Winning Cambodia, the Vietnam women’s team meets Myanmar in the final
Defeating the Cambodia women’s team with a score difference, the Vietnam women’s team entered the final game. Mr. Mai Duc Chung’s opponent in the 2023 SEA Games final match is Myanmar.
13/05/2023 10:14:49
As expected, the Vietnam women’s team did not use the strongest squad when facing a weaker opponent, Cambodia. The surprising is the beginning of the Cambodia women’s team. The idea that coach Gao Fulin chose a way to defend in order to drag the game to the 11m mark. However, the home team suddenly increased the speed right after the opening whistle. Even Cambodia made it difficult for the Vietnam women’s defenders and had the opportunity to score an early goal. In the 6th minute, from the counter-attack, Hok Saody escaped down the right wing and broke into the penalty area before launching a shot that sent the ball wide of the goal of the Vietnam women’s team.
It was difficult when Cambodia pushed up the squad, but it was also an opportunity for Mr. Mai Duc Chung’s players to have a wider gap in the siege phase. After 20 minutes of creating a pretty good game against the Vietnam women’s team, Cambodia has also gradually revealed weaknesses in the defense system for the defending champion to exploit. In the 20th minute, My Anh got on the ball on the left wing before turning inward to let Van Su jump high to score a goal to break the deadlock.
The goal made the spirit of Mr. Gao Fulin’s players going down. Since then, Cambodia was no longer organizes massive and confident attacks like 30 minutes before. After a situation in front of the home team’s net, Hai Yen had a direct ball before putting the ball in the net, raising the score to 2-0. Six minutes later, Thai Thi Thao was fouled in the penalty area and Thuy Trang did not miss a delicious opportunity from the 11m dot to deepen the gap.
Awakening after having to receive 3 goals due to poor ability but still rising to double attack, the Cambodia women’s team retreated deep to defend in the second half. The home team only plugged striker Yon Poeurn in the front line. Mr. Mai Duc Chung’s team completely controlled the game.
In the second half, coach Mai Duc Chung also launched a number of key players into the field to “warm up” to prepare for the final. Perhaps having “full” of goals along with the host’s majority defensive play, the Vietnam women’s team did not have many opportunities. Huynh Nhu had a few phases to approach the home team’s goal, but the situation was not really clear. It was not until extra time that the Vietnam women’s team got the goal to set the score 4-0 after Huynh Nhu successfully completed the 11m penalty after the home player let the ball touch her hand in the penalty area.
Winning with a score of 4-0, the Vietnam women’s team qualified to the final. Mai Duc Chung’s team’s opponent in the 2023 SEA Games gold medal match was Myanmar when this team came back to beat Thailand with a score of 4-2 after being led by 2 goals.
