Scenario that will happen to Vietnam team if Malaysia's appeal fails

(Dan Tri) - The result of Malaysia's football appeal announced by FIFA today (October 30) will greatly affect the Vietnamese team and the entire situation of Group F, the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup.

Currently, the Malaysian team leads Group F of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup, with 12 absolute points after 4 matches. They are 3 points ahead of the Vietnamese team, and at the same time have a huge advantage in winning a ticket to the final round of the Asian Championship in two years, thanks to their 4-0 win over the Vietnamese team in the first leg on June 10.

Assuming the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and the seven players Facundo Garces, Imanol Machuca, Hector Hevel, Gabriel Palmero, Rodrigo Holgado, Joao Figueiredo and Jon Irazabal fail to appeal, the Malaysian team will be awarded a loss to the Vietnamese and Nepal teams, with the same score of 0-3.

The positions of the Vietnamese and Malaysian teams will be reversed if Malaysia's appeal fails (Photo: NST).

Previously, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) revealed that they would rely on FIFA's decision to handle the Malaysian team. Therefore, if FAM and the 7 players mentioned above fail to appeal to FIFA, the AFC will base on that to make a decision on the team nicknamed Harimau Malaya in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

If they are penalized for losing the two matches against Vietnam and Nepal (matches in which the Malaysian team used illegal naturalized players), the Malaysian team will only have 6 points, falling from the top of the table to second place.

At that time, the situation between Vietnam and Malaysia will be reversed. Coach Kim Sang Sik's team will be 6 points ahead of Malaysia, we have 12 points. At that time, Harimau Malaya will hardly be able to catch up with Vietnam, because the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers have only two more matches to finish.

Not only that, because we beat them 3-0 in the first leg and got to play the second leg at home, the gap between the Vietnamese team and the Malaysian team is even bigger (the direct confrontation results will be considered first, if there are teams with equal points).

Nepal team (red shirt) will have a memorable victory in the Asian Cup qualifiers, if Malaysia fails in their appeal and is awarded a loss (Photo: Khoa Nguyen).

Even the Vietnamese team can go straight to the 2027 Asian Cup finals, right now, if the AFC takes strong action, which is to eliminate the Malaysian team from the qualifying round of this tournament.

In the case of being awarded a 3-0 win over Malaysia in the first leg on June 10, the Vietnamese team would be 9 points ahead of the remaining teams in the group, Laos and Nepal (each team has only 3 points, including the result of Nepal being awarded a 3-0 win over Malaysia), while there are only two matches left in the qualifying round.

In addition to the Vietnamese team, the Nepal team will also change significantly in the Asian qualifiers. In case of being awarded a 3-0 victory over the Malaysian team, it will probably be the biggest win in the history of Nepalese football against Malaysian football in an official international tournament.

At the same time, it could also be the biggest win in the history of this football, in the continental qualifying round.

Nepal is a small football country, a 3-0 win in the Asian Cup qualifiers against a much stronger opponent like Malaysia is not an easy result. Therefore, in recent days, the Nepal Football Federation has been very active in filing a complaint against the Malaysian team to FIFA, regarding the case of a naturalized Malaysian player using a dubious profile.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/kich-ban-xay-ra-voi-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-neu-malaysia-khang-cao-that-bai-20251030000924992.htm