The first 45 minutes of the match between Vietnam and the UAE were certainly not to the taste of dreamy lovers. Ali Hassan and Ali Mabkhout quickly helped the home team take a 2-goal lead, which was an overwhelming situation. At this time, many people have forgotten the comeback or even a draw on the field of the host UAE.
It seems that hope is immediately poured on... the Australian team. This team will meet Jordan in the final match of Group B. As previously analyzed, if Jordan cannot beat Australia, they will be the second team in the group but have a worse record than Vietnam, meaning that coach Park Hang-seo and his team will officially qualify for the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.
The number of searches for the match between Jordan and Australia on Google's search engine is starting to increase dramatically. Just type the words J or Au to immediately appear the suggested keyword Jordan Australia. This shows the great interest of Vietnamese fans in the match.
Google said that search results peaked in two time points at 0:30 and 0:48 on June 16.
It is not too difficult to understand that 0:30 was the time when the first half of the match between Vietnam and the UAE ended with an unfavorable result for coach Park Hang-seo and his team. Meanwhile, 0:48 was quite close to the time when Harry Souttar scored the opening goal for Australia.
It can be said that Vietnamese fans have gone through moments of anxiety. There were times when we thought about an unlucky scenario that was very unlikely to happen. However, Vietnam still made a historic mark with a ticket to the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup for the first time.