Members of the Vietnamese women’s football team (Photo: VNA) The expert, Dr Ellena Tuner, is accompanying the team duringtheir stay there from June 13 to 17.
This is part of the FIFA support for the teams competing at thecoming Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
On June 14, Tuner met with the Vietnamese players to share informationand discuss health and nutrition issues, including preparation for them toquickly adapt to different climate conditions in the World Cup venues.
Appreciating the help from Tuner, head coach Mai Duc Chungsaid as this is the first time Vietnam have participated in a FIFA Women’sWorld Cup final round, the assistance from the FIFA expert is useful for theplayers during their preparation.
Chung is expected to announce the official squad for thefinals on July 9.
At the coming World Cup finals, the Vietnamese team will facethe US – the defending champion - on July 22, Portugal on July 27, and the Netherlands– the runners-up of the previous tournament - on August 1. All these matches willtake place in New Zealand.
On July 15, the British football magazine FourFourTwo postedan article about the Vietnamese women’s team.
The writing said the Vietnam Women’s World Cup 2023 squadis set to be named this summer as the nation embarks on a first-ever appearanceat the tournament.
“It would befair to label the Golden Star Women Warriors as outsiders – but then few teamsare going into the tournament in form as encouraging. Vietnam's women's sidewon the gold medal for football at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games and have wonboth their AFC Olympic Qualifiers this calendar year, buoying them ahead of theWorld Cup Down Under.”
FourFourTwo predicted that theirmaiden World Cup match will a baptism of fire as they take on the holders, the US,before former European champions Netherlands await in their last group game.Some are expecting cricket scores: scoring against either would be a shock.
Meanwhile, Vietnam will play Portugal in their best chance of getting a result, and talismanic captain HuynhNhu may have the advantage of knowing a few of the opposition. She representsminnows Lank Vilaverdense of Portugal at club level as the only Vietnam playerplying their trade outside of the country.
“With a blend of youth and experience in thisside, however, the Southeast Asian side will be hoping to put in a solidshowing and perhaps buck expectation,” according to the article./.
VNA
