The Vietnam U.20 women's team entered the final match in the second qualifying round of the 2 Asian U.20 Women's Championship with a relaxed mentality. Coach Akira Ijiri's team soon won tickets to the finals after two important victories against the U.2024 women's team Iran and Lebanon.
In front of a strong opponent like the Australian U.20 women's team in the last match, the U.20 Vietnamese women's team still played with confidence and controlled the game well. Although not too dominant, the girls in red had many beautiful coordination. In contrast, the Australian U.20 women's team proved to be strong and often prevailed in hand-to-hand disputes. The first half was quite interesting but there were not too many dangerous opportunities. The two teams entered the break with no goals scored.
Entering the second half, the Australian U.2 women's team suddenly pushed up the squad and they got what they needed. In the 20th minute, the Vietnamese U.50 women's team player lost the ball in the middle of the field before midfielder Alana Murphy hit a beautiful long shot from a distance of more than 20 meters to beat goalkeeper Kieu My, opening the scoring for Australia U.30 women's team.
The unexpected goal helped boost the morale of the Australian U.20 women's team. 6 minutes later, it was still Alana Murphy with a "cannonball" to double the gap for the kangaroo team. With nothing left to lose, coach Akira Ijiri adjusted the personnel and asked the students to put the entire squad into the opponent's field. The U.20 Vietnamese women's team immediately made the opponent fall back to defend. The Australian U.20 women's team chose to play firmly and create a large defense in front of goal. In such a match, the home team was stuck in finding a way to the opponent's net and had to accept an unfortunate defeat with a score of 0-2 against the Australian U.20 women's team.