Group F: Vietnam 0-3 Indonesia
The chance of Vietnam team to qualify the 2026 World Cup 3rd Qualifier 2026 became narrower when lost 0-3 to the Indonesia team in the match at My Dinh home field on the evening of March 26.
27/03/2024 10:57:42
After losing the first leg 0-1 away from home, Vietnam National Team made changes to the starting lineup. On the other side, Indonesia also fielded two additional naturalized players, Thom Haye and Ragnar Oratmangoen.
With many players naturalized from Europe, the Indonesian team made the difficult for the Vietnam team to deploy the ball. In particular, two naturalized players playing football in the Netherlands have shown their class with flexible and accurate playing style. In the 9th minute, after a corner kick on the left wing by Thom Haye, midfielder Jay Idez jumped high and headed in, opening the score 1-0 for the away team.
An early loss combined with a lack of luck could not help the Vietnam team regain balance. Crosses from Xuan Manh and Tien Linh to head high were all neutralized by goalkeeper Ernando. When the efforts still did not bring results, goalkeeper Nguyen Filip had to go into the net to pick up the ball for the second time in the 23rd minute, after Oratmangoen dribbled past 4 Vietnamese players before kicking the ball to increase the score to 2-0.
At this point, Vietnam was forced to change the attack plan and tried very hard to push the squad high to put pressure on the opposing team. In the 28th minute, Van Thanh did his job well with a favorable pass. Unfortunately, neither Tien Linh’s classic finish nor Khuat Van Khang’s free kick could make things difficult for goalkeeper Ernando. The first half ended with a score of 2-0 for Indonesia.
Host Vietnam started the second half by bringing in Thanh Long to replace Thai Son. However, the Vietnamese team’s position continued to be deadlocked after that. At this time, Van Toan and Tan Tai were sent onto the field to replace Tien Linh and Xuan Manh. However, everything gradually passed in the helplessness of Do Hung Dung and his teammates.
At minute 66, Minh Trong was the last person sent onto the field to replace Van Khang. The efforts of the players on the field were remarkable, but Vietnam’s playing style in the official 45 minutes and more than 9 minutes of extra time was ineffective. Not stopping there, the Vietnam team also had to concede a third goal, after Ramandhan’s finish.
With this result, the opportunity to compete for tickets to continue to the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers for Vietnam National Team is very slim as they lost 4 points to their main opponents on the rankings.
