Japanese media highlight Vietnam-Japan match
Japanese newspapers on November 12 commented on Japan’s 1-0 victory against Vietnam in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
Vietnamese players (in red) organise an attack in the match (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Japanese newspapers on November
12 commented on Japan’s 1-0 victory against Vietnam in the final round of the
2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.The only goal was scored by midfielder Ito Junya in the first half.
The NHK public broadcaster said the team faced difficult
challenges while Tokyo-Sports news site analysed problems of the Japanese team. It pointed out the lack of deciding power and the two midfielders
of Asano and Furuhashi came to the field from the middle of the second half,
but they could not get any additional points.
Yahoo!Japan commented that the team in blue has problems in scoring as Ito might be the one who gave the most troubles to Vietnam.
Asahi Shimbun also said that Japan encountered difficulties
in teamwork as many key players had only one day to prepare for the game.
As it is the fifth consecutive defeat of Vietnam, they have yet to collect any points and stand at the bottom of Group B.
Vietnam are to host group leaders Saudi Arabia while Japan
will fly to Muscat to play Oman. Both games will take place on November 16.
This is the first time that Vietnam has played in the final
qualifying round. They are in the same group with Japan, Australia, Saudi
Arabia, China and Oman./.