The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) homepage named Vietnamese player Nguyen Thai Son among the players with the most impressive statistics in Group D of the first round of matches. The midfielder of Thanh Hoa Club had the highest passing accuracy rate among all players on the field (with the condition of making at least 20 passes) of the four teams including Vietnam, Japan, Iraq and Indonesia.
Specifically, Nguyen Thai Son made 59 passes with an accuracy rate of up to 98%. In more than 90 minutes of play (including extra time), this midfielder only made 3 wrong passes. This statistic becomes even more impressive when placed in the context of the match. The opponents of Thai Son and his teammates were the stars playing in Europe of the Japanese team with players such as Wataru Endo, Takumi Minamino, Takefusa Kubo...
Thai Son has a very high rate of accurate passing.
With the way of developing the ball from the home field, controlling the ball is also defending, the 3 players who made the most passes of the Vietnam team were the 3 central defenders. Phan Tuan Tai made 75 passes with an accuracy rate of 88%. Bui Hoang Viet Anh had 68 passes with an accuracy rate of 85%. Nguyen Thanh Binh passed 67 times with an accuracy rate of 79%.
Collectively, the Vietnamese team made a total of 549 passes with an accuracy rate of 83%. Against a strong opponent like Japan, this is a good statistic for Coach Troussier and his team. This shows a clear change in the playing mindset of the Vietnamese team when facing opponents with superior skills.
In contrast to the Vietnamese team, the Indonesian team was mentioned by AFC as the team with the highest rate of missed passes in Group D. They missed 30% of their passes in the opening match against Iraq.
The author of the article assessed that the Vietnamese team has a greater advantage in direct confrontations: " The Vietnamese team is unbeaten in the last six international matches against Indonesia. They kept a clean sheet in the last four confrontations. However, this will be the first time the teams meet at the AFC Asian Cup" .
In addition, in 13 matches in all Asian Cups they have participated in, the Vietnamese team scored in 11 matches. The Indonesian team only scored in 5 out of 11 matches they have played.
The match between Vietnam and Indonesia will take place at 9:30 p.m. on January 19. This match will determine the third place in Group D.
Mai Phuong
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