Vietnam team beat Thailand, closer to ASEAN Cup championship

Full time. Vietnam won 2-1 against Thailand in the first leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final.

Minute 90+6: Tien Linh was brought onto the field to replace Hoang Duc.

The second half has 6 minutes of injury time.

Minute 87: Vietnam team adjusted personnel. Hai Long and Duy Manh entered the field to replace Van Thanh and Ngoc Quang.

Minute 83: Goal!!! Thailand team shortens the score to 1-2. Chamlermsak taps the ball into the net from close range after a pressing situation by Thailand.

Minute 73: Goal!!! Xuan Son scored a double. He stole the ball and then sprinted alone before finishing diagonally, defeating the Thai goalkeeper.

Minute 69: Goalkeeper Dinh Trieu made two excellent saves for the Vietnamese team.

Minute 60: Gooooood!!!! Xuan Son opened the score with a close-range header after a header assist from Van Thanh.

Minute 59: The Thai goalkeeper just saved the away team after Quang Hai's powerful shot in an unmarked position.

Minute 51: Xuan Son once again headed the ball wide. The striker born in 1997 has not had a good feeling for the ball since the beginning of the match.

Minute 47: The ball was hung into the penalty area at a fairly good range but Thanh Chung headed it out.

Minute 46: The second half begins.Vietnam team makes a substitution, Quang Hai replaces Vi Hao.

The first half ends.Vietnam and Thailand are tied 0-0.

Minute 45+1: Thailand team made an unexpected substitution, Akarapong left the field due to injury and gave way to Weerathep.

The first half has 3 minutes of injury time.

Minute 44: Vietnam team still hasn't had any clear chances in the past few minutes.

Minute 38: Dangerous, Seksak Ratree shot in a favorable position, luckily the ball went over the goal.

Minute 36: Missed!!! Thanh Chung just shot wide after Hoang Duc's corner kick.

Minute 28: Xuan Son passed the ball very well to Van Thanh, then this defender passed the ball to Chau Ngoc Quang but was in an offside position.

Minute 22: William of Thailand fired a shot over the bar despite being in a good position. The Thai team started to create more pressure after the first 20 minutes of the match.

Minute 16: Dinh Trieu just bravely rushed out to save the Vietnamese team and he was injured after this situation.

Minute 9: Van Thanh's diagonal shot missed the post by a hair. Before that, there was a corner kick, the ball bounced around in the opponent's penalty area.

Minute 4: Missed!!! Xuan Son continued to shoot after Chau Ngoc Quang's pass but the Thai goalkeeper held the ball.

Minute 2: No!!!! Hoang Duc stole the ball from his opponent and passed it accurately to Xuan Son who was speeding, but the Vietnamese striker handled it a bit slowly, causing the opportunity to pass.

20:00: The match begins.

19:00: Players of both teams warm up before the match.

18:40: The two teams announced their lineup.

18:30: Fans of both teams create a passionate atmosphere outside Viet Tri Stadium.

18:00: Vietnam and Thailand teams are ready to take the field.

Pre-match information

Overcoming opponents in the group stage and semi-finals, the Vietnam and Thailand teams will meet in the two finals of the ASEAN Cup 2024. This is considered the "arch-rival" match of Southeast Asian football for many years.

Previously, in the semi-finals, the Vietnamese team defeated Singapore 2-0 in the first leg and 3-1 in the second leg. Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team did not have much trouble against this opponent throughout the two matches, although there were some difficulties in the early stages of each half.

Meanwhile, the Thai team struggled to overcome the Philippines after 2 matches. In the first leg of the semi-final, coach Ishii's team unexpectedly lost 1-2 to their opponent. In the second leg, in more than 90 minutes of official play, the team from the Golden Temple could only win with a score of 2-1, thereby tying the total score of the 2 matches at 3-3.

The two teams entered extra time to determine the winner and had to wait for Suphanat to shine for the "War Elephants" to be able to seal a 3-1 victory (total score 4-3) to win a ticket to the final in a dramatic way.

The Thai team is at a disadvantage before the important match. They play the semi-final match 1 day later than the Vietnamese team, so they will have less days off.

Coach Ishii Masatada’s players also went through a tense 120-minute match (including 2 extra periods). After the match, they immediately flew to Hanoi and then moved to Phu Tho. Such a tight schedule more or less affected the physical and mental strength of the Thai players.

In a pre-match press conference, coach Kim Sang-sik admitted that this was an advantage for the Vietnamese team. At the same time, he hoped that his players would perform at their best to bring victory to their fans in the first days of the new year.