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Asian Cup 2019: Vietnam still have chance to advance to next round

Vietnam still have a chance to advance to the knockout stage at the Asian Cup 2019 if they win three points against Yemen in the last match of the group stage and score as many goals as possible.
Asian Cup 2019: Vietnam still have chance to advance to next round ảnh 1Vietnamese footballers (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam still have a chance to advance to the knockoutstage at the Asian Cup 2019 if they win three points against Yemen in the lastmatch of the group stage and score as many goals as possible. 

So far, 10 teams have made their entry to thenext round, which are the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, China, theRepublic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Japan and Uzbekistan. 

At this tournament, the number of participatingteams has been expanded to 24 from 16, and a new format has been applied, underwhich four third-placed teams can enter the round of 16 besides the first andsecond best teams in each group. 

At present, the Vietnamese team are not amongthe best four third-place finishers, ranking fifth among six.  

Vietnam have not gainedany points after two matches, as they lost 2-3 to Iraq in their first match of Group D in the AFCAsian Cup 2019 on January 8, and suffered a 0-2 defeat to Iran on January 12.

However, the chance is still available for theGolden Stars if they win over Yemen with high scores at the final Group D matchslated for 20:00 (UAE time) on January 16.-VNA     
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