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Vietnamese women won't hold back against Jordan

The Vietnamese women’s national football team will face Jordan in their final Group B match of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ second qualifying round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 9.
Vietnamese women won't hold back against Jordan ảnh 1The Vietnamese women’s national football team train to prepare for the last match with Jordan in their Group B qualifier of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic’s second qualifying round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Photo: vff.org.vn)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnamese women’s nationalfootball team will face Jordan in their final Group B match of the2020 Tokyo Olympics’ second qualifying round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April9.

Vietnam only need a draw to top the group and head into thethird round of qualifiers. However, coach Mai Duc Chung wants his playersto go for the win.

“We will use our best line-up for the upcoming game to take awin,” said Chung.

Vietnam have six points after two matches to top Group B. Earlier,they beat Hong Kong 2-1 and then Uzbekistan 2-1. Uzbekistan only have threepoints, Hong Kong and Jordan have one point each.

“Jordan have better strength than Vietnam but their individualtechnique isn’t really flexible so if our players play with high determination,we will win,” said Chung.

According to Chung, Vietnam need to play more with concentrationand control the ball against Jordan.

The round-robin tournament, held between April 1-9, bringstogether 12 teams, in three groups of four. The three group winners willadvance to the third round, together with Australia, the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Thailand, whohave already qualified.

The third round, slated for early next year, will see the eightparticipants play in a round-robin format in two groups, with the top two teamsfrom each group qualifying for the final round of the Asian qualifiers.

The two final round winners will join Japan as the AFCrepresentatives at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Vietnam progressed to the final round of the 2016 Olympicqualifiers for the first time after three wins, over Myanmar, Jordan andThailand, and one loss, against Chinese Taipei, in the second round.

However, facing five tough competitors, namely China, Japan, theRoK, Australia and the DPRK, coach Chung’s side missed out on a ticket to Riode Janeiro, Brazil.

The Vietnamese women team now rank 35th in the FIFA rankings,seventh in Asia and second in Southeast Asia.-VNS/VNA
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