Time's up. The Vietnamese team created a "shock" when they defeated Thailand with a score of 3-2 in the final match of the group stage. With this result, coach Diego Giustozzi and his team won a ticket to the semi-finals with the top position in Group A - 4 wins in all matches.
Minute 38: The Thai futsal team pushed up to play power-play to put pressure.
Minute 35: Goal!!! Less than 30 seconds later, Dinh Cong Vien continued to score after a very precise assist from Da Hai.
Minute 35: Goal!!! Vietnam futsal team equalized 2-2. The Thai goalkeeper did not catch the ball well, the ball bounced and Dinh Cong finished close to the goal to equalize the score.
Minute 31: Goal!!! The score is 2-1 for Thailand. Da Hai carelessly lost the ball, creating an opportunity for the opponent to counterattack, before Sawang finished off the goalie Van Tu.
Minute 30: Thailand almost scored a second goal. Akapan's player quickly shot the ball close to the edge of the Vietnamese team's net.
Minute 28: What a pity!!! After a great combination from the Vietnamese team, Thai Huy shot past the opposing defenders but the ball hit the post and went out.
Minute 25: The referee blew the whistle for Tu Minh Quang but in fact the Thai player had committed the foul first. This caused a strong reaction from the coaching staff of the Vietnamese futsal team.
Minute 21: Second half begins.
Goalkeeper Van Tu caught the ball outside the penalty area, the referee awarded Thailand an indirect free kick at close range. Unfortunately, the opponent's shot missed the target.
End of first half: Vietnam and Thailand futsal teams are temporarily tied with a score of 1-1.
Minute 19: The Thai futsal team just fired two consecutive shots but goalkeeper Van Tu did well.
Minute 16: Goalkeeper Van Tu made an excellent long-range save for the Vietnamese team after a very strong kick from the opponent's player from midfield.
Minute 15: Vietnam team is missing many opportunities. Just now, Thai Huy's shot hit the post.
Minute 12: Goal!!! In less than 1 minute, Duc Hoa made a great diagonal shot into the Thai net after a smart corner kick by Minh Quang.
Minute 12: Missed!!! Duc Hoa had another chance to score in a face-to-face situation with the opponent's goal, but he shot very gently, the Thai goalkeeper caught the ball.
Minute 9: Duc Hoa decided to shoot right after Vietnam's quick counter-attack but the ball missed the target.
Minute 8: No!!! Thai Huy had a very quick shot but the ball unfortunately went over the crossbar. Before that was a high-level close-range situation of the Vietnam futsal team.
Minute 5: Goal!!! The Thai futsal team opened the scoring. From the opponent's quick attack, Thinh Phat, in an attempt to block, sent the ball into his own net.
Minute 3: The Vietnamese futsal team had a good attack that forced the opposing player to foul Chau Doan Phat. However, the referee did not blow the whistle.
18:00: The match begins.
Pre-match information:
The Vietnamese futsal team will face Thailand in the final match of the group stage of the 2024 Southeast Asian futsal championship.
According to the schedule, the Vietnamese futsal team will compete with the Thai futsal team in the final match of the Southeast Asian Championship group stage, taking place at 6:00 p.m. today (November 6).
In the last 3 matches, Tu Minh Quang and his teammates won all 3 matches, respectively against Timor Leste 4-1, Malaysia 2-1 and Brunei 14-0. Meanwhile, the Thai futsal team also had similar results when defeating all 3 opponents above.
Both Thailand and Vietnam have already qualified for the semi-finals in Group A. Therefore, in the final match of the group stage, the two teams faced each other with the nature of competing for the top spot.
Coach Diego Giustozzi and his team must win if they want to top the group. As for the home team, a draw is enough to give them an advantage in advancing.
At present, Thai futsal is dominating the Southeast Asian arena. After 17 tournaments, they have won 16 times, the exception being Indonesia winning the title in 2010.
Facing a very strong opponent like Thailand, the Vietnamese futsal team is predicted to face many difficulties. Minh Quang, Doan Phat, Thinh Phat, Duc Hoa... need to take advantage of the opportunity to bring a favorable result for the home team.