After a series of unsatisfactory matches and continuous relegation in recent times, the 3-1 victory over Nepal in the 3rd match of the 2027 Asian Cup final qualifiers (October 9) will be the beginning of the journey to regain the form of the Vietnam team.
In this match, the goals of the Vietnamese team were scored by Tien Linh, Xuan Manh and Van Vi. On the other side, the opponent equalized 1-1 after a corner kick in the 17th minute.
According to Footy Rankings, this victory helped the Vietnamese team accumulate an additional 6.98 points, bringing the total score to 1,176.9 on the FIFA rankings. Thereby, the Vietnamese team is expected to increase by 1 rank, from 114th to 113th in the world.
In the remaining match in Group F, the Malaysian team also won 3-0 against Laos despite missing 7 naturalized players who are banned from playing by FIFA. Thanks to that, they are expected to increase 4 places to 119th in the world.
Meanwhile, in Group D of the final qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup, Thailand defeated Taiwan (China) 2-0, thereby being able to return to the world top 100, specifically 99th place).
The Golden Temple team also hoped to win the top spot in Group D when opponent Turkmenistan unexpectedly lost to Sri Lanka, giving all 3 teams 6 points after 3 matches.
