Head coach Mai Duc Chung: “We will quickly forget this match to continue our efforts…”

Head coach Mai Duc Chung shared: “We had a hard time in the first half when opponent was big and strong, with European naturalized players. We lost first, but we knew how to coordinate in situations to return. This shows the spirit of strong Vietnamese women. I am proud of Vietnam Women’s team. We promise to quickly forget this victory to continue for other matches, work hard every game to win.”

Commenting on how the Philippines started the game, head coach Mai Duc Chung said: “It’s been a long time since the Vietnamese women’s team has played against the Philippines, we see that their formation is different. If before, they only had 3-4 naturalized players, but now it has to be 15-16. In the preparation process, we played with Korean opponents very well, but when we returned to Vietnam, we had to familiar again, so we were a bit surprised and staggered at the beginning of the match. The turning point of this match is the spirit of competition of the whole team, the coaching assistants always remind players to hold the ball, coordinate with each other, ensure expertise.

Answer the question of whether Vietnam is still superior to the opponent, head coach Mai Duc Chung frankly suggested not to rush to compare. “I still say spirit is most important. Obviously we attack more, shoot more. It can be said that the expertise is somewhat satisfactory, but we have to strive more to go further.”

Head coach Mai Duc Chung thanked the fans nationwide as well as the spectator at Cam Pha Stadium for passionate and cheering for the team, giving great energy to the Vietnamese team to win.

Speaking after the match, the head coach of the Philippines team Alen Stajcic said: “This is the first match of the Vietnamese team, but we played the second match, Vietnam being cheered by the spectator was a great advantage. I think at the start my team played better, but 45 minutes later Vietnam came up and had better performances.”

Commenting on Vietnamese players and the spectator at Cam Pha Stadium, coach Alen Stajcic shared, “I think the Vietnamese team can be proud of the fans. This is a great atmosphere, I can see the passion and positivity of Vietnamese football fans. The Vietnamese team has good technique, we scored first, but they took goal down.”