Vietnam women's futsal team beat Thailand, won Southeast Asian championship: VFF awarded 600 million

Vietnam women's futsal team: Physical race

On the night of November 21, the Vietnamese women's futsal team entered the final match of the 2024 Southeast Asian women's futsal tournament at the Philsports Stadium (Pasig, Philippines) with the disadvantage of having to play 5 matches in 5 consecutive days, while their opponent Thailand had 1 day off before beating us 3-0 in the final qualifying match.

Well deserved championship

Vietnam women's futsal team and the journey to win the Southeast Asian championship in 2024

It should also be added that this was a formality match as both teams had already secured the top two spots in the group, meaning a ticket to the final. It can also be felt that coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang had proactively told his players to save their energy for the final match a day later.

Facing an opponent who had lost to us in a penalty shootout in a friendly tournament at home in Thailand before, the Vietnamese women's futsal team chose to start the match slowly and steadily to avoid losing energy too soon.

On the other side of the battle line, the Thai opponent was even more cautious, choosing to lower the formation to organize a tight defense, playing ambush to wait for a counterattack.

This way of playing made the first half of the match take place at a slow pace, it was not until the 8th minute that Nguyet Vi had her first shot. It was not until the 13th minute that the Thai team had their first significant shot by Arriya from the edge of the penalty area, after a quick counter-attack.

VFF BONUS TEAM 600 MILLION VND

With a 2-1 victory, the Vietnamese women's futsal team was crowned champion of the 2024 Southeast Asian futsal tournament. In addition, the team also received individual awards: Phuong Anh - Player with the most goals in the tournament (5 goals); Thanh Hang - Best player of the tournament. After the match, the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) congratulated the entire Vietnamese women's futsal team on their efforts and best achievement: Champion of the 2024 Southeast Asian women's futsal tournament, and awarded the team 600 million VND.

Two individual awards went to Phuong Anh (right) and Thanh Hang.

Great Phuong Anh

After this situation, Phuong Anh was injured and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher, but she tried to ask to return to the game. In the first half alone, our girls had to ask the doctor to come in and take care of them twice and left the field parallel to the ground.

Also, at the age of 36, veteran Thuy Trang still plays very persistently and calmly, helping to effectively maintain the rhythm for the home team, helping her young teammates overcome the pressure of the opponent, distributing strength effectively and showing incredible perseverance.

Phuong Anh (No. 7)

Outstanding Vietnamese girls

Spectacular battle of wits

The indexes are almost balanced between the two teams.

In the 15th minute, the clearest chance of the match came to the Vietnamese women's futsal team after a shot by captain Thuy Linh, or a face-to-face with the goalkeeper in the 19th minute by Phuong Anh, unfortunately all still lacked a bit of sharpness to become a goal.

Great Vietnamese girls

FAT

In the second half, the Thai players proactively increased the speed of the match with the intention of drawing the Vietnamese women's futsal team into a race of strength. This helped the match take place faster and more attractively with the attacks of both sides.

In fact, the Vietnamese girls created more clear chances than in the first half, but their quick counter-attacks were also very dangerous, with the ball hitting the post once. After 40 tense minutes with more than 60 unsuccessful shots, both teams accepted a 0-0 draw in the official match time.

Vietnam women's futsal team played resiliently against Thailand and got more rest

Entering extra time, the Vietnamese girls, despite being very tired and exhausted, still played strong, alert and intelligent football. Then in the third minute of extra time, Phuong Anh, from a sideline kick near the middle of the field, cleverly kicked the ball straight, the ball hit the Thai defender's foot and went into the net, opening the score 1-0 for the Vietnamese women's futsal team.

Unfortunately, in the second extra time, we let our opponents tie the score 1-1, in a situation where Thailand played a power-play that caused a Vietnamese defender to be confused and score an own goal. But just a few minutes later, Phuong Anh from a corner kick suddenly turned around from a tight angle and shot the ball into the roof of the Thai net, re-establishing the 2-1 lead for the Vietnamese women's futsal team.

Resolutely preserving the score of 2-1 until the last second, the Vietnamese women's futsal team once again excelled in defeating Thailand, winning the 2024 Southeast Asian women's futsal tournament and becoming the queen of futsal in the region in a completely deserved way.

VFF awarded the team 600 million VND. At 2:00 p.m. on November 22, the Vietnamese women's futsal team returned to Tan Son Nhat airport (HCMC).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nong-doi-tuyen-futsal-nu-viet-nam-kien-cuong-thang-thai-lan-vo-dich-dong-nam-a-185241121193358817.htm