Ngoc Minh Chuyen (left) scored the only goal for the Vietnam U.20 women's team at the final round of the 2024 AFC U.20 Women's Championship.
The Chinese U.20 women's team, with players physically superior to the Vietnamese U.20 women's team, quickly created an overwhelming attacking position from the start and scored 3 goals in just 17 minutes by Lu Jiayu and Xia Lejiao (2 goals).
The "beyond excellent" efforts of the Vietnamese U.20 women's players helped them have a much better game in the second half. Missing the opportunity to face the goalkeeper of the Chinese U.20 women's team in the 53rd minute, but in the 74th minute, striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen with a decisive and accurate shot in the Chinese U.20 penalty area scored a goal to shorten the score to 1-3 for the Vietnamese U.20 women's team.
Vietnam's U.20 women's team (in white) lost to China's U.20 women's team 1-6, stopping at the group stage of the 2024 AFC U.20 Women's Championship finals.
Losing 1-6 to the Chinese U.20 women's team, the Vietnamese U.20 women's team left the tournament with 3 losses, ranked last in Group B but also scored an honorary goal in the tournament thanks to potential striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen.
Ranking of Group B, final round of U.20 Asian Women's Championship with the surprising top spot going to the U.20 team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Despite defeating the Vietnamese U.20 women's team 6-1, the Chinese U.20 women's team had to stop when they only ranked third in Group B with 4 points. In the same match, the DPRK U.20 women's team surprisingly won 1-0 against Japan U.20 women's team, winning first place in Group B with 7 points and a ticket to the next round. Japan U.20 also entered the semi-finals of the 2024 AFC U.20 Women's Football Championship thanks to second place in Group B (6 points).
What did coach Akira and striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen say?
Coach Akira Ijiri sent his thanks to the AFC and the local organizing committee for supporting the team during the competition here, and also thanked the attention of the VFF, as well as the valuable companionship from overseas fans living and studying in Uzbekistan.
“In this match, I feel the players have improved a lot. This is a tournament that helps the players gain a lot of experience in the future. I feel satisfied because we trust each other, are a family and go in the same direction. This is what we set out to do before the tournament and we did very well.
When competing, everyone wants to have the best results, but in reality, competing with the top 5 teams in Asia is very difficult and there are still differences, and there are still things that need to be overcome. When returning to the club, the players need to share their experiences and continue to practice, constantly pursuing their dreams," said Coach Akira.
As the player who scored the only goal of the Vietnam U.20 Women's Team at the 2024 AFC U.20 Women's Championship, striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen shared after the match: "Scoring an honorary goal in the last match against a strong team of the U.20 Women's Championship, I feel very happy and will try harder. This goal is very emotional, when I scored the goal I felt very emotional and happy to the point of wanting to cry."
Talking about the journey in this tournament, the best young female player of 2023 expressed: “When the whole team made it to the final round, I felt very happy. Besides, Vietnam participated as a representative of Southeast Asia, so our spirit since entering the tournament has been very determined.”
“My upcoming goal is to strive more in domestic tournaments, championships and tournaments at the team level,” Ngoc Minh Chuyen shared.
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