Vietnam Women's Team Match Schedule - Werder Bremen Today: Test for World Cup Dream

The match against Werder Bremen Women's Club at Hang Day Stadium at 7:00 p.m. today (May 16) will reveal some of the current strength of the Vietnamese women's team.

STRONG OPPONENT of the women's team

The friendly match with the Werder Bremen women's team (Germany) at 7 p.m. today is not purely a diplomatic performance of the Vietnamese women's team, but it is also an opportunity for coach Mai Duc Chung to review and re-evaluate the abilities of the players he has on hand.

It has been 2 years since the training trip before the 2023 World Cup in Germany, where the Vietnamese women's team impressed by only losing to the German women's team with a score of 1-2, the students of coach Mai Duc Chung are preparing to enter a new cycle. The whole team will compete continuously, from the 2026 Asian Cup qualifiers, the 2025 AFF Cup to the 33rd SEA Games. If they pass the qualifiers, the Vietnamese women's team will continue to participate in the 2026 Asian Cup finals to compete for a ticket to the 2027 World Cup.

Vietnam women's team had a useful friendly match with Werder Bremen

PHOTO: NGOC DUONG

Referring back to the match against Germany 2 years ago to emphasize, that was the highest level performance that the Vietnamese women's team has ever achieved. Hai Yen and her teammates only lost by 1 goal, with the final goal scored thanks to Thanh Nha's lightning-fast sprint and finish.

The Vietnamese women's team has reached the peak, and after the peak comes the downhill. In order to avoid decline, the whole team needs to open a new cycle, where past success is no longer a support, but only a reference.

Coach Mai Duc Chung will introduce a new generation of players, build a new style of play that is more proactive and direct thanks to young players and a group of potential overseas Vietnamese players waiting to obtain citizenship. The Vietnamese women's team needs a major surgery to upgrade its strength, with the starting point being the friendly match with the Werder Bremen women's team tonight.

The Vietnamese women's team has played friendly matches with Germany, France, New Zealand, Spain, and then met the US, the Netherlands, and Portugal at the World Cup. Those were the touches that helped Thanh Nha, Hai Linh, Hai Yen, and Huynh Nhu become more mature, thanks to competing with and learning from strong football teams. The Werder Bremen women's club is also a similar challenge.

Coach Thomas Horsch's team ranked 7th in the German women's football league this season with 29 points after 22 matches. The Werder Bremen women's team has good physique, "standard German" football thinking when coordinating from defense to attack with impressive technical foundation. The star of the team is Larissa Mühlhaus, the player who has scored 8 goals this season. In addition, they also have midfielder Ricarda Walkling who grew up at Bayern Munich, played in the US and then returned to Germany to play for Bremen. Although not tall, Walkling is very skillful, handles the ball quickly and finishes well. Julianne Wirzt, the sister of star Florian Wirzt, is also a name worth watching, with 19 appearances for Bremen this season and an intelligent style of play.

FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

Coach Mai Duc Chung shared: "This is a useful match for the Vietnamese women's team. Through this match, we will learn a lot about our opponent's expertise. We have trained and competed in Germany. Thanks to that, the whole team knows a little about the football expertise of the other country. Our goal is to exchange and learn, because the team has not had much time to prepare.

Exciting friendly match

The Vietnamese women's team also lacks HCMC women's players (because the team is preparing for the semi-finals of the Asian Cup C1). Some U.19 players have not been able to concentrate. However, this is an international friendly match so we have to make an effort. The Vietnamese women's team has young players who have just been called up and have never been exposed to the national team atmosphere before. They need time to get used to it. In the match against Bremen, we have to alternate between young players and experienced players to create harmony."

German players have good height

Bringing the strongest squad to Vietnam, coach Thomas Horsch emphasized the German team's determination to defeat the host: "We are very proud to be here to prepare for a friendly match with the Vietnamese women's team, and to be part of your preparation for the upcoming tournament. The Bremen women's team just finished their final match in the German national championship last Sunday, and then immediately left for Vietnam. We are very excited about this match. The entire Bremen women's team is a well-balanced team. We do not depend on any individual. The team has played well this season, following the tactics, controlling the ball and keeping good team distance, especially in the early stages of the season. The whole team will focus on collective play to bring a good match."

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-werder-bremen-hom-nay-thuoc-thu-cho-mong-world-cup-185250515155136263.htm