Coach Mai Duc Chung: 'Vietnam will not give up'

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Vietnam has run out of chances to qualify for the group stage after losing to the US and Portugal, finishing at the bottom of Group E, conceding five goals and not yet scoring. Meanwhile, the Netherlands owns four points, just need to draw to continue. However, the team from Europe clearly intends to win strongly against Vietnam to compete for the top of the table - a position that is likely to help them avoid strong opponents Sweden in the 1/8 round.

"After the second match, we knew we had no chance, but we didn't give up because of that," coach Mai Duc Chung said at a press conference on the morning of July 31 at Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin City). "We had a meeting to learn from experience, promise each other to do our best. The upcoming opponent is very strong, which is the runner-up of the World Cup. The Netherlands is still fighting for the score with rivals in the same group to enter the next round. Tomorrow's match is very difficult, the whole team must be very determined."

In Vietnam's squad, there are still six players who have not played a minute, including two reserve goalkeepers Khong Thi Hang and Dao Thi Kieu Oanh, midfielders Tran Thi Thuy Nga, Tran Thi Thuy Trang, strikers Vu Thi Hoa and Nguyen Thi. Thuy Hang. Mr. Chung does not guarantee to create conditions for all players to experience the feeling of playing in the World Cup, but depending on developments on the field, he will arrange personnel with priority on mental and physical readiness. .

The 72-year-old leader also confirmed that he would play with a 5-4-1 scheme, because Vietnam could not be compared with the Netherlands if he kicked 5, lost, and preferred to attack. He recalled the somewhat "impulsive" approach of the players in the second-round loss to Portugal as an example of being absorbed in attack and opening an opening for the opponent to take advantage of.

This is the first time the two teams have met in history. Vietnam women will try to avoid becoming the second Asian team to lose all three group stage matches without scoring, after Japan in 1991. The Netherlands have won seven of the last nine matches at the Women's World Cup, two without They won evenly against the US when they drew 1-1 in the second round of the group stage this year and lost 0-2 in the final 2019.