Thanh Nha shines, Vietnam women's team narrowly loses to Euro 2022 runner-up

Against the world's top 2 team, the Vietnamese women's team had a good match with defensive counter-attacking play and smooth transitions.

Despite being 2 goals behind, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team still managed to score 1 goal to narrow the gap before the match ended. In this match, if the Vietnamese team's strikers had made better use of the opportunities they had, the number of goals scored would not have been just 1 goal.

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After the opening whistle, the German team quickly entered the game, pushed up their attacking formation and opened the score in the 3rd minute. In this situation, Nicole Anyomi escaped down the sideline and crossed into the penalty area for Kate Krumbiegel to backheel and score.

The Vietnamese women's team conceded an early goal in the 3rd minute when they couldn't keep up with their opponent's pace.

With a very experimental match, the German team's attack also lacked precision despite creating many opportunities in the remaining minutes. While the girls in red quickly regained their spirit after conceding the goal and created some good transition situations, they lacked precision in the finishing stage.

After the first 45 minutes, Pham Hai Yen and Duong Thi Van had two notable finishing situations but could not defeat the excellent German goalkeeper.

Duong Thi Van and Pham Hai Yen created the two most notable situations in the first half.

Returning after the break, the Euro 2022 runner-up had the advantage, attacking the Vietnamese goal repeatedly but still could not score another goal. In the 76th minute, Tuyet Dung took advantage of the carelessness of the German defense with a back pass.

The midfielder in red stole the ball to face the German goal but could not beat goalkeeper Merle Frohms. Missing the chance, the German women's team quickly doubled the gap to 2-0 shortly after.

Thanh Nha scored a goal to shorten the gap against the world's top 2 team.

In the 85th minute, Vu Thi Hoa, a young player who came on as a substitute in the middle of the second half, had an unfortunate miss in a good transition with 3 beats to face the German goalkeeper from the home field.

After 90 minutes of play, Vietnamese fans gradually thought the match would end with a score of 0-2, then coach Mai Duc Chung's students once again made a change of state.

Ngan Thi Van Su received the ball from the right wing and passed it accurately for Thanh Nha to eliminate the German defense when accelerating from home field. Facing the German goalkeeper, Thanh Nha finished diagonally to shorten the gap to 1-2.

In the end, the Vietnamese women's team lost narrowly to Germany with a score of 1-2. This shows the progress of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team during the training trip.

This is also a big step forward for the Vietnamese women's team after the 0-7 defeat to France in 2022, helping to increase the confidence of the girls in red before entering the journey at the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Closing the training trip in Europe, the Vietnamese women's team will return home before going to New Zealand for a friendly match with the host (July 10) and the Spanish team before the tournament.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/thanh-nha-toa-sang-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-thua-sat-nut-duc-20230625051842224.htm