Vietnam women's team overcomes height weakness, tries out with Werder Bremen women's club

As part of a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Germany, the Vietnamese women's team will have a friendly match with Werder Bremen women's club at 7 p.m. on May 16 at Hang Day Stadium (Hanoi).

This is also a warm-up step for the Vietnamese women's team to prepare for the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship qualifiers.

Speaking at a press conference on May 15, coach Mai Duc Chung highly appreciated the professional quality when facing the Werder Bremen women's club - the team that just finished 7th in the Bundesliga this season.

"This match will help the whole team learn a lot about expertise. We have previously trained in Germany and have gained and accumulated a lot of experience in how to play football" - Mr. Chung expressed.

Tuyển nữ Việt Nam khắc phục điểm yếu chiều cao, thử sức với CLB nữ Werder Bremen- Ảnh 1. — Coach Mai Duc Chung highly appreciates the professional quality when facing the Werder Bremen women's club.

The veteran strategist also revealed that he will create opportunities for some young faces to compete with the mainstays to increase cohesion, test their abilities and prepare for long-term goals.

Coach Mai Duc Chung shared about the plan for the match: "Up to now, the Vietnamese women's team has always had a weakness of modest height, which must be overcome. Against the opponent Werder Bremen women's club with impressive height and physical strength, the whole team will play hard. This match is also an opportunity for me to test some young faces, alternating with giving them the opportunity to play and compete with the pillars to create better cohesion. New players need to show progress to be able to play regularly."

On the other side, coach Thomas Horsch of the Werder Bremen women's club expressed his excitement before the match: "The whole team is very excited about this match. The weather in Vietnam is somewhat different when it is hot and humid, but we are used to having to adapt to many competition conditions.

Our strengths are collective play, keeping discipline in formation, and developing the ball. I once watched the Vietnamese women's team play a friendly match in Germany. They have many players with good skills and have won tickets to the World Cup."

Tuyển nữ Việt Nam khắc phục điểm yếu chiều cao, thử sức với CLB nữ Werder Bremen- Ảnh 3. — The match between Vietnam women's team and Werder Bremen will take place at 7pm tomorrow (May 16).

Werder Bremen women's club brought to Vietnam a squad of 26 players, all of whom are over 1.60 m tall. This force includes many prominent faces such as striker Larissa Muhlhaus, former top scorer of the German Second Division, or Juliane Wirtz - sister of German player Florian Wirtz, who helped Leverkusen win the Bundesliga.