Vietnam women's team adapts to the weather and has first training session in New Zealand

New Zealand media and fans pay special attention to the presence of coach Mai Duc Chung's team at the 2023 World Cup. The Vietnamese women's team had their first training session in Napier (New Zealand).

Vietnam women's team arrives in New Zealand. (Source: VNN)

Vietnam women's team in New Zealand

After three flights with a total duration of nearly a day, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team arrived in Napier city. This is where the friendly match between the Vietnamese women's team and World Cup co-hosts New Zealand will take place on July 10.

As soon as they arrived at the airport, the Vietnamese women's team was warmly welcomed. Notably, the Vietnamese women's team was the first team to arrive in New Zealand, preparing for the most exciting women's football festival on the planet.

The appearance of the little girls from Southeast Asia immediately attracted the attention of the New Zealand media.

Stuff newspaper wrote: "They looked smart and beautiful in their grey suits and white collared shirts. The Vietnamese women's team were full of energy."

Despite having just gone through a nearly 24-hour journey, Thanh Nha and her teammates had a nice gesture when they smiled and high-fived the FIFA mascot who greeted the team at the airport.

Vietnam women's friendly match vs New Zealand women's

In the coming days, the New Zealand press and fans will certainly pay more attention to the Vietnamese girls, because the home team will have a friendly match with the Vietnamese women's team before competing in the World Cup.

The friendly match between the two teams will take place at 5:30 p.m. on July 10 (12:30 p.m. Vietnam time) at McLean Park. This is the last friendly match of the New Zealand women's team before the start of the matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup.

That is why New Zealanders are eagerly awaiting their team’s rehearsal. All tickets for the match (sold online and in person) have been sold out.

Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise said: "The match between the New Zealand women's team and the Vietnam women's team is certainly very exciting. This is one of the key events before the 2023 World Cup. We believe New Zealand will play well in this match, as an affirmation that they are ready for the tournament."

The New Zealand women's team is currently ranked 26th in the world, 6 places above the Vietnam women's team. The World Cup host team is considered a relatively easy opponent for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team, before meeting Spain on July 14.

World Cup 2023: Vietnam women's team has first training session in New Zealand. (Source: VNN)

Vietnam women's team practice ball feel exercises

After a long sleep to regain strength, the Vietnamese women's team had their first training session in Napier (New Zealand).

Although they had just gone through a journey that lasted nearly 24 hours (3 flights), Huynh Nhu and her teammates were very urgent because there was not much time left to prepare for the World Cup.

Vietnamese players have to quickly get used to the cold weather in New Zealand, especially in the late afternoon when the temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius.

To avoid catching a cold, the Vietnamese female players were required to wear thick coats. All were very active and tried hard to do the exercises according to the instructions of the coaching staff to quickly adapt to the change of time zone and weather.

With the physical foundation that has been trained in recent training sessions in Germany, Poland and the training time at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center before leaving, in general, the whole team is getting into the rhythm well and completing the exercises.

Head of the delegation Truong Hai Tung said: “The Vietnamese women’s team has a route according to the set plan. Although the Vietnamese team arrived earlier than the scheduled time of the World Cup, FIFA and the local organizing committee sent many officials to enthusiastically welcome the team, arrange and organize for the team to continue the flight to Napier.

The players are all proactive in moving, eating and preparing warm equipment so as not to be surprised by the cold weather here."

The training session lasted for an hour with ball feel exercises. Tomorrow, the Vietnamese women's team will have two training sessions to improve their physical strength and regain their best condition for the upcoming journey.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/world-cup-2023-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-thich-nghi-thoi-tiet-va-co-buoi-tap-dau-tien-tai-new-zealand-233601.html