Coach Mai Duc Chung: Vietnam women's team lost because they did not follow tactics
(Baonghean.vn) - The Vietnamese women's team continued to lose 0-2 to the Portuguese women's team at the 2023 Women's World Cup. After the match, coach Mai Duc Chung said that the Vietnamese women's team lost because they did not follow the tactics.
Vietnam women's teamjust suffered a 0-2 defeat to the Portuguese women's team in the second match of the 2023 Women's World Cup. Coach Mai Duc Chung and his team did not start the match as well as they did against the US women's team.
Speaking after the match ended, coach Mai Duc Chung expressed his dissatisfaction with his players' performance, saying: "At the beginning of the match, my players were too excited, pushing the team forward to attack and leaving gaps in defense. That gave Portugal a lot of space to attack and score.
The players implemented the wrong tactics, were somewhat subjective and fell into Portugal's trap. Their team has good technical and physical foundation, they play fast and sharp, so it is not difficult to understand why they scored two goals."Coach Mai Duc Chung shared more.
Meanwhile, midfielder Thanh Nha admitted that Portugal is very strong but the Vietnamese women's team lost partly due to haste in the first half.''The Portuguese women's team clearly showed their intention to win by pushing up their formation and playing close. When the match started, we tried our best, but when we conceded an early goal, we got impatient, pushed up and continued to concede goals. Losing 0-2, it was very difficult to catch up, the Vietnamese players were a bit impatient."Thanh Nha said.
"Portugal has a fast pressing style of play, wanting to win so they push up high, pressing high. We also pushed up high so there were many gaps that the team could not block and catch up with., Thanh Nha admitted.
Thanh Nha revealed the adjustments made by coach Mai Duc Chung to help the Vietnamese women's team play better:“Coach Mai Duc Chung asked us to slow down, play solidly and with intention. The second half of the Vietnamese women's team played slower than the first half to find opportunities to counterattack quickly.”
In this match, Thanh Nha and her teammates created 5 shots, including 1 shot by Bich Thuy on target. Thanh Nha also had 1 shot towards the Portuguese women's goal but was unsuccessful.
In the final match of the group stage, the Vietnamese women's team will meet the Netherlands on August 1./.
