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Jordan's coach highly evaluates friendly match with Vietnam

Jordan and Vietnam played a good game, said Jordan’s coach Vital Borkelmans while commenting on the 1-1 friendly match between the two sides in the UAE on June 1 (Vietnam time) ahead of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers.
Jordan's coach highly evaluates friendly match with Vietnam ảnh 1Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau (right) competes for the ball with a Jordan striker (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – Jordan and Vietnam played a good game,said Jordan’s coach Vital Borkelmans while commenting on the 1-1 friendlymatch between the two sides in the UAE on June 1 (Vietnam time) ahead of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers.

Borkelmans said that although his team had many chances,they made a big mistake which ended up with an own goal.

Jordan's coach highly evaluates friendly match with Vietnam ảnh 2Jordan’s coach Vital Borkelmans (Photo: VNA)
Jordanian players continued to miss a lot of opportunitiesin the second half, including a penalty which was successfully saved by Vietnamesegoalkeeper Van Toan.

However, he said, this was only a friendly match and bothsides should focus on more important games. Jordan will face Kuwait andAustralia in their next matches.

After the friendly match, Vietnam's coach Park Hang-seo permitted his players to take a rest for the whole day. As planned, the national team will be back to training on June 2 evening.
Vietnam are currently leading Group G of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers with 11 points after three wins and two draws, two clear of second-placed Malaysia and three aboveThailand. The UAE are now in the fourth position with six points from four games, whileIndonesia are standing at the bottom with zero points.

The remaining three matches of Group G will see Vietnamplay against Indonesia, Malaysia and the UAE on June 7, 11 and 15, respectively./.
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