Vietnam futsal team enters final after dramatic comeback against Australia

The Vietnamese futsal team made a dramatic 5-4 comeback against the Australian futsal team in the semi-finals of the 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship.

Vietnam futsal team beat Australia 5-4 to enter the final - Photo: ASEAN FUTSAL

On the afternoon of November 8, the Vietnamese futsal team played the semi-final match of the 2024 Southeast Asian futsal tournament against the Australian futsal team at Terminal 21 Korat Stadium in Thailand.

Shock for Vietnam futsal team

The Australian futsal team has improved a lot in recent years, especially when they lost to Vietnam in the last 3 times with the scores of 5-3, 2-0 and 5-1 respectively. Therefore, the fact that the Australian team led Vietnam 2-0 in the first half was a surprise for futsal fans. Sewell opened the score in the 7th minute and Rogan increased the score to 2-0 in the 20th minute. The two goals conceded by the Vietnamese futsal team were in the same scenario when the player scored the ball at the 2nd goalpost. Although they were behind, their bravery did not allow the Vietnamese futsal players to give up. In the second half, goalkeeper Pham Van Tu and pivo (the forward role in fusal) Nguyen Da Hai played impressively to equalize 2-2 for the team of coach Diego Giustozzi. The turning point came when the Vietnamese futsal team started playing power-play from the second half. Nhan Gia Hung was forced to take on the role of goalkeeper in the attacking style of play. When the clock reached the 10th minute, captain Wade Giovenali fouled Da Hai in the penalty area. The referee awarded Vietnam a 6m penalty and Minh Quang successfully kicked the ball to equalize 1-2. In the 36th minute, Da Hai tapped the ball close to the goal to help Vietnam equalize 2-2. When the Vietnamese players had not yet stabilized, Australia served the ball and Jordan Guerreiro shot it into Nhat Trung's foot to take the lead 3-2.

Once again, Da Hai became the hero when he appeared at the right time to score the equalizer 3-3 in the 37th minute. After 40 minutes of official play, the two teams tied 3-3 so they had to play 2 extra periods (5 minutes each).

Destiny 2 extra time

Before entering the extra time, both teams had 5 personal fouls and they were not cleared like in the beginning of the second half. Therefore, the team that committed the 6th foul would have to take a 10m penalty without a wall. At the end of the first extra time, number 9 Grant Lynch made a mistake in pushing someone. Vietnam was awarded a 10m penalty but Nhan Gia Hung could not beat goalkeeper Domenic Badolato. When there were only 24 seconds left at the end of the first extra time, the Vietnamese team made an indirect foul by returning the ball to the goalkeeper illegally. Luckily, goalkeeper Van Tu's defense remained firm. The drama intensified when, just 5 seconds into the second extra time, pivo Thinh Phat jumped high to head the ball to raise the score to 4-3. The Australian futsal goalkeeper made a mistake when he went out of the penalty area to block the ball. The match did not stop when Lynch equalized 4-4 in the final minutes of the match. The Australian futsal team even received a 10m penalty but Scott Rogan missed the shot. Fate called the name of the Vietnamese futsal team when there were 40 seconds left in the match. Vietnam was awarded a 10m kick and Thinh Phat made no mistake in scoring the winning goal with a score of 5-4. Thus, the Vietnamese futsal team entered the final match of the Southeast Asian futsal tournament 2024. They will meet the winner of the match between the Indonesian futsal team and the host Thai futsal team.

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