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Vietnam vs USA: Put your hand on your left chest, hold your head high and fight!

Published:2023-07-22 By Meta(Meta Sports) Comments

Don't fantasize about the shock at Eden Park. "The US team is like a towering mountain," coach Mai Duc Chung said in a press conference before the first match of the Vietnamese women's team at the 2023 World Cup.

At 8:00 a.m. on July 22, the Vietnamese women's team will enter a historic moment in the country's sports. Coach Mai Duc Chung's students will have their first match at the 2023 Women's World Cup against the US team in the framework of Group E. What do our girls have as a basis for the hope of creating a Big Bang?

Let's look at these statistics:

1 - The US team is the defending champion and is the number 1 women's soccer world. They have never had to stop before the semi-finals of a women's soccer World Cup.

4 - The United States has won the world championship four times (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019) and is aiming for the third time in a row to step to the top of the women's football world.

9 - The US team has never been absent from the nine World Cups held. Only six other countries have done the same.

138 - The South American representative holds the record of scoring 138 in the Women's World Cups, ahead of Germany (121) and Norway (93).

4,399 - The number of days that have passed that the US team has not once received a defeat at the World Cup finals (lost to Sweden in 2011).

4 - In the 8 World Cups held, the US team has only lost 4 matches.

15 - The US team met with Asian representatives 15 times at the World Cups before the encounter with Vietnam, and did not lose a match (won 11, drew 4).

13 - In the first match at the 2019 World Cup, the United States met Thailand and won 13-0, the biggest victory in the history of World Cups so far.

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32 - The Vietnamese women's team is ranked 32nd on BHX FIFA

16 - The biggest win of the Vietnamese women's team is 16-0, against Maldives in the opening match of the World Cup qualifiers (September 23, 2021).

8 - The Vietnamese women's team is one of eight teams that won the right to attend the Women's World Cup for the first time.

Statistics show the difference in achievements and development history between the two teams.

Now let's move on to the lineup

Coach Vlatko Andonovski brought to New Zealand and Australia a squad with an average height of 1.6396m and an average age of 29 - a number that shows that the US team has a squad that is a blend of the experience of veterans such as Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe with the youth of Trinity Rodmand, Allyssa Thompson... Among the 23 American players called up for the 2023 World Cup, there were 14 players who experienced the biggest women's soccer experience for the first time.

Meanwhile, Vietnam Tel has an average height of 1,6057m - the second lowest among 32 teams and an average age of 27.52 - less than the US team. But all of our 23 girls still feel like they're in a dream even though it's been realized by them. Unlike the US team, the most experienced Vietnamese female player, Huynh Nhu, also had the opportunity to play abroad, for Lank Club, Portugal; and not too long.

The difference in body shape and quality of the two teams is not in dispute.

What do experts think about the confrontation between the two teams?

"The Vietnamese team confronts a mighty American opponent in a historic match and certainly cannot win" - Yahoo news site headlines.

The Opta supercomputer is based on statistics and statistics, giving the US team a win rate of 95.3%, while that of Vietnam is 2%.

International betting companies offer odds of +5,500 for the possibility of Vietnam Tel winning. While if the US team wins, the odds are -50,000 (ie 500 to 1 bet).

Everything is not supporting Vietnam Tel to make miracles.

So what do we have left to hope for? Nothing! And nothing-to-lose is also the only weapon, possibly the most dangerous of the Vietnamese women's team. No one, even the most dreamy, would think of a victory like the Big Bang of the women's soccer world. The most practical goal was also shared by coach Mai Duc Chung: "Minimum goals loss, injury and if you score a goal, it's great".

But Huynh Nhu and his teammates did not come to New Zealand/Australia to travel. They stepped out into the Eden Park tunnel as the pride of the nation. They become the main characters on the big stage. They experienced the most memorable moment of their career: holding their heads high, placing their hands on their left chests, and carrying the Vietnamese national anthem around the world.

"I don't feel scared right now. I believe all my teammates feel the same way. There's nothing to be afraid of!", Huynh Nhu said in a pre-match press conference. There will be no fear for 90 minutes at Eden Park. Let's fight!

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