On September 21, the Vietnam Olympic team lost 0-4 to the Iran Olympic team in the second round of Group B of the 19th Asian Games men's football.
Iran Olympic team won Vietnam Olympic team 4-0
With superior strength, Olympic Iran attacked from the beginning of the match and quickly opened the score in the 5th minute against Olympic Vietnam. From a pass from the left wing by Jafari, Motahhari comfortably headed the ball past goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan... . The score was 1-0 for Iran.
In the first minutes of the match, Vietnam played quite aggressively, with many fierce tackles and fouls on Iranian players. But that was not enough to stop the opponent and the Vietnamese defense was constantly in trouble before Iran's attacks. In the 21st minute, Mamizadeh fired a shot from outside the penalty area but Van Chuan excellently pushed the ball over the crossbar.
It was not until the 26th minute that Vietnam had their first dangerous chance. A lack of concentration from an Iranian player gave Vietnam a chance to counterattack quickly. Bui Vi Hao dribbled into the Iranian penalty area but his shot from a tight angle was blocked by goalkeeper Hosseini.
In the second half, Iran continued to dominate and scored a goal to increase the score to 2-0 in the 47th minute. Touranian got past Duc Anh to dribble into the penalty area and then fired a shot into Van Chuan's net.
Exactly 5 minutes later, the score was raised to 3-0 for Iran. Mamizadeh dribbled the ball and then fired a shot from outside the penalty area to defeat goalkeeper Van Chuan.
Trailing by 3 goals, the Vietnamese players tried to attack to find an equalizer. However, the decisive passes of the players in red were often inaccurate and could not cause any difficulties for the Iranian defense. Not only that, Vietnam also conceded another goal in the 90+2 minute, after a close-range header by Barzegar.
Losing 0-4 to Iran, things are getting very difficult for Vietnam. In the final match on September 24, Vietnam must win at least one point against Saudi Arabia to have any hope of competing for a ticket.
Vietnam Olympic team lineup against Iran