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Vietnam women's team strives to overcome challenge from Philippine team's high ball

Coach Mai Duc Chung could not hide his anxiety when recalling the match where the Vietnamese women's team lost to the Philippines 1-2 at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia. At that time, we also started with a spirited spirit with easy wins that seemed to be favorable for us to enter the semi-finals. But the Philippine women's team poured cold water on us when they scored 2 goals, both with long passes over the line and used their superior physique to overwhelm the Vietnamese defenders. That anxiety still exists because that was the only weapon the Filipinos had to deal with us in a do-or-die match with them, so it made "General" Chung quite thoughtful.

Lịch thi đấu đội tuyển nữ Việt Nam rất nóng hôm nay: Tung ‘vũ khí’ đặc biệt, quyết thắng Philippines- Ảnh 1.

Lịch thi đấu đội tuyển nữ Việt Nam rất nóng hôm nay: Tung ‘vũ khí’ đặc biệt, quyết thắng Philippines- Ảnh 2. — Vietnamese girls on the training ground on the evening of December 7

During the training session on the evening of December 7, he had the whole team practice tactics, focusing on deep passes and from the opponent's wings to build a solid defense system. Coach Mai Duc Chung emphasized: "The Philippines team will definitely promote this strength, because they will increase the speed to play with us, use their strength to sweep and pour many high balls into the 16m50 area, so we must be very careful. I have not forgotten the lesson from 2 years ago when we lost because of high balls, so I will always remind the defenders and midfielders to lock down the attackers and not give them much space to make deep passes into the middle."

Lịch thi đấu đội tuyển nữ Việt Nam rất nóng hôm nay: Tung ‘vũ khí’ đặc biệt, quyết thắng Philippines- Ảnh 3. — Coach Mai Duc Chung directs tactics on the field

The exercise was practiced repeatedly by the players on the right, left and right flanks. Throughout the exercise, the blocking role of Luong Thi Thu Thuong was extremely important. Responding to Thanh Nien , the girl with the best height in the defense shared: "I know the Philippines are very tall and good at heading, so my friends and I will try to minimize this firepower, and at the same time try to block people and follow the coach's tactics well."

On the field, Thu Thuong was both aggressive and reminded the blocking players above like Tran Thi Duyen and Cu Thi Huynh Nhu to be careful with each ball, and to choose her own position to block. Her way of playing reminded me of Chuong Thi Kieu. Coach Mai Duc Chung shared: "Although Thuong is not as experienced as Kieu, this is a position I feel very secure in."

Lịch thi đấu đội tuyển nữ Việt Nam rất nóng hôm nay: Tung ‘vũ khí’ đặc biệt, quyết thắng Philippines- Ảnh 4. — Luong Thi Thu Thuong will be the important stopper to replace Chuong Thi Kieu to neutralize high balls.

Most likely, Thai Thi Thao will enter the field from the start to strengthen the midfield. The training session showed that she and Van Su played quite well. The training session also showed that the Vietnamese team practiced both 3-4-3 and 3-4-1-2 tactics. It is not known whether coach Mai Duc Chung will use 3 central midfielders to reduce a striker or keep the old formula. Because if 3 central midfielders are used to cover the middle, Hai Linh can be used from the start, then Truc Huong will be on the bench. But if the old formation is still kept, only Thai Thi Thao needs to replace Hai Linh, the midfield will have more experience.

Lịch thi đấu đội tuyển nữ Việt Nam rất nóng hôm nay: Tung ‘vũ khí’ đặc biệt, quyết thắng Philippines- Ảnh 5. — Goalkeeper will also be a key position to focus on in the match against the Philippines.

Another issue is that Khong Thi Hang will likely still be the main goalkeeper. She has shown good form recently, so perhaps coach Mai Duc Chung will continue to give her a chance. He has reminded the goalkeepers to enter and exit appropriately, decisively, choose the right position, not to let go or be confused by the opponent's pressure. The match between the Vietnamese women's team and the Philippines will take place at 6:30 p.m. on December 8, before that is the match between Myanmar and Malaysia at 4 p.m. If they win or draw this match, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will enter the semi-finals.