VietNamNet Bridge – A big obstacle, Qatar, is awaiting Viet Nam in the second leg of the 2014 World Cup second qualifier today, July 28, at Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium.

Viet Nam lost 0-3 to the visitors in the first leg last week and they have to win at least three goals while conceding none this time.

Viet Nam coach Falko Goetz knows it will be difficult to overthrow this strong Qatar team, despite saying Viet Nam still has a chance.

"Viet Nam played well in the first-leg match. We set up good opportunities, so the score was not a fair reflection of our performance," Goetz said.

"However it is the reality and we have to meet the challenge in the second match. There were several mistakes in the first match and this time we must avoid them and do things better," he said.

Goetz said he would make some changes in the line-up but would not reveal which formation would apply, 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1.

His team has been strengthened by the return of defender Doan Viet Cuong, who had to sit on the bench last week because of a ban.

Cuong will lend strong support to the Vietnamese defence which was quickly breached under previous Qatari attacks.

Cuong, who also plays well as an attacking midfielder, can pair with Huynh Quang Thanh to create threatening assaults.

Goetz said he had asked his players to open rapid counter-attacks, combining to convert chances to goals. He believed that was the way to resist the big Qatari rivals.

Vietnamese players also practised attacks from corner kicks with tall midfielder Tran Chi Cong moving in with the forwards.

Cong will make a perfect duo with Anh Tuan in the central area. They will be important link between the defence and the front line.

Talented midfielder Pham Thanh Luong will play from the start and take responsibility for beginning all attacks.

Young goalkeeper Manh Dung, who made mistakes in the previous match, will be replaced by The Anh. The key striker will be national star Le Cong Vinh who will be supported by either Trong Hoang or Quang Hai.

Qatar arrived in Viet Nam on Tuesday with 26 players, nine of them imported. The long flight made them tired and coach Milovan Rajevac decided to cancel their training yesterday morning so they practised only once, last night.

Rajevac was very cautious when talking about Viet Nam, despite his team's previous win.

"Qatar played Viet Nam four years ago (score 1-1) during the Asian Cup," he said. "Since then Viet Nam have grown up strongly. Thousands of fans in the stands will be a great encouragement to them while a distraction for any visitors," he said.

"Viet Nam also have qualified players such as Cong Vinh. So we will face a lot of challenges. If we want victory we will have to try our best."

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News