The Vietnamese women's team will return to Vietnam tomorrow, May 16. It is expected that the team will be divided into two groups to travel. The Ho Chi Minh City group, including Huynh Nhu, Thuy Trang, Bich Thuy, Chuong Thi Kieu,... and assistant Doan Thi Kim Chi, will board a flight from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City at 3 p.m. Meanwhile, the northern group of players, along with coach Mai Duc Chung, will arrive in Hanoi at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The Vietnamese women's team will have a week off to recover their physical strength after the journey at the 32nd SEA Games, before regrouping to prepare for the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Vietnam women's team convincingly defeated Myanmar to defend SEA Games gold medal
Coach Mai Duc Chung shared: "We are very happy, but we do not forget our mission in the upcoming 2023 World Cup finals. We will prepare carefully to show the image, people and football of Vietnam."
The Vietnamese women's team will train in Europe and have a much-anticipated friendly match with the German women's team. Coach Mai Duc Chung and his players will be given the opportunity to prepare thoroughly and systematically for the three challenging group stage matches at the 2023 World Cup, where the players will compete with the United States (reigning champions), Portugal and the Netherlands (reigning runners-up).
On the evening of May 15, the Vietnamese women's team entered the final match of the 32nd SEA Games with Myanmar to aim for the 4th consecutive gold medal, and the 8th in history (in the 21st SEA Games in 2001, 22nd SEA Games in 2003, 23rd SEA Games in 2005, 25th SEA Games in 2009, 29th SEA Games in 2017, 30th SEA Games in 2019, 31st SEA Games in 2022 and 32nd SEA Games in 2023).
VFF General Secretary Duong Nghiep Khoi, Coach Mai Duc Chung and the northern players will arrive in Hanoi at 9:30 p.m. on May 16, one day before the closing ceremony of the 32nd SEA Games takes place.
In the final match of SEA Games 32, coach Mai Duc Chung's team quickly found the opening goal in the 12th minute thanks to Huynh Nhu, then played solidly in the remaining time to preserve the overall victory.
Defeating Myanmar, the Vietnamese women's team affirmed their position as the champion in Southeast Asia. This is the 4th gold medal in the last 5 congresses of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team. At the same time, the victory at the 32nd SEA Games is also a professional and spiritual springboard for the Vietnamese women's team to aim for the 2023 World Cup. The Vietnam Football Federation decided to reward the women's team with 2 billion VND for the championship. In the previous matches in the qualifying round and semi-finals, the women's team was awarded 1.6 billion VND by the VFF. A total of 3.6 billion VND.
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