On the evening of June 15, 2023 Beijing time, the Vietnam national team played a friendly match with Hong Kong, China. As a result, Vietnam gained a penalty kick lead in the 32nd minute to take the advantage. In the second half, Vietnam's offense was restrained, but Hong Kong failed to seize the opportunity. Moreover, the goalkeeper of Hong Kong, China performed surprisingly well as the frantic attack of Vietnam directly exhausted the goalkeeper of Hong Kong, China, which is unheard of.
In terms of world rankings, Vietnam is ranked 95th in the FIFA rankings and Hong Kong, China is ranked 147th.There is a great relationship between these two teams in terms of rankings. Looking at their respective performances in recent years, Vietnam is indeed higher than Hong Kong, China. In other words, they can beat the Chinese men's soccer team in the Top 12, so they can beat Hong Kong, China.
The match started with Vietnam pressing Hong Kong, China for the game in the opening minutes. After resisting Vietnam's frantic attacks, Hong Kong, China didn't have a great chance until the 20th minute when An Yong Gia got a one-touch goal. Unfortunately, the strikers were at a similar level to the national soccer team and they failed to capitalize on the opportunity.
That wasn't the end of it. 9 minutes later in the 29th minute, Ahn Yong-ja got another chance. He hit the goal on the left side of the road, hit the goal frame and was bounced out. It should be said that Hong Kong China's luck was really too bad.
Two consecutive wasted chances meant that luck would not be on Hong Kong, China's side. In the 32nd minute, the referee awarded a penalty kick after Hong Kong China committed a foul while defending in their own penalty area. Vietnam's KWAI Ngoc Hai took the penalty kick to give Vietnam a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, although Hong Kong, China tried to fight back, there was really a gap between them and Vietnam in terms of strength. Vietnam still controlled the field. The offense wasn't as sharp as in the first half, but in general, they were really good at it.
In the second half, there was a very unexpected situation on the pitch, that is, the goalkeeper of Hong Kong, China, Teng Wenlin got tired and leg cramps. You say it's normal for a defender to have leg cramps. Watching so many years of football, goalkeeper tired leg cramps, I saw the first time. And the medical staff of Hong Kong, China is still female.
Goalkeeper Deng Wenlin returned to the pitch after a brief treatment. However, as the match continued into the 86th minute, he suffered another cramp probably due to an aerial holding the ball out of the goal and was physically exhausted and eventually replaced.
In the end, Vietnam beat Hong Kong, China 1-0.
