AFF Cup final first leg prediction: Will Vietnam beat Thailand right in Viet Tri?

Before the first leg of the AFF Cup 2024 final, most Thanh Nien Newspaper readers believed that the Vietnamese team would defeat Thailand at home in Viet Tri.

The audience has great faith in the Vietnamese team.

As of 12:30 on January 2, in the poll on the first leg of the final, 88% of readers voted for the Vietnamese team to win. 6% of readers believed that the two teams would draw and 6% of readers thought that the Thai team would win. On many other football forums, Vietnamese fans also expected coach Kim Sang-sik and his team to achieve a favorable result.

In the press conference before the match, coach Kim Sang-sik himself also appeared extremely confident. He said: "The Thai team is a big mountain, but what mountain is insurmountable? I hope I can bring the Vietnamese team to the top. I hope the players perform well. Yesterday, I told the players that one is champion, two is champion and three is champion."

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The Vietnamese team also had many advantages over Thailand in the first leg of the final. Quang Hai and his teammates had one more day off than their opponents and did not have to travel because the second leg of the semi-final was also played at Viet Tri Stadium.

Meanwhile, the "War Elephants" have just gone through 120 minutes of tension and mental exhaustion in the second leg of the semi-final against the Philippines at Rajamangala Stadium and had to travel to Vietnam to play the first leg of the final. In addition, the brightest star of the Thai team, Suphanat Mueanta, was not in the best physical condition due to a high fever and was hospitalized before arriving in Vietnam. Teerasak Poeiphimai, the striker who scored 3 goals in the AFF Cup 2024, officially said goodbye to the tournament due to injury.

Hopefully, the Vietnamese team will take advantage of these advantages to defeat Thailand, gaining an advantage before the second leg of the semi-final. The first leg of the final will take place at 8 p.m. on January 2.