'Vietnam women's team needs to be purified, can't just use one squad'

Opportunity for all

“During the upcoming training trip in Hai Phong, the Vietnamese women's team will aim to improve and improve their physical and tactical skills. It is an opportunity for us to screen people and stabilize the squad,” shared coach Mai Duc Chung before the afternoon training session of August 17.8 of the Vietnamese women's team, to prepare for ASIAD 19. This weekend, the whole team will go to Hai Phong for training and friendly matches to strengthen the force.

Coach Mai Duc Chung also expressed his opinion, the opportunity to play for young players in this gathering such as Nguyen Thi Hoa, Lan Anh (Hanoi Women's Club I) or Thuy Linh (Ha Nam Women's Club) will depend. into the performance of each person.

"Young players' chances to play will be up to you, not me. The Vietnamese women's team has been constantly rejuvenating so far, it is not time to give opportunities to young players. After the SEA Games, we have rejuvenated the squad. After the 2023 World Cup, the Vietnamese women's team will continue to purify for future tasks. If the Vietnamese women's team has only one squad, we will be much more disadvantaged than your team.

In Southeast Asia, Thailand has rejuvenated the entire squad to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games at home. Many teams are already rejuvenated, if we don't do it, we will be obsolete. Therefore, I will rejuvenate personnel, open up opportunities for all. The coaching staff does not think only of using the old or young squad, but will alternately use both young and old players. Coach Mai Duc Chung evaluated.

The 74-year-old strategist added: "After more than a week of training, I see that the young players have worked very hard, trying to keep up with their seniors. That is the spirit of the young player. In addition, the older players in the World Cup are examples for the sisters to strive to follow. I encourage the young players not to be shy. If they train well, play well, and create sympathy for the coaching staff, they will be assigned the main kick, not anyone else. It is a source of encouragement for young players to strive.”

During the training period, the Vietnamese women's team will play friendly matches with the veterans of Hai Phong. “We won the 2003 SEA Games here. This time, we come to express our gratitude and thanks to Hai Phong fans who have supported us over the years. Playing friendly matches with senior teams here is an opportunity for the Vietnamese women's team to stabilize the squad, as well as discover new positions, "emphasized coach Mai Duc Chung.

There is a solution to replace Huynh Nhu

"The Vietnamese women's team has prepared mentally without Huynh Nhu at ASIAD 19. If Huynh Nhu can come back in time, that's good, if not, it's acceptable. In the contract between Huynh Nhu and Lank FC, there are such constraints. Except for FIFA or AFC matches and Lank FC's permission, Huynh Nhu can return. We have done the full calculation. It is a pity if Huynh Nhu does not attend. We will have to arrange another position accordingly, also to serve the training of young people", coach Mai Duc Chung said about the possibility that Huynh Nhu did not attend ASIAD 19 due to busy playing at Lank FC.

Coach Mai Duc Chung also emphasized that in order to improve, Vietnamese women's football needs systematic changes, in which the key is the training of young people.

“Vietnamese women's football has many holes and shortcomings. The Vietnamese women's team was honored to participate in the 2023 World Cup, but clearly in terms of level, we are far behind the friend team. We have made a summary report and suggested that the clubs, combined with the VFF, and football fans, we must quickly train, can't rely on anyone. If only waiting to enter the State or VFF, it will be extremely difficult.

Vietnamese women's football needs the cooperation of all. How the Vietnamese women's team participates in more World Cups is important. We have recommended the coordination agencies, how to open more training centers for women's football, how to have the next class to have more faces to choose for the Vietnamese women's team. Nam", coach Mai Duc Chung affirmed.

The 74-year-old strategist also took Japan as a model for Vietnamese women's football to follow: "In order to catch up with Japan, the top Asian women's team that played successfully in the World Cup, we need to overcome many problems. . Female players sometimes have to practice from the age of 4 or 5. In Japan, female players are trained since the age of 4, they are trained systematically and systematically with each other. We have not been able to do this because we still have difficulty in funding, yard, and training equipment, so we cannot catch up with the opponent.

Vietnamese women's football can't be fast, but it needs a roadmap. If it's fast, it can't be sloppy, so you have to make sure, methodical football, which comes from school football. We also need to improve the stature of the Vietnamese people, we can't stay short forever, so we are very disadvantaged in height and strength compared to the opponent."