How disadvantaged was the Vietnamese futsal team when they were held to a draw by the Myanmar futsal team?

The Vietnamese futsal team was held to a 1-1 draw by opponent Myanmar in their opening match in the group stage of the 2024 Asian futsal finals, which more or less put coach Diego Giustozzi’s team at a disadvantage in the group. this match.

Vietnam’s futsal team only had a 1-1 draw against Myanmar in their opening match at the 2024 Asian futsal finals. Photo: VFF

The Vietnam futsal team enters the campaign at the 2024 Asian futsal finals, and also the qualifying round of the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup with rival Myanmar. Although it is not highly appreciated for its ranking on the FIFA rankings as well as its achievements, the Myanmar futsal team is always a “difficult” opponent whenever facing the Vietnam futsal team.

Returning to the progress of the match, coach Diego Giustozzi’s team encountered a Myanmar futsal team that played a disciplined, tight defense for most of the match. The absence of Pivo Nguyen Minh Tri (a player playing in the attacking position) due to injury causes the Vietnamese futsal team to lose a powerful goalscorer, while Thinh Phat and Van Tien are still not effective. effective in attack situations.

Duc Hoa and his teammates had difficulty facing Myanmar’s tight defensive style of play. Photo: VFF

When we missed many opportunities and only got Minh Quang’s only goal, the Myanmar futsal team also took advantage of their counter-attack situations well to equalize the score at 1-1. This is also the final result of this match.

Letting the Myanmar futsal team draw will more or less put the Vietnamese futsal team at a disadvantage in terms of the match schedule in Group A, which also includes the Thai futsal team and the Chinese futsal team.

Coach Diego Giustozzi will need more efforts for the Vietnamese futsal team in the remaining two matches of Group A against China and Thailand. Photo: VFF

In the next match, the Vietnam futsal team will face the Chinese futsal team (playing first) and the Myanmar futsal team will meet Thailand. With the Chinese futsal team being rated the weakest in the group, it is likely that the Vietnamese futsal team will win 3 points in the next match, while the Myanmar futsal team is unlikely to win points in the match with Thailand at the same time. will minimize the number of goals lost against the representative of the Golden Temple.

But being able to play later will help the Myanmar futsal team calculate the situation in this group to have a reasonable strategy before entering the final series of matches, deciding the ticket to continue.

In the final match, the Vietnamese futsal team faced the team considered the strongest in the group, Thailand. If the Vietnamese futsal team fails, the Myanmar futsal team will try to win, and at the same time score many goals against the Chinese futsal team to “race” for the score with coach Diego Giustozzi’s team.

Therefore, only winning a draw in the opening match will put the Vietnamese futsal team at a disadvantage in winning a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian futsal tournament.