After the victory over the Panama futsal team, the Vietnam futsal team is determined to get good results when facing the Czech Republic futsal team, thereby deciding to win a ticket to continue.
In Group D, the Vietnam futsal team is currently on 3 points equal to the Czech Republic but is in 3rd place due to a lack of goal difference compared to their opponent. Therefore, if they win against the Czech Republic futsal team, coach Pham Minh Giang and his team will finish the group stage in second place. In case of losing to the Czech Republic, the Vietnam futsal team will have to depend on the results of the match between Panama and the competing teams in other groups to determine 4/6 third-placed teams with good results to qualify for the knockout round.
In case of a win or draw with the Czech Republic futsal team, it is not an easy task because the opponent has a very high ranking on the FIFA rankings. Accordingly, the Czech Republic futsal team is currently in 16th place while Vietnam is in 44th place. In addition to the ranking gap, the ability of the Czech Republic futsal team is also very formidable. In the opening match, this team easily won Panama with a score of 5-1 and most recently the Czech Republic only lost to Brazil 0-4. That said, it shows that the opponent of the Vietnam futsal team is very strong.
Head of the delegation Tran Anh Tu shared: "The Vietnam futsal team fell into a group with many strong opponents. Even Panama had to work very hard to win 3-2. The Czech Republic futsal team is a great force from Europe. But we determined that even though the opponent is strong, the Vietnam futsal team must strive and make every effort to compete. The whole team has forgotten about the win against Panama to get the highest concentration for the upcoming match.
Competing to be in the group of 4/6 teams ranked 3rd in the group stage is also not an easy task at all. "In the remaining 5 groups, there is one team that is very weak compared to the other 3 teams, so that weak team accidentally becomes a bank of points, where the strong teams take full advantage of the opportunity to both win and score many goals, thereby creating an advantage for the race to become the 4 third-placed teams with the best results to win tickets to the next round", Mr. Tran Anh Tu emphasized.
Determining to face a very strong opponent like the Czech Republic futsal team as well as being at a disadvantage in the race for a ticket to the next round, the Vietnam futsal team did not give up.
This morning ( Lithuania time), after studying the video of the matches of the Czech Republic futsal team, coach Pham Minh Giang had a tactical meeting with his students. In addition to giving his students a mentally strong band, Mr. Pham Minh Giang believes that our opponent has a very ideal physical strength and physique and plays very well defensively.
In addition, the pivot players of the Czech Republic futsal team have very quick turns and dangerous shots. Therefore, Mr. Pham Minh Giang requested the defense to play very focused to neutralize the opponent's pivot.
The match between the Czech Republic futsal team and the Vietnam futsal team takes place at 22:00 on September 19 (Vietnam time).
