second half, Iraq took advantage of the extra man to score two goals against Vietnam thanks to Sulaka and Hussein. Hussein even missed a penalty kick.

The drama was pushed up in the 90th minute when Quang Hai scored an equalizer for the Vietnamese team, 2-2. It was thought that the Vietnamese team would leave the Asian Cup with a point, but Minh Trong's mistake made the team pay the price.

In the dispute in the 90+6 minute, Minh Trong was one step slower than the Iraqi player so he kicked straight at his opponent's leg. The referee awarded Iraq a penalty and Hussein scored the winning goal to make it 3-2 for Iraq.

With this result, the Vietnamese team left the 2023 Asian Cup without any points. Meanwhile, Iraq topped the group with 9 points.

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Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/vi-sao-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-bi-tu-choi-ban-thang-vao-luoi-iraq-20240124193040588.htm