Myanmar women's team and U23 Australia both aspire to win the Southeast Asian championship

(Dan Tri) - Before the final match of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship, the Myanmar women's team and U23 Australia both expressed their determination to win the cup.

At the press conference before the final match taking place this afternoon (August 18) in Hai Phong , Myanmar coach Uki Tetsuro (Japanese) said: "The U23 Australian team has improved a lot compared to themselves at the beginning of this year's tournament, so tomorrow's final match will be very difficult for us."

“The Myanmar players and us only have two days to recover. However, the whole team will still enter the final match with the highest determination. We are determined to win the cup,” said coach Uki Tetsuro.

Coach Uki Tetsuro of the Myanmar women's team (Photo: VFF).

In the history of the Southeast Asian women's football tournament, Myanmar has won the championship twice. If they win the final match tomorrow night (August 19), this team will have won the championship for the third time, equal to the achievement of Vietnamese women's football, only behind Thailand's achievement of winning the championship four times.

In Myanmar's squad, there is a very dangerous striker Win Theingi Tun. This girl has scored 7 goals until after the semi-finals.

Coach Uki Tetsuro said about Win Theingi Tun: “She is very important to the Myanmar women's football team, but team play and team victory are always more important. I want to see every Myanmar female player show their best spirit and performance, for the team.”

“Up to this point, I am very satisfied with the spirit and what my players have shown. I want to see them continue to show that in the final,” coach Uki Tetsuro emphasized.

Coach Joe Palatsides of the Australian women's U23 team (Photo: VFF).

In the group stage, Myanmar defeated U23 Australia 2-1 in the opening match. However, in the final match, things may have been different.

Coach Joe Palatsides of U23 Australia shared: “When the Southeast Asian Championship started this year, we arrived in Vietnam later than some other teams. At the beginning of the tournament, U23 Australia did not have time to adapt to the weather.”

“However, after that, everything changed in a positive direction, we went from one progress to another. My players adapted very well to the quite tight schedule in this year's tournament,” added coach Joe Palatsides.

When asked about their opponents Myanmar, the coach of the U23 women's team from the land of kangaroos said: "We will not pay too much attention to the opponent's playing style. The important thing is that U23 Australia shows its own playing style."

“My plan is to help the team control the ball well. If we control the ball, the opponent cannot score and cannot make it difficult for us,” coach Joe Palatsides confidently declared.

The final match of the 2025 AFF Women's Football Championship between Myanmar and U23 Australia will take place at 8pm tomorrow night at Lach Tray Stadium (Hai Phong). Before that, at 4:30pm, the third-place match between the Vietnamese and Thai women's teams will take place, also at Lach Tray Stadium.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/tuyen-nu-myanmar-va-u23-australia-cung-khat-khao-vo-dich-dong-nam-a-20250818133557093.htm