Vietnam beat Dortmund
Scored: Tien Linh 36, Tuan Hai pen 90 - Malen 13
Coach Edin Terzic said in the pre-match press conference that Vietnam can beat Dortmund, as well as how Japan won against Germany in Group E World Cup 2022. The game progressed almost as he said, when Dortmund opened the scoring. squandered a series of opportunities, letting Vietnam score two goals and lose 1-2 at My Dinh Stadium.
Dortmund are missing many pillars because they are busy attending the World Cup like Niklas Sule, Jude Bellingham, Giovanni Reyna or Thorgan Hazard, or injured like Marco Reus or Sebastian Haller. Therefore, coach Edin Terzic mainly uses young players to start. Only Mats Hummels, Salih Ozcan and Donyell Malen usually start for the first team, starting this match. The away team is experienced in the Bundesliga, led by 2014 World Cup winner Hummels.
Vietnam also lacks goalkeeper Dang Van Lam, defender Ho Tan Tai or midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai. That helped Nguyen Trong Hoang return to play for the team after more than 14 months of convalescence. Midfielder Nguyen Hai Huy also started playing for Vietnam for the first time at the age of 31. Coach Park also continued to test Chau Ngoc Quang in midfield with Hoang Duc and Hai Huy in a 5-3-2 diagram. On the attack, Nguyen Tien Linh and Phan Van Duc kicked the main stone.
Although it was only a friendly, the attraction of Vietnam and Dortmund drew the audience closer to the two main stands. In the second half, many spectators left early, possibly because they could not stand the cold of the northeast monsoon flooding Hanoi.
Dortmund pre-empted Vietnam at My Dinh Stadium and converted the pressure into the opening goal in the 13th minute. Left-back Nico Schulz climbed the left side and crossed to the second column, allowing right-back Felix Passlack to pass a one-touch pass to Donyell. Malen always shot to the near corner, hitting the edge of the vertical post and flying into the net.
Tien Linh's equalizer helps him and his teammates play more confidently. In the 44th minute, Chau Ngoc Quang clicked the ball into the penalty area for Tien Linh to support his chest, shield, and then turned to shoot at the corner near the foot of goalkeeper Alexander Meyer and went all the way across. The 25-year-old striker regretted his appearance because he missed the super product.
In the second half, the two in turn refreshed the entire squad, but still created consecutive opportunities. This time Vietnam squandered even more delicious situations. In the 59th minute, midfielder Bui Hoang Viet Anh waved up, causing Hummels to awkwardly lose the ball at Van Toan's feet. The striker of HAGL club shot down the corner but hit the goalkeeper's foot and bounced off. Tien Linh kicked but couldn't beat the away team's defense.
Dortmund responded right after a minute with Ole Pohlmann's situation when a shot dropped diagonally and bounced off the post. In the 64th minute, it was Vietnam's turn to miss when Van Hau poked a slot for Duc Chinh to break the offside trap and jump to shoot in the face-to-face but hit goalkeeper Marcel Lotka's foot.
Dortmund has won the Bundesliga eight times and is the most traditional team in Germany. They have finished in the Bundesliga Top 4 for the last seven consecutive seasons, and have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League twice during this period. They are sixth in the 2022-2023 Bundesliga, nine points less than the top of the table of Bayern Munich.
After this match, Vietnam continues to prepare to enter the AFF Cup 2022 - Coach Park Hang-seo's last tournament with the team. Park's teachers and students in B with Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and Laos, started playing on December 21.
Vietnam: Van Toan (Van Hoang 82) - Trong Hoang (Van Thanh 46), Thanh Binh (Thanh Nhan 82), Ngoc Hai (Duy Manh 63), Tien Dung (Viet Anh 46), Hong Duy (Van Hau 63) - Ngoc Quang (Tuan Hai 63), Hoang Duc (Tuan Anh 63), Hai Huy (Van Toan 46), Van Duc (Hung Dung 63) - Tien Linh (Duc Chinh 63).
Dortmund: Meyer (Lotka 46) - Passlack (Semic 46), Hummels (Collins 63), Papadopoulos (Coulibaly 63), Schulz (Aning 46) - Ozcan (Michel 46), Gurpuz (Braaf 46), Bamba (Pasalic 46), Pohlmann (Rijkhoff 63), Malen (Can 46), Broschinski (Njinmah 46).
