Vietnam bids farewell to World Cup Qualifiers with draw against Japan

	Vietnam bids farewell to World Cup Qualifiers with draw against Japan
	30/03/2022 13:08
	Vietnam concluded their journey at the 2022 World Cup qualifiers Tuesday with a surprising 1-1 draw against Japan on the latter's home ground.
As the host, Japan dominated most of the time with six shots on target while Vietnam only had one. The only chance that Vietnam got turned into a goal, with a header from Nguyen Thanh Binh in the 20th minute. After conceding, the ball mostly rolled on Vietnam's side as Japan pushed forward constantly and they found the equalizer in the second half by Mayo Yoshida. Japan got the ball into the net twice afterward but they were rejected by VAR. The game ended 1-1 and Vietnam concluded their journey at the final round of World Cup qualifiers with one win, one draw and eight losses. As the top two teams of Group B, Japan and Saudi Arabia have joined the top two teams of Group A, the Republic of Korea and Iran, to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Meanwhile, Group B’s third-place team Australia will play Group A’s third-place team on June 7 to determine which team advances to the inter-confederation play-offs./.