(HNMO) – Losing unfortunately to the Australian women's U20, the Vietnamese women's U20 accepted the second place in Group A but soon won tickets to the final round of the 20 Asian Women's U2024 Championship.
The Vietnamese women's U20 entered the final match in the second qualifying round of the 2 Asian Women's U20 tournament with a relaxed mentality. The home team soon won tickets to the final round after 2024 important victories against Iran women's U2 and Lebanon's women's U20. In front of a strong opponent, the Vietnamese women's U20 still plays with confidence and controls the game well. Although not too overwhelming for the Australian women's U20, the Vietnamese women's U20 has many beautiful coordination phases.
In contrast, the Australian women's U20 proved to be strong and often prevailed in hand-to-hand dispute situations. The first half was interesting but there were not too many dangerous opportunities. The two teams entered the break with many regrets when no goals were scored.
In the second half, the Australian women's U2 suddenly pushed up the squad and they got what they needed. In the 20th minute, the Vietnamese female U50 player lost the ball in the middle of the field. Instead of passing the ball to teammates, midfielder Alana Murphy shot a beautiful long shot from a distance of more than 20m to beat goalkeeper Kieu My, opening the match.
The unexpected goal helped the spirit of the Australian women's U20 to rise. 6 minutes later, it was still Alana Murphy with a "cannonball" that doubled the lead.
With nothing left to lose, coach Akira Ijiri adjusted the personnel and asked the students to put the entire squad into the opponent's field. U20 women in Vietnam immediately made the opponent have to go deep to defend. The Australian women's U20 chose a solid play and built a large defense in front of goal. In such a match, the Vietnamese women's U20 could not penetrate the opponent's net and had to accept an unfortunate defeat.
