With home advantage, full strength and careful preparation, the Vietnam women's team ended the group stage as the top team. In the decisive match, Huynh Nhu and her teammates defeated the Thai women's team with a score of 1-0.
The Vietnamese women's team encountered some difficulties in the early stages of the match, almost falling behind, but they adjusted everything very quickly and knew how to exploit the space on the field to find scoring opportunities. After 3 group stage matches, the Vietnam women's team scored 14 goals, not conceding any.
The Vietnamese women's team is the top team in Southeast Asia. Obviously, we had a difficult match for them, but the Thai players tried their best. The last match brought a valuable experience to our players.
The attack of the Vietnam women's team is very dangerous, they always try to find space. The Thai team had good opportunities and handled well in many situations. We will continue to try harder, Futoshi Ikeda, coach of the Thai women's team, praised the Vietnamese women's team.
The opponent of the Vietnam women's team will be determined after the final match of Group B, taking place on the evening of August 13. At this time, all three teams Philippines, U23 Australia and Myanmar have opportunities. However, through the matches, no team has been as outstanding as the Vietnam women's team has shown.
The Myanmar women's team is temporarily leading the group with 6 points, when they beat U23 Australia 2-1 and beat Timor-Leste 3-0. The defending champion Philippines beat Timor-Leste 7-0 but lost 0-1 to U23 Australia.
In the final match, the Philippines women's team will have a tense match with Myanmar, while U23 Australia is predicted to have an easy victory against Timor-Leste. Most likely, the group's ranking results will be based on additional indicators.
Regardless of which opponent they meet in the semi-finals, the chance for the Vietnam women's team to win is still very large, thanks to their stable performance, home field advantage, diverse, effective playing style and a day's break.
According to the schedule, the two semi-final matches of the Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship will take place on August 16. In history, the Vietnam women's team has won this playground 3 times in 2006, 2012 and 2019.
If crowned at home this time, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will equal the 4-time championship of the Thai women's team. That is definitely the goal that the Vietnamese women's team is determined to achieve in this year's tournament.
