Losing to Portugal, the Vietnamese women’s team lost hope at the 2023 World Cup

With the desire to win their first World Cup, the Vietnamese women’s team chose an attacking style of play against Portugal. However, coach Mai Duc Chung’s team only caused surprise in the first few minutes of the match. Job Vietnam national team pushing the team up too high has created big loopholes in the defense to Portugal exploited continuously. 

Minute 7 Encarnacao rushed in to finish after a precise cross from the right side, goalkeeper Kinh Thanh stood still and watched the ball go into the net The early numbers made the Portuguese players more excited and increased the offensive pressure. In the 21st minute, Nazareth finished neatly after Portugal’s midfield attack increased the gap to 2-0.

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Portugal played superiorly against Vietnam (Photo: Getty).

The Vietnamese women’s team played hard after conceding a goal 2 special goals in the last minutes of the first half when coach Mai Duc Chung’s players rose up to attack in search of a goal. Unfortunately, the Vietnamese team’s attack power was not enough to make Portugal’s net shake. 

Entering the second half, Vietnamese players played low and actively defended in large numbers. Although Portugal did not have as many dangerous opportunities as in the first half, they still had two times that made the wooden frame behind Kim Thanh shake.

In the final minutes of the match, the Vietnamese team continued to rise. but still not effective. Final result Vietnam lost 0-2 to Portugal. This is the second consecutive defeat of the Vietnamese women’s team in the group stage World Cup 2023, so coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will definitely be eliminated after the group stage.

Press The world predicts the result of Vietnam’s match against Portugal

Sportskeeda (India) commented: “Both Vietnam and Portugal teams are heading towards to a historic victory in the World Cup. In the opening match, the two teams showed that they were at a much lower level than the US and the Netherlands. In their first time participating in the World Cup, they lack experience and do not have a very high-quality squad.

Although the Vietnamese women’s team has quite good defense when facing Southeast teams Ah, but let’s look at the reality: They’ve lost all of their last 5 matches. The team’s defense was also exploited quite a bit. Basically, the quality of the Vietnamese women’s team is quite far behind that of Portugal. Therefore, the Iberian island team can believe in victory.”

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“The reality is not just I mean, Vietnamese female players all aspire to score goals. At this time, a goal is also very valuable for the Vietnamese women’s team. Of course my wish is that the Vietnamese women’s team can win,” Huynh Nhu shared.

“I had a season in Portugal. I also had the opportunity to compete with players in the current Portuguese women’s team.

The players here are very healthy and technical. Obviously, in the next match against Portugal, the entire Vietnamese team will have to focus and try their best.”

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