Defeating the Vietnamese team, Indonesia had a double win

Indonesia is also the only team from Southeast Asia to win in the fourth series of matches of the second qualifying round of the 4 World Cup in Asia. All the other teams in the region lost, most of them heavily.

In Group B, Myanmar lost to Syria 0-7. The Southeast Asian team is still at the bottom of this group, with only 1 point after 4 matches. With 6 points behind second-place team Syria, with only 2 matches remaining in the second qualifying round, Myanmar was almost eliminated. According to the rules, for each second qualifying round, only the top 2 teams from each group will be selected for the third qualifying round.

In Group C, two representatives of Southeast Asian football, Thailand and Singapore, both lost heavily. Thailand lost 2-0 to South Korea at home Rajamangala in Bangkok (Thailand), while Singapore lost 3-1 to China at Tianjin Olympic Stadium (China).

Just like Myanmar in Group B, Singapore in Group C only has 1 point, 6 points behind second-place team China. With only 2 matches left, Singapore is almost eliminated. Thailand theoretically still has a chance to compete for second place in group with the Chinese team. Thailand currently has 4 points, China has 7 points.

Thailand was forced to defeat the Chinese team in the 5th match of the second qualifying round in June to gain the right to self-determination. However, this is not an easy task, because in theory the Chinese team is not weaker than Thailand, not to mention China can also play at home.

In Group D, Malaysia lost 0-2 to Oman. Malaysia fell to 3rd place in this group, with 6 points after 4 matches, 2 points behind the top 3 teams Kyrgyzstan and Oman. In theory, Malaysia still has a chance to continue, but they have lost the initiative.

Only Indonesia in Group F has a clear path to the third qualifying round, after the team from the land of thousands of islands defeated the Vietnamese team 3-3 last night (March 0) at My Dinh Stadium. Indonesia has 26.3 points, 7 points more than the Vietnam team (ranked 3rd in Group F) and 4 points more than the Philippines (bottom of the group).

As long as Indonesia wins one more match against the Philippines this coming June, they will officially have a ticket to the next round. Indonesia does not even need to win against the Philippines, they will still qualify for the third qualifying round of the 1 World Cup in Asia, if the Vietnamese team loses to Iraq in June. Both of the above mentioned possibilities are very likely to happen, considering to the strength of the teams at this time.

As for the Philippines, like Myanmar in Group B and Singapore in Group C, the Philippines is 6 points behind the second team in Group F, almost eliminated.

The most unfortunate thing is the Vietnamese team. Coach Troussier's team seemed to be in the "easiest" group, because Group F had 3 Southeast Asian teams (Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines), but in the end the Vietnamese team lost its advantage. after 2 consecutive losses against Indonesia, in both the first and second legs.

The fact that Southeast Asian teams do not have many chances to qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2 World Cup in Asia once again reflects the general level between Southeast Asia and the group of East Asian and West Asian teams (top group in Asia). A) is still quite large.

In the last two World Cup qualifiers, Southeast Asia only had one representative appear in the third qualifying round, which was the Thai team in the 2 World Cup qualifiers under coach Kiatisak and the Vietnamese team in the qualifiers. World Cup 3, under coach Park Hang-seo.

In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the number of teams participating in the third qualifying round increased to 3 teams (compared to 18 teams in the most recent qualifiers), but Southeast Asian football is at risk of still not being able to increase the number of representatives. to attend.