Vietnamese women's football has achieved remarkable achievements in the region, and has also participated in the World Cup for the first time, but the reality affirms one thing, reaching the world playground is an opportunity, while staying there, the gap is still very far.
Of course, the future goals are the next times at the World Cup, but it must be affirmed that it is difficult to achieve with just internal strength. It will require additional external resources, if not naturalization, it will be using overseas Vietnamese factors or domestic and foreign players themselves. There was Huynh Nhu who dared to go to Europe - and had initial success, but it was only a short-term one because after all, she was approaching the limits of her career.
Returning to Walkling's advice, there is nothing wrong with creating the "American dream", because this is one of the most developed and successful women's football teams in the world, with a systematic training system and a professional competition environment. However, it should be remembered that Walkling started from Germany - also a country with a very strong women's football foundation, and she went to the US when she was very young (21 years old).
If read carefully, Walkling's advice is for "young Vietnamese players", which means that in addition to the goal of expanding vision, absorbing lessons and experience from strong football, studying and developing also requires a long enough journey. Let's ask first, how many young Vietnamese players have ambition and desire to find opportunities to study and develop abroad?
Yes, that is for sure, but in reality, it can be hindered by many other factors. For example, players who have not played abroad but have thought about whether they can be called back to work for the national team at some stages (not in FIFA Days) or not... Thinking that difficulties and obstacles are countless, the values gained in the future are often overlooked.
