Group B: Japan 10-0 Vietnam
Facing a defending champion with an outstanding class, the U20 Vietnam women’s team suffered a heavy defeat on their opening day in Group B of the 2024 U20 Women’s Asian Cup.
05/03/2024 11:53:19
The U20 Japan team is very strong, so coach Akira advocates playing a majority defense on the home field. However, this is not enough to make things difficult for the defending champion. They very calmly organized and stretched the U20 Vietnam team to score a goal after only 10 minutes of the opening match. With a well-organized combination, Matsukubo scored a beautiful curling shot, opening the door to a big victory for the home team.
After taking the lead, U20 Japan women continued to dominate. Matsukubo was a sharp trigger in attack, scoring 2 more goals in the first half for the home team. In this first half, U20 Vietnam women mainly defended and could not get the ball. However, Mr. Akira’s students also had a chance in the last minute, but unfortunately Bui Thi Thuong kicked the ball over the bar, in a situation close to the Japanese U20 women’s goal.
In the second half, although the Vietnamese women’s U20s were very persistent, they could not prevent the opponent’s organized attacks. In that match, Japanese U20 women scored 7 more goals to win the final match with a strong score of 10-0. On March 7, the Vietnamese U20 women’s team will meet the current runner-up – North Korea.
In the previous match, U20 DPR Korea and China PR drew 1-1. Yesterday (March 3), group A also officially entered the opening match at the 2024 U20 Women’s Asian Cup. In the opening match, the Australian U20 Women’s Team came back to win 2 -1 against South Korea. The Korean U20 Women’s team got off to a good start with Jeon Yu-gyeong’s opening goal in the 25th minute. However, in the second half, the Australian U20 Women’s team rallied and successfully made a comeback thanks to Trimis and Thomas-Chinnama’s goals.
In the following match, although the home team Uzbekistan played hard, they could not avoid a 0-2 defeat against Chinese Taipei Women’s U20.
With this result, after the opening match, Chinese Taipei Women’s U20 got the same 3 points as Australia’s U20 Women’s Team but is currently ranked top thanks to better goal difference.
