In the 2026 World Cup qualifying round 2 in Asia, Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian team to win the right to continue. Tim Garuda has a chance to equal or surpass the previous performance of the Vietnamese team in qualifying round 3 (winning 4 points).
Obviously, Indonesia does not want to be inferior to Vietnam in every tournament. So, recently the Bola website posted an article titled: “Don’t be complacent, let’s chase Vietnam’s record in the third qualifying round of the World Cup in Asia”.
The content of the article “Land of Ten Thousand Islands” was translated by Soha: “The Indonesian team cannot be satisfied with their ticket to the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia. There are short-term goals that coach Shin Tae-yong and his team need to achieve, which is to surpass the achievements of the Thai team. Lan and Vietnam.
Indonesia’s journey to the World Cup is still very long. Each group in qualifying round 3 will include 6 teams, while Indonesia is only ranked seeded number 6. In theory, all opponents in the same group will be stronger than Indonesia in qualifying round 3.
Currently recruiting Vietnam remains the first and only team in Southeast Asia to win the third World Cup qualifying round. In 2022, when they were still led by Mr. Park Hang-seo, they excellently won 4 points, including an impressive victory over China 3-1. After that, they enjoyed even greater joy when they held Japan to a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Thailand also won 2 points in the third World Cup qualifying round thanks to 2 draws.
Currently, the Indonesian team has a chance to surpass these two milestones and coach Shin Tae-yong and his team will need to make efforts in each match.”
Nguyen Van Minh Nhat | 00:00 November 30, 2001
