Without Thanh Nha, is the Vietnamese women's team's strength reduced? The answer is here...

Striker Thanh Nha cannot join the Vietnamese women's football team in Japan for training due to injury. However, coach Mai Duc Chung always has a solution for every situation.

There is always a solution to every problem, when Thanh Nha is absent.

Thanh Nha has been the main striker of the Vietnamese women's football team in recent years. She is also the author of the goal that sealed the 2-0 victory over Myanmar in the final match of the women's football event of the 32nd SEA Games in 2023, in Cambodia.

Thanh Nha (19) injured before Southeast Asian tournament

Photo: Ngoc Linh

Therefore, Thanh Nha's absence from the training trip in Japan, and the risk of not competing in the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship, in August, could be a disadvantage for the Vietnamese women's team (Thanh Nha is injured). However, in any case, veteran coach Mai Duc Chung always has a solution.

In the current lineup of the Vietnamese women's team, there is young striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen, who is expected to replace Thanh Nha in the near future. Ngoc Minh Chuyen has many factors similar to Thanh Nha, such as high speed, good physical strength, enthusiastic playing, not afraid of collision...

Expect new elements, new gameplay

Ngoc Minh Chuyen also impressed in the friendly match between the Vietnamese women's team and the German women's club Werder Bremen not long ago. If well-trained in the future, combined with Ngoc Minh Chuyen's own eagerness to learn, this striker has the potential to become an important factor for the Vietnamese women's team in the near future.

Coach Mai Duc Chung will have new solutions for the Vietnamese women's team

Photo: Ngoc Duong

In addition, on the right wing of the Vietnamese women's team in the past few years, Nguyen Thi My Anh has still played very well. When needed, My Anh can be pushed up by coach Mai Duc Chung, playing as a winger or right winger. This is Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha's forte. Therefore, it is believed that coach Mai Duc Chung still has a solution to fill the gap left by the player currently playing for the Hanoi women's team.

In addition to personnel issues, in terms of playing style, the Vietnamese women's team will likely build a different style of play compared to the last SEA Games, in a more modern and stronger direction. The presence of overseas Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Nam Mi helps the midfield of the Vietnamese women's team become more flexible. The team plays with fewer touches, faster, and attacks more in the middle. At that time, coach Mai Duc Chung's team will miss right winger Thanh Nha less, and will be less dependent on the presence or absence of this player.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vang-thanh-nha-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-co-bi-suy-giam-suc-manh-cau-tra-loi-la-day-185250609122306061.htm