The Australian U23 women's team and the Timor-Leste women's team arrive in Phu Tho

VHO - On the night of August 5, the two women's teams of Australia and Timor-Leste arrived at Saigon - Phu Tho Hotel to prepare for the matches in Group B - Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship 2025, taking place at Viet Tri Stadium from August 7-13.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Tho province Dao Tien Cuong and Director of the Center for Management and Exploitation of Phu Tho Province Sports Complex Nguyen Van Ha, together with representatives of the local organizing committee and the hotel, presented flowers to the visiting teams.

Despite having to take many long connecting flights, the players and coaching staff of the two teams still showed comfort and readiness for the tournament.

In the 23-member squad of the Australian U23 women's team that came to Vietnam this time, in addition to the presence of a number of players who participated in the U20 Women's World Cup such as Holly Furphy, Naomi Chinnama or Sofia Sakalis of Box Hill United Pythagoras FC, Coach Joe Palatsides still has the services of a number of notable names playing for leading clubs in the A-League Women's National Championship such as Isabel Gomez, Northern Tigers FC; Chloe Lincoln, Brisbane Roaạ Club or Amy Chessari of Western Sydney Wanderers FC...

With a relatively strong and even force in all three lines, the Australian U20 women's team is becoming the number 1 candidate for a ticket to the semi-finals or further, competing for the championship with host Vietnam and the 2024 Southeast Asian champion, the Philippines women's team.

Along with the U23 Australian women's team, the Timor-Leste women's team also arrived at Saigon - Phu Tho Hotel at 00:30 on August 6 in a relaxed spirit without too much pressure on performance.

The Timor-Leste women's team will play against the Philippines women's team at 7:30 p.m. at Viet Tri Stadium.

Although coach Simo Elizabeh and his team are not highly rated by experts when they were only ranked 158th on the FIFA rankings at the end of June, they are still ready to create interesting surprises in this year's tournament.

At 4:30 p.m. on August 7, the Australian U23 women's team will have their opening match against the Myanmar women's team. Meanwhile, the Timor-Leste women's team will have an extremely difficult match against the 2024 Southeast Asian champions, the Philippines women's team, at 7:30 p.m. at Viet Tri Stadium.

The atmosphere at Saigon – Phu Tho Hotel became bustling and warm with the warm welcome from the Organizing Committee as well as local representatives.

With good form and a strong squad, the upcoming matches promise to bring memorable sporting moments, attract fans' attention and contribute to raising the status of women's football in the region.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/doi-tuyen-u23-nu-australia-cung-doi-tuyen-nu-timorleste-dat-chan-toi-phu-tho-159074.html