17:15 Thong Nhat Stadium, Vietnam National Team - Thailand National Team: The World Cup dream is here

Understanding each other down to the last detail, knowing each other's strengths and weaknesses, the confrontation between Vietnam and Thailand is very difficult to grasp and predict. Both teams have plenty of determination, but with the home field advantage, Coach Tran Van Phat and his students are trying their best to make their dream come true.

Will the Vietnamese women's team get a ticket to the World Cup after this afternoon's match? Photo: Thanh Ha

Although he is a person who rarely expresses his emotions and is always cautious, at the press conference before the play-off match yesterday afternoon, coach Tran Van Phat himself expressed his confidence that he and his students can do great things.

That confidence is based on the fact that the Vietnam team has the advantage of playing at home, where the players are energized by the enthusiastic cheers of tens of thousands of fans. Thong Nhat Stadium this afternoon will be filled with red and fans will follow every step and pass of the Vietnam team players.

The weather is like that, the terrain and people are also in favor of the Vietnamese team. While the Vietnamese team played the last match of the group stage against the Australian team with the second team, 2 days ago, the Thai team had to compete with their opponent Myanmar to win the 3rd place.

It is not unreasonable for the head coach of the Thai national team to complain because his team has to play 2 matches within 3 days, and those are all decisive matches for them. Not to mention that the Thai national team has had positions affected by injuries after more intense matches than necessary with the Chinese national team or the Korean national team.

Perhaps the Thai team wanted to surprise the Vietnamese team by leaving Naphat Seesraum, a top central midfielder currently playing in Japan, out for the last two consecutive matches, but in any case, the Vietnamese team was ready for every situation to neutralize the Thai team's playing style, controlling the range of activities of the opposing team's main players. The same was true for the Thai team when they realized that the home team's attacking spark was on the two wings, especially the right flank guarded by Kim Hong.

With determination and familiar technical playing style, Vietnam team will be more proactive in attacking in the first minutes, similar to the scenario in the final match of SEA Games 27 at the end of 2013.

However, the Thai players have enough cunning and expertise to not easily lose control of the game and disrupt the rhythm of the match. The Vietnamese team is in control but Thailand is not passive in the game and they will certainly be dangerous in counter-attacks thanks to the speed and ability to seize good opportunities of strikers like Nisa Romyen or Kanjana Sung Ngoen.

Therefore, the defense and goalkeeper Kieu Trinh need to be very focused, especially at the end of each half, otherwise we will pay a heavy price.

Not only coach Tran Van Phat but also those who understand Southeast Asian women's football, the chance of winning for both teams in this match is 50-50. The team that can demonstrate their ability well, have enough confidence and courage to overcome challenges in the most difficult moments will be the team that will reap success and reach the 5th ticket to attend the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

Vietnam national football team stumbled against Thailand national football team in the final match of SEA Games 27 and this is the perfect and most suitable opportunity to reclaim that debt. We know that the road to glory is not paved with roses and no goal can be easily achieved, but with the iron will of the players and the trust of the fans, Vietnam national football team will be a complete success in the play-off match for a ticket to the World Cup.

The World Cup, a seemingly distant dream, has become closer to Vietnamese football than ever. And the women's football team players will make Vietnamese football famous.

According to Thethaovanhoa.vn