Stepping stone from Ho Chi Minh City women's team
Huynh Nhu was the brightest star in the 2 victories in the Asian Cup 1, contributing to the Ho Chi Minh City women's team advancing to the quarterfinals in their first time playing in the continental arena. However, Huynh Nhu is a name that is all too familiar with international tournaments. The striker born in 1991 has participated in the World Cup, Asian Cup, AFF Cup, ASIAD, SEA Games, played 2 years in Portugal, with a wealth of experience that no Vietnamese female player in history can match.
Here, let's talk about the other names of the HCMC women's team. That was defender Kim Yen with the opening header, then it was young striker Hong Nhung's turn to close the match with a close-range finish.
Ho Chi Minh City women's team enters the quarter-finals of the Asian C1 one round early
Among them, Hong Nhung was once "spotted" by coach Mai Duc Chung, but has not yet found a place because the Vietnamese women's team has too many talented players. Similarly, participating in major tournaments is a distant dream for young player Kim Yen, even though she reached the threshold for selection last month.
Without the Asian Cup 1, it is very likely that names like Hong Nhung and Kim Yen would have spent their entire careers in domestic tournaments, with 16 to 18 matches per year in the Vietnamese women's football tournament system. This is clearly a disadvantage when looking at developed women's football. China has 3 national championships for women, so that clubs can compete year-round, with around 40 matches. Similarly, Japan, Australia, South Korea... all have a dense domestic tournament network, not to mention the number of female players going abroad increasing every year.
A story that has often been mentioned about women's football for a long time is that "water flows to low places". The Vietnamese women's team regularly competes in regional and continental tournaments. However, the opportunity to compete internationally is only for national players.
With the Vietnamese women's team's structure often fixed and less changed than the men's team, the fact that players are not called up for a long time will gradually widen the gap with the national team. Women's football only develops the "top" (the team) but forgets the roots (the club), which will be difficult to sustain, because coach Mai Duc Chung and the coaching staff will only have a group of familiar players to choose from for major tournaments.
The happiness of striker Hong Nhung...
... with young talent Kim Yen with his first international goals
Therefore, playing in the Asian Cup C1 has great significance, even for a team that has dominated the national championship for more than half a decade like Ho Chi Minh City women's team. Hong Nhung, Kim Yen and the "unknown" players of this team have had experience playing against opponents outside of Vietnam. Thanks to the international playground, Ho Chi Minh City women's team first learned about... foreign players. Just preparing for a big tournament also motivates coach Nguyen Hong Pham's team a lot.
That is what Vietnamese women's football really needs, for the national team to surpass the threshold.
Try
The Ho Chi Minh City women's team won Taichung Blue Whale and Odisha with the same score of 3-1, but the playing style of Huynh Nhu and her teammates still had many shortcomings.
First, the HCMC women missed many opportunities. The confusion in front of the goal showed a lack of experience, even for foreign players. In addition, the HCMC women were weak in the competition. The home team won thanks to superior tactics (which is a big difference in women's football), but in the long run, the players need to improve their one-on-one competition and physical strength.
But with the first steps, kicking like that was a lot of effort.
"The Asian C1 playground is a good tournament for Vietnamese women's football. Through this tournament, the players will meet strong opponents to mature. Thanks to that, the players will gain experience and increase the quality of the Vietnamese women's team," coach Mai Duc Chung analyzed.
The HCMC women's team has at least two more matches in the Asian Cup C1: the final match against Urawa Red Diamonds, and the quarter-final match. The happy days of HCMC women's football in particular and Vietnam in general will continue.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chien-tich-cup-c1-chau-a-cua-nu-tphcm-giup-bong-da-viet-nam-cat-canh-185241010124651805.htm
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