Vietnam women's team and the goal of 3rd place in Southeast Asia

In the semi-finals, the Vietnamese women's team lost to Australia, while Thailand lost to Myanmar. Previously in the group stage, the Vietnamese women's team won 1-0 against Thailand and took the top spot in Group A.

With the Vietnamese women's football team, we were unable to achieve the initial goal of winning the championship. This also prevented the Vietnamese women's football team from being able to equal the achievements of the Thai women's football team in the Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship.

The loss to Australia helped the Vietnamese players learn many lessons in the preparation for the upcoming SEA Games. The Vietnamese women's team still played with the spirit of "never giving up", but it can be seen that our force needs to be rejuvenated. With a squad consisting mostly of players over 30 years old, the Vietnamese women's team had difficulty against the young Australian players with physical strength.

Vietnam women's team and the goal of 3rd place in Southeast Asia -0 — Vietnam women's team competes for third place with Thailand. Photo: VFF

After this tournament, the coaching staff of the Vietnamese women's football team will need to carefully calculate the personnel to use for the upcoming SEA Games. Veterans may still be the main factor, but giving more opportunities to young players should be emphasized. This will help the Vietnamese women's team have a legacy in future goals.

The next match will be the third place match, the Vietnamese women's team needs to complete the goal of winning this ranking. Coach Mai Duc Chung said: "The upcoming third place match will definitely require even higher determination. In this semi-final, we did not perform as expected, so the whole team will try our best to bring the best performance. Vietnam and Thailand know each other very well, so tightness and good entry from the beginning will be the key. If we can do that, we can absolutely win."

Meeting Thailand again, the Vietnamese women's team is still ranked as the favorite, however, this is the time when the opponent has also prepared for this rematch. Remember that in this tournament, Thailand does not have the strongest squad. That will also be an unknown in the upcoming SEA Games when we may meet Thailand again.

The Vietnamese women's team will play at home in the Southeast Asian Championship, which is an advantage for us to aim for a good result against Thailand. As coach Mai Duc Chung shared after the semi-final match: "It's been a long time since I've been back to an atmosphere like this. The team has tried hard, especially in the second half. After the semi-final match without a good result, we encouraged each other to try our best to win the Bronze Medal. Thailand is an opponent that Vietnam knows well, so the whole team needs to play tight and enter the game well to win."

The Bronze Medal will not only be a morale boost for the Vietnamese women's team, but also a tribute to the fans. The Vietnamese women's team showed great fighting spirit in the match against Australia, and we hope that the Vietnamese girls will continue to promote that in the third place match.

According to the schedule, the third-place match between the Vietnamese women's team and Thailand will take place at 4:30 p.m. on August 19. The final match between the Myanmar women's team and Australia will take place at 8:00 p.m. on August 19.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/the-thao/tuyen-nu-viet-nam-va-muc-tieu-hang-3-dong-nam-a-i778542/