The Vietnamese women's team is actively training to be able to score in the match against Portugal on July 27. The Vietnamese women's team has received many compliments for their fighting spirit and ability to defend after the opening match lost to the US defending champion 7-0.
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| Thanh Nha (right) at the 24/7 morning training session of the Vietnamese women's team. |
Recruiting Vietnamese women wants to do better
However, coach Mai Duc Chung's teachers and students still want to do better in the upcoming match against Portugal. In addition to limiting situations to lose the ball, coach Mai Duc Chung also asked the players to hold the ball more firmly to coordinate with each other. This is to reduce the pressure on the defense and at the same time can deploy the attack when the opportunity arises.
Although Portugal is not as strong as the US, the Vietnamese female players are not subjective, especially the players in the defensive phase. Center-back Chuong Thi Kieu admitted that he had not yet reached 100% of the feeling of the ball when he was introduced to the field as a substitute in the match against the US.
However, she and the whole team are determined to play a good match against Portugal. “The whole team needs to try to play better defensively. Only then, the new attacks can safely deploy the ball as well as find scoring opportunities. The most important thing is that I need to be confident and determined to compete," said Chuong Thi Kieu.
Efforts to find goals
Only lost 6 places to host New Zealand on FIFA's world rankings, but the Vietnamese women's team lost 0-2 in a friendly match before entering the 2023 Women's World Cup. Therefore, before Portugal, they are 11 places ahead of themselves. The most realistic goal for teachers and coaches, coach Mai Duc Chung, is still just trying to limit the number of goals and score a historic goal on the world stage.
Football is not a comparison, but the Vietnamese women's team defended well against the number 1 American strikers, they can do the same against Portugal, whose attacking power is not as good. Not to mention, the match is not too different in terms of this level also promises to open up many opportunities for the Vietnamese women's team to find goals from counter-attacks.
Thanh Nha (sick) and Duong Thi Van (injured) have returned to practice in a fit state in the past sessions. This helps coach Mai Duc Chung to have more calculations for the goal of scoring the historic goal in the World Cup. Not to mention that captain Huynh Nhu - a striker who has had a lot of experience with Portuguese women's football while playing for Lank FC - can also make a difference.
The Vietnamese women's team continued to practice in Auckland City on July 25 before moving to Halminton City on the morning of July 7 to prepare for the match against Portugal. As the day of the match came, coach Mai Duc Chung's teachers and students made Vietnamese fans eagerly wait.
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Adapted to the weather in New Zealand
The match between the Vietnamese women's team and Portugal will take place at 19:30 on July 27 local time (7:14 Vietnam time). The evening weather in New Zealand is around 30C, quite cold, but coach Mai Duc Chung's teachers and students are not too worried because they have adapted to the weather when they arrived in New Zealand two weeks early.
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LS (according to TTO)
