" The Vietnamese women's team has many surprises. We will have to face a different style of play. The US team needs to adapt to this. We all have to learn about all our opponents. The US women's team has trust in each other and in their own abilities, " said US striker Lynn Williams, expressing caution when evaluating the Vietnamese women's team.
The Vietnamese and American teams will face each other in the opening match of Group E of the 2023 Women's World Cup. It will be difficult for Huynh Nhu and her teammates to create a surprise against a strong opponent - the reigning World Cup champions and top of the FIFA rankings. However, the Vietnamese women's team has plenty of determination. The players are looking forward to their debut in the biggest arena on the planet.
The US women's team is the current World Cup champion.
In contrast to the Vietnamese women's team, the US women's team aims to win the World Cup for the third consecutive time in history. Reuters news agency said that the US women's team is on a different level compared to their opponent ranked 32nd in the world.
Sharing the same opinion with her teammate, defender Crystal Dunn said: " The US women's team must overcome the match with the Vietnamese women's team before we can consider talking about the next match. We have never faced Vietnam, only watched a few of their matches. Obviously, the Vietnamese women's team will create their best performance and I'm sure that will happen ."
The US team made many changes to the squad. Coach Vlatko Andonovski only brought 9 players who participated in the 2019 World Cup. The remaining 14 players have never participated in the world's number 1 arena. However, they still have experienced names such as Lindsay Horan, Morgan or Rapinoe.
Evaluating the opponent on the opening day, coach Vlatko Andonovski said: " We don't know much about the Vietnamese women's team yet, but I know that they have gone through a challenging journey in the Asian qualifiers. It will certainly be an interesting experience to meet Vietnam in the opening match at the World Cup, we look forward to knowing more about them ."
The match between the US women's team and the Vietnam women's team takes place at 8:00 a.m. on July 22.
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