British newspaper awaits miracle of Vietnam women's team at World Cup 2023

Recently, the media outlet Sports Gazette published an article titled "First World Cup: What to Expect from the Philippines and Vietnam?".

Vietnam women's team is expected in its first World Cup appearance

In the article, author Dan Evans said that the ticket to the World Cup is a turning point event for Vietnamese women's football.

In addition, with the remarkable development in recent years, although in a very difficult group, fans have the right to expect good performance from coach Mai Duc Chung and his team.

“Winning the right to attend the World Cup is of great significance to Vietnamese women's football.

They established themselves as a force in Southeast Asian women's football throughout the early two decades of the 2000s.

They defeated both Thailand and Chinese Taipei in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers to qualify for the world stage.

The Vietnam women's team came to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand in impressive form.

This World Cup will see them face off against both the Netherlands and four-time champions the United States. But nothing can be said until the ball is rolling,” the British journalist wrote.

Besides, Sports Gazette media also did not forget to give coach Mai Duc Chung compliments.

“The Vietnamese women's team has an experienced coach to prepare for a historic World Cup.

Coach Mai Duc Chung has brought home 6 out of 8 gold medals at the SEA Games over the past two decades.

Initially, coach Mai Duc Chung intended to leave the team to give his position to a foreign coach.

But in the end, coach Mai Duc Chung still took on this important task, this is a position worthy of him," commented journalist Dan Evans.

In addition, the British writer also mentioned the great contributions of captain Huynh Nhu in the journey to win a ticket to the 2023 World Cup.

At this tournament, the girls in red are in a very difficult group with the presence of the US women's team, the Netherlands and Portugal.

According to the match schedule, the Vietnamese women's team will meet the US (July 22), Portugal (July 27) and the Netherlands (May 1).

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