At noon on June 28 in Viet Tri ( Phu Tho ), the 4 coaches of the 4 women's teams participating in Group E of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers, namely Vietnam, Guam, UAE and Maldives, attended a press conference before the competition day.
Coach Mai Duc Chung, representing the host of the group, shared: “The Vietnamese women’s team aims to top Group E of the qualifying round. We will show our determination right from the opening match against Maldives.
For the Vietnamese women's team, UAE, Maldives and Guam are all opponents that we respect. They have all made significant progress. Towards this qualifying round, all three teams have played friendly matches. The Vietnamese women's team needs to be careful and make a lot of effort."
The 75-year-old strategist continued: “The invested teams have all progressed rapidly. Vietnam itself has also made progress in the past two years. Looking forward to the 2026 Asian Cup qualifiers, we had a training trip to Japan. That is a good environment for the women's team to develop.
When training in Vietnam, it is difficult for us to have such quality 'blue troops' and often practice with male teams. Therefore, training in an environment like Japan is very good for our development."
UAE coach Vera Pauw - a direct competitor of the Vietnamese women's team - said: "After football returned after Covid-19, I had the opportunity to work with my colleagues at the UAE team. We are proud of what we have achieved. In this tournament, we will see what we can do, where we are and try our best.
The selection of domestic players to play for the UAE women's team is partly due to cultural influences. In addition, the coaching staff and I want to create conditions for domestic players. These players will be the future of UAE women's football."
Meanwhile, Maldives coach Mohamed Athif said: “Our team is very happy to meet quality teams. We are ready to play with the highest effort. There is a little regret in the preparation for the qualifiers.
But Maldives will try to give the best matches in this qualifying round. Meeting the Vietnamese women's team in the opening match is a difficulty. This will be the biggest challenge for Maldives in the qualifying round. We will try to prepare as much as possible. Hopefully the players will have the best performance."
For her part, Guam coach Kim Sherman modestly said: “The team wants to see how good they are through continental matches. Meeting teams in big tournaments will help develop Guam women's football in the future.”
The matches in Group E take place from June 29 to July 5, and will be broadcast live on FPT Play channels.
The teams compete in a round robin to score points, rank, and select the top team to enter the final round.
Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/hlv-mai-duc-chung-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-dat-muc-tieu-dung-dau-bang-e-147047.html
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