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Jordan will eliminate the 16th round of the 2018 Asian Cup football tournament, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates until 1 February. She is a candidate to defeat Vietnam Sunday at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai.
Al-Nashami has the best chance to qualify: the second round has ended in Group B with victories over Australia in 2015 with a goal from Anas Bani Yasin and Syria with goals from Moussa Al-Tamari and Tariq Khattab and a draw against Palestine.
Jordan scored seven points ahead of Australia (6 points), Palestine (2) and Syria (1 point), which allowed one of the four teams to finish third in the six groups.
Belgian coach Vital Burklemanns hopes to lead Jordan to the quarterfinals for the third time in his history after 2004 with the late Egyptian Mahmoud El Gohary and in 2011 with Iraqi Adnan Hamad.
Lebanon almost took the place of Vietnam after defeating North Korea 4-1 in the third round of Group 5, separated by a difference of yellow cards after a draw, the difference in goals and goals scored.
Vietnam, led by South Korean coach Park Hange-seo, also suffered two defeats in Group D against Iraq 2-3 and Iran 2-0 before beating Yemen 2-0. The last qualification card of the third place.
But the record is not the best Vietnam has ever seen in the history of this tournament. In 2007, he had already qualified for the quarter-finals for the first time, as they were among the four organizers, alongside Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Borkelmans is expected to enter the match with the first two games against Australia and Syria, led by veteran captain and goalkeeper Ameer Shafi & Al-Tamari, 21, missing from the match against Palestine .
Yousef al-Rawashdeh, Khalil Bani Atiyyah and Salem al-Ajalain are still under the supervision of the medical apparatus and the technical staff is waiting for a signal from the latter to determine the possibility of using the trio.
Borkelmans was named last September after the sacking of Jamal Abu Abed as a result of a defeat in a friendly match against Lebanon in Amman.
"If you had thought before the tournament that we would finish the first round with seven points in the game, I would be ridiculous, but the players have held up well in all three games," he said after qualifying for the eighths of final.
"We have 23 players ready and we have to get ready for the next round of the 16. I trust these players and their ability to implement the required plan," he said. "They were successful, well defended and well attacked."
"As a coach, you have to start with the training that will convince you, it's bad to completely change the team and its elements, we have replaced some of the missing elements in front of Palestine.
"The brilliance of the team in the group stage is due to the great desire of the players to give the best of their form, they love their country and they look like warriors in the matches and I am happy to do it. Before the tournament, I told them that others may not believe in our chances but we will make them talk about us through our performance in the stadium. "
Day off
"As a player who has already played for Belgium at the World Cup, he understood the boredom of players in long camps and in combined tournaments, so it is important to find ways to get them to the table. comfortable and avoid any pressure,.
"We have a strong psychological and mental team for the second round against Vietnam, which happened in the first round has ended in my opinion, and we must forget it and not live in the past.
Jordan have already faced Vietnam twice in qualifying with a 1-0 home defeat and a 1-1 draw in Amman. Al-Nashami has qualified for the final as a Group C champion with 12 points against the second Vietnam with 10 points.
These two matches can give hope to Vietnam, which relies on South Korean coach Hang-seo, the team's first star, alongside Kong Fong Nguyen, Kwang Hai Nguyen and Ngok Ha Kyu, after leading the team. 39th team at the South Asian Championship. East Asia (ASEAN) in December 2018, the final of the Asian Cup U23, the semi-finals of the Asian Games last August.
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