Coach Mai Duc Chung said something surprising before the match against Japan

The Vietnamese women's team won 3-1 against the Indian women's team in the second round of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers in Asia. In the following match, there were no surprises when the Uzbekistan women's team suffered a 0-2 defeat to the Japanese women's team.

Thus, after 2 wins, Japan is temporarily leading with 6 points (+9 goal difference). The 2nd and 3rd positions are respectively the Vietnamese and Uzbekistan women's teams. Both teams have 3 points (one win, one loss), but coach Mai Duc Chung and his team are ranked higher due to a better goal difference (+1 compared to -1). The Indian women's team is at the bottom of the table with no points after 2 losses.

HLV Mai Đức Chung nói điều bất ngờ trước trận gặp Nhật Bản - 1 — Coach Mai Duc Chung encourages his students (Photo: VFF).

However, in the final match taking place at 5:00 p.m. on November 1, the Vietnamese women's team will have to face the strongest team in the group, Japan, while Uzbekistan is expected to get 3 points against India. This makes the chance of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team advancing very low.

Before the match with the top opponent in the continent, coach Mai Duc Chung said that the whole team had prepared carefully and would try their best to achieve the most positive results.

"Everyone knows how strong Japan is. They just had an impressive World Cup and Asiad. Therefore, this will be a difficult match for the Vietnamese women's team. However, with high determination, we will do our best.

Football still has unexpected variables. The Vietnamese women's team will try to achieve the best possible result," coach Mai Duc Chung emphasized.

HLV Mai Đức Chung nói điều bất ngờ trước trận gặp Nhật Bản - 2 — Huynh Nhu and teammates are ready for the match against Japan (Photo: VFF).

Before the training session this afternoon (October 31), Coach Mai Duc Chung spent a lot of time reminding his players about the points to note in tomorrow's match, and also checked the squad, ensuring that all players are in good health and physical condition.

"We will definitely have to prepare both mentally and physically. Through two matches, the Vietnamese women's team showed good physical strength when meeting Uzbekistan and India.

We had more possession, moved actively and had good stamina. I'm a bit sorry that the Lokomotiv pitch wasn't really good so it affected the coordinated passes.

Japan plays a diverse game with even lines. The Vietnamese women's team must prepare for all situations. I think the first thing we need to do is play our best," said coach Mai Duc Chung.

The match between Vietnam and Japan women's team will take place at 5:00 p.m. on November 1 at Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The match between Uzbekistan and India will take place at 7:00 p.m. on the same day.