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Olympics 2024: Vietnamese women lose to Japan, end hopes for final round of qualifying

The Vietnamese women's football team’s dream went up in smoke after they lost 0-2 to Japan in a Group C match of the 2024 Paris Olympics second qualifying round.
Olympics 2024: Vietnamese women lose to Japan, end hopes for final round of qualifying ảnh 1Vietnam lost 0-2 to Japan in a Group C match of the 2024 Paris Olympics second qualifying round. (Photo: VFF)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese women'sfootball team’s dream went up in smoke after they lost 0-2 to Japan in a Group Cmatch of the 2024 Paris Olympics second qualifying round.

The Vietnamese players put in a tremendous effortduring the first half. Many times, they even managed to penetrate the opponent'spenalty area. However, in the 39th minute, an impressive combination from theJapanese team resulted in the opening goal for them.

In the second half, Japan increased their pace andapplied pressure, while the Vietnamese team’s defence was not up to par,allowing Moriya to score the second goal, making it 2-0 in the 54th minute.

With this result, the Vietnamese girls failed to moveto the final round of qualifying of the ParisOlympics 24./.
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