Before leaving for New Zealand to participate in the biggest women's football festival on the planet, the Portuguese women's team's goal was to get past the group stage. However, in the first match, despite great efforts, coach Francisco Neto's team was defeated 0-1 by the Netherlands women's team. Therefore, the Portuguese women's team's coaching staff assessed the match against the Vietnamese women's team on July 27 as extremely important.
Speaking to Portuguese media, coach Francisco Neto said he would let his players play offensively from the start. The European team wants a big win to decide their fate in the final match.
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“Above all, what we need is a Portugal that controls the ball, that dominates the game from the start,” the 42-year-old said. “The Portuguese women’s team will try to score in the final third. A Portuguese squad with many players who play an active attacking style, ready to approach the opponent’s penalty area, ready to shoot many times will be present.
We lost the game against the Netherlands. But even if the result was different, the next two games have to be faced in the same way, we want to win. Our margin for error has to be smaller and we can't afford to make any more mistakes."
A squad with many attacking players will be selected by coach Francisco Neto from the start in the match against the Vietnamese women's team.
Jessica Silva (right) is the most dangerous attacking player of the Portuguese women's team
According to RTP Sport , the coaching staff of the Portuguese women's team has carefully studied the playing style of the Vietnamese women's team. They sat together for many hours to watch the opening match between the Vietnamese women's team and the US women's team. In addition, the friendly matches before the 2023 Women's World Cup between the Vietnamese women's team and Germany and New Zealand were also meticulously studied.
Coach Francisco Neto's team also took screenshots of each situation on the field to analyze the gameplay of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team. Therefore, coach Francisco Neto assessed that the upcoming match will not be easy for him and his students.
“The whole match with the US, and especially with Germany and New Zealand, the girls of Vietnam always had very dangerous situations. They are very fast in the transition from defense to attack. They have many skillful players, that is a great strength, the main attacking force of Vietnam. We always have to be balanced and respect the opponent as much as possible, because this is a World Cup match and everyone here is quality. We have to be very careful when we lose the ball and when Vietnam recovers the ball.
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They always play with a player often called the libero, which is always a danger to the opponent. The Vietnamese team has a lot of physical strength, ready to pass the ball long for the players to shoot at speed. And if that happens, the first thing is to quickly close their space," the coach of the Portuguese women's team continued to explain.
The Portuguese women's team carefully studied the counter-attacking defense tactics of the Vietnamese women's team.
The match between the Vietnamese women's team and the Portuguese women's team will take place at Waikato Stadium (Hamilton City). Notably, this is the venue where coach Francisco Neto's team won 2-1 against the Cameroon women's team in the play-off match in February 2023 to qualify for the 2023 Women's World Cup. Therefore, the players of the Portuguese women's team consider Hamilton City as their "home ground". The European representative hopes that this will give them more strength to win all 3 points for the upcoming match.
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