Vietnam Women's Team vs Uzbekistan: The Key Match

In the second qualifying round of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Vietnamese women's team (ranked 34th in the world) is in the same group with Japan (ranked 8th in the world), host Uzbekistan (ranked 50th in the world) and India (ranked 61st in the world). Group C will take place in Uzbekistan from October 26 to November 1, with the Vietnamese women's team competing on October 26 against Uzbekistan, October 29 against India and November 1 against Japan.

With this qualifying round only taking 4 places to the next round for the top 3 teams and the second team with the best results, the Vietnamese women's team will face many difficulties to enter the third qualifying round. The goal of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will be to get second place in the group because Japan - the reigning champion of the 19th Asian Games is too superior, this team also just beat us 7-0 in the group stage of the 19th Asian Games. The Vietnamese women's team will aim to get full points against Uzbekistan and India and try to get a draw or lose with the smallest possible gap against Japan.

Huynh Nhu (white shirt) returns and will increase the strength of the home team's attack.

However, to complete this goal is not simple. Certainly, the Japanese women's team will participate with a strong force that is not inferior when they won the 19th Asian Games, the host Uzbekistan also shows great ambition, especially when they just entered the semi-finals of the 19th Asian Games, while India has also made a lot of progress recently. Although the Vietnamese women's team has a higher ranking, to win against the remaining two opponents, especially the host Uzbekistan, is not easy.

Coach Mai Duc Chung highly appreciated the host Uzbekistan: “This is the second time the Vietnamese women's team has returned to Uzbekistan. Because 4 years ago, the team also faced this opponent. In this return, I see that Uzbekistan has clearly improved in terms of level. The team recently entered the third place match of the 19th Asian Games women's football. That is enough to show how high the level of the Uzbekistan women's team is."

In this campaign, the Vietnamese women's team welcomes the return of captain Huynh Nhu after she was unable to join her teammates at the 19th Asian Games. The presence of the number 1 striker in the history of Vietnamese women's football will be a spiritual support for her teammates, while the home team's attacking power promises to improve significantly. In the most recent match in the Lank FC jersey, Huynh Nhu scored the opening goal. "The Vietnamese women's team came to the tournament with the spirit and determination to win a ticket to the third qualifying round of the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is the last tournament of coach Mai Duc Chung before saying goodbye to the Vietnamese women's team. Therefore, each of us players entered the field with great determination, for the colors of the Vietnamese flag as well as a farewell to coach Mai Duc Chung", Huynh Nhu expressed great determination before the match.

Four years ago, in the second qualifying round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also held in Uzbekistan, the Vietnamese women's team won 2-1 against the host girls, thereby entering the third qualifying round of the Olympics for the first time. This year, also in Uzbekistan and against the host girls, Huynh Nhu and her teammates are expected to have a similar result to create a favorable momentum for the campaign.

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