HCMC Women's Club lost heavily to Australian representative at Asian Cup C1

(Dan Tri) - In a match that was only about competing for the top spot in Group A, Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Club lost heavily to Melbourne City FC (Australia) 0-3.

The match between Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Club and Melbourne City FC takes place tonight (November 19) at Thong Nhat Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City). This is a match in the group stage of the 2025-2026 AFC Women's Champions League.

Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club (yellow shirt) proactively kept many key players in the match with Melbourne City FC (Photo: AFC).

Before the match, both teams had officially secured tickets to the quarter-finals. Therefore, the match was not too tense. Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Club proactively left a series of key players including Huynh Nhu, Phan Thi Trang, Tran Nguyen Bao Chau on the bench, while Tran Thi Thuy Trang was not on the registration list.

Melbourne City FC opened the scoring after just one minute of play. Holly McNamara scored with precision in an unmarked position, giving the Australian team a 1-0 lead.

Just 3 minutes later, the away team scored a second goal. In this play, the defender of HCMC Women's Football Club failed to clear the ball, letting it fall to Leah Davidson. Then, Leah Davidson passed the ball to Alexia Apostolakis, who then finished, scoring the goal to increase the score to 2-0 for Melbourne City FC.

Melbourne City FC had a big win against Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club (Photo: AFC).

At the other end of the field, HCMC Women's Football Club also had a good chance in the first half. In the 30th minute, Samia Aouni shot the ball very hard from outside the 16m50 area, sending the ball wide of the crossbar.

However, also in the first half, the defense of HCMC Women's Football Club did not play well. The home team lost the third goal in the 40th minute.

In this situation, McNamara dribbled through the home team's defenders, before she passed the ball to McMahon to score the winning goal 3-0 for Melbourne City FC.

This victory helped the team from Australia lead Group A with 9 absolute points after 3 wins. Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Club ranked second in the group with 6 points.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/clb-nu-tphcm-thua-dam-dai-dien-australia-tai-cup-c1-chau-a-20251119213434945.htm