Vietnam women's team competes excitingly with Thailand

The Vietnamese women's football team will meet Indonesia at 7:30 p.m. on August 9 at Lach Tray Stadium (Hai Phong) in the second match of Group A - AFF Women's Cup 2025. The goal of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team in this match is not only to win, but also to maintain balance in the competition with the Thai women's team.

RACE FOR GOALS

The two leading women's teams in Southeast Asia, Thailand and Vietnam, both had a brilliant start at the 2025 AFF Women's Cup. The Thai team won a resounding 7-0 victory over Indonesia, while coach Mai Duc Chung and his team defeated Cambodia 6-0. After the first round of matches, Thailand temporarily topped Group A with 3 points and a goal difference of +7, while Vietnam ranked second with 3 points and a goal difference of +6. It can be said that although they have not met yet, the "two-horse" race between Thailand and Vietnam has started to heat up right from the opening round of the regional tournament, when both teams are competing for every goal.

Huynh Nhu continues to be expected to help the Vietnamese women's team score against Indonesia.

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In the second match of Group A, the Vietnamese women's team will face Indonesia at 7:30 p.m. on August 9 at Lach Tray Stadium. The goal of the Golden Star team when facing Indonesia will certainly remain unchanged from the opening match, which is to win all 3 points and win with as big a difference as possible. In the match taking place in the afternoon of the same day (4:30 p.m. on August 9), Thailand will likely also defeat Cambodia with a big score. Therefore, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team need to take full advantage of the opportunity to score as many goals as possible, in order to maintain a balance in the race for goal difference with Thailand before the two teams enter the "group final" on August 12.

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CONTINUE TO SHARPEN THE ATTACK LINE

After the opening match against Cambodia, coach Mai Duc Chung shared: "I am a bit greedy. The Vietnamese women's team won 6-0, but I still wanted a bigger victory. However, we missed many opportunities." It can be seen that the Vietnamese women's team has not done its best in finishing and taking advantage of opportunities. Scoring 4 goals against Cambodia after only 17 minutes shows that the Vietnamese girls will play extremely well when the excitement is high for a certain period of time, but can also easily fall into a deadlock. What coach Mai Duc Chung needs more from his students is probably stability and carefulness in each situation to untie the knot of the match.

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The encounter with Indonesia is a good opportunity for the Vietnamese girls to continue to improve themselves. The Vietnamese women's attack will have the opportunity to be further sharpened, before facing bigger challenges in the future.

Indonesian women's football is considered to have made progress recently. However, through the opening match against Thailand, it can be seen that the Indonesian team is not yet a match for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team at the present time. Coming to this year's AFF Women's Cup, the archipelago team attracted attention when it had 3 naturalized Dutch players: Isa Warps, Estella Loupattij and Noa Leatomu. Warps (starting), Loupattij and Leatomu (both coming off the bench) all played in Indonesia's opening match at the 2025 AFF Women's Cup, but could not help the team make a difference against Thailand, which is of a much higher class. Although the players with Dutch blood have better physiques and technical foundations, that is not enough for them to make an impression individually and collectively, when the Indonesian women's team in general is still weak in many aspects.

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SURPRISE IN THE OPENING MATCH OF GROUP B

The first match of Group B - AFF Women's Cup 2025 took place yesterday, August 7, at Viet Tri Stadium ( Phu Tho ). In the early match, a surprise happened when the Myanmar women's team won 2-1 against the Australian team. Meanwhile, the Philippines women's team defeated Timor Leste with a huge score of 7-0. Thus, after the first match, the Philippines women's team temporarily leads Group B with 3 points (goal difference +7), Myanmar ranked second with 3 points (goal difference +1).

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