Vietnam beat Jordan on penalties to qualify for their first ever quarter-finals

Jordan 1-1 Vietnam* (2-4 on penalties): match report

Vietnam's young guns beat Jordan 4-2 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup after the match finished 1-1 following extra time at the Al Maktoum Stadium on Sunday.

Jordan's Baha Seif hit the bar and Vietnam goalkeeper Dang Van Lam saved Ahmad Saleh's effort in the shootout to leave substitute Bui Tien Dung to convert his spot kick and send his side through to a meeting with Japan or Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

The match had finished deadlocked after 120 minutes with Jordan's Baha Abdelrahman opening the scoring from an indirect free kick in the first half and Nguyen Cong Phuong equalising with a volley six minutes after the break.

Southeast Asian champions Vietnam poured forward in search of a winner but, for all their possession, neat interplay and stylish touches, they could not quite carve out a goal.

Jordan had beaten reigning champions Australia and Syria to win their group, while Park Hang-seo's youthful Vietnam team had squeaked through to the last 16 by virtue of having a superior disciplinary record to Lebanon.

While there was little to separate the teams over an entertaining contest, Jordan's muscular game ensured they had the best of the first half and they went in front in the 39th minute.

Vietnam had some grounds for grievance, first in that an indirect free kick was awarded inside the box for a high boot and secondly over whether Yousef Al-Rawashdeh actually moved the ball to tee up Abdelrahman.

There could be no complaints about the midfielder's strike, though, as he celebrated his 120th cap by crashing the ball into the roof of the net from the left-hand edge of the area.

Going behind galvanised Vietnam and they peppered Amer Shafi's goal before the break, the Jordan goalkeeper doing particularly well to tip Do Hung Dung's drive over the bar.

The Jordan goal was finally breached for the first time at the tournament in the 51st minute when Nguyen Trong Hoang sent an inviting cross into the area and Phuong got between the central defenders to flick the ball into the net.

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Jordan and Vietnam face each other for the third time in recent memories having played each other twice during the 2019 UAE Qualifiers. Both of those games were very close and ended in draws, the first a scored draw (1-1) before they returned to play out a scoreless draw.

Jordan

Jordan remain unbeaten in the tournament and they are yet to conceded a goal with two wins over Australia and Syria before playing out a scoreless draw against Palestine. They were the first side to qualify for the last 16 with those two big wins and they have had plenty of time to prepare for this tie. Their manager, says it's a clean slate against Vietnam though: "What happened in the first round is finished for me. For me, it’s now about going to the game against Vietnam. I never look back, only forward."

Vietnam

Vietnam lost their first two games conceding five times in the process but beat Yemen to qualify for the last 16 stage. Their manager, Park Hang Seo says it will be a difficult game against an organised side: “Tomorrow’s match is not going to be easy, it will be tough but we will have to maximise our strengths to win. There are no perfect teams in the tournament, and we will find their weakness."