Vietnam - Thailand women's team: The goal is to preserve strength

At 7:30 p.m. today (August 12) at Lach Tray Stadium, the Vietnamese women's team will face Thailand to determine the top spot in Group A of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship (FPT Play and VTV5 THTT).

Aiming for the final is the goal of the Vietnamese women's team - Photo: NGOC LE

After two wins against Cambodia and Indonesia, the Vietnamese women's team has soon completed the goal of winning a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship. Winning tickets early gives the Vietnamese and Thai teams more opportunities to prepare for the semi-finals.

Especially in the context of Group B, the defending champion Philippines unexpectedly lost to U23 Australia. After 2 matches, the Philippines team was pushed down to 3rd place in Group B with 3 points (goal difference +6), behind the Myanmar women's team (6 points, goal difference +4) and U23 Australia (3 points, goal difference 0). The Philippines women's team will meet Myanmar in the final round, while U23 Australia will meet Timor Leste.

U23 Australia will likely take 3 points against Timor Leste to have 6 points after 3 matches. That situation forces the Philippines to defeat Myanmar by at least 2 goals if they do not want to become the former champion. But Myanmar, the team that beat U23 Australia 2-1 in the first round, will not let that happen easily. Therefore, the opportunity for the three teams Myanmar, U23 Australia and Philippines to continue to the semi-finals is still intact.

Therefore, the Vietnamese women's team needs to be ready to meet any of these opponents in the semi-finals. The final match of Group B will take place one day after Vietnam plays Thailand, so it is meaningless for the Vietnamese team to calculate and choose an opponent in the semi-finals.

Therefore, instead of going all out against Thailand to win the top spot in the group, the problem that the coaching staff of the Vietnamese women's team needs to calculate now is how to get a good result against Thailand while still preserving the strongest force for the semi-final match. If they cannot win, a draw against Thailand is not bad either.

That is because we cannot rule out the possibility that we will meet Thailand again in the final match. Therefore, preserving our strength and avoiding injuries to key players may be the goal of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team against Thailand in tonight's match.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tuyen-nu-viet-nam-thai-lan-muc-tieu-bao-toan-luc-luong-2025081210003528.htm