Japanese national team achieved a major victory over the Vietnam national team on Sunday, with four goals to two, in the first round of the group stage of the Asian Cup “Qatar 2023”.
The first half witnessed great excitement, as Minamino opened the scoring for the Japanese team 11, before the Vietnamese team responded by scoring two goals through Dinh Bac Nguyen 16 and Tuan Hai Bam 33.
In the final moments of the first half, the “Samurai” team returned and scored the equalizer through Minamino 45, and Keito Nakamura added the third goal 45 + 4, ending the first half with Japan leading 3-2.
In the second half, Ayase Ueda completed Japan’s 85th four, ending the match with a score of 4-2.
Thus, the Japanese national team earned its first 3 points in the tournament to lead the fourth group, while the Vietnam national team left empty-handed and fell to fourth place, awaiting the match between the other two sides of the group, Iraq and Indonesia, tomorrow, Monday.