Vietnam U.20 women's striker 'tore the net' of the Chinese team at the U.20 Asian tournament

Before the match with the Chinese U.20 women's team, the Vietnamese U.20 women's team lost their chance to compete for the first and second place in Group B after losing to Japan (0-10) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (0-6). Facing a stronger Chinese U.20 women's team competing for a place in the next round, the Vietnamese U.20 women's team set a goal of trying their best.

Tiền đạo U.20 nữ Việt Nam ‘xé lưới' đội Trung Quốc ở giải U.20 châu Á- Ảnh 1. — Ngoc Minh Chuyen (left) scored the only goal for the Vietnam U.20 women's team at the final round of the 2024 Asian U.20 Women's Championship

The Chinese U.20 women's team, with players physically superior to the Vietnamese U.20 women's team, quickly created an overwhelming attacking position from the start and scored 3 goals in just 17 minutes by Lu Jiayu and Xia Lejiao (2 goals).

The "beyond amazing" efforts of the U.20 women's players of Vietnam helped them have a much better game in the second half. Missing the opportunity to face the goalkeeper of the U.20 women's team of China in the 53rd minute, but in the 74th minute, striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen with a decisive and accurate shot in the U.20 China penalty area scored a goal to shorten the score to 1-3 for the U.20 women's team of Vietnam.

Tiền đạo U.20 nữ Việt Nam ‘xé lưới' đội Trung Quốc ở giải U.20 châu Á- Ảnh 2. — Vietnam's U.20 women's team (white shirt) lost to China's U.20 women's team 1-6, stopping at the group stage of the 2024 AFC U.20 Women's Championship finals.

Losing 1-6 to the Chinese U.20 women's team, the Vietnamese U.20 women's team left the tournament with 3 consecutive losses, ranked last in Group B, but also scored an honorary goal in the tournament thanks to potential striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen.

Tiền đạo U.20 nữ Việt Nam ‘xé lưới' đội Trung Quốc ở giải U.20 châu Á- Ảnh 3. — Ranking of Group B, final round of U.20 Women's Asian Championship with the unexpected top spot going to the U.20 team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Despite defeating the Vietnamese U20 women's team 6-1, the Chinese U20 women's team had to stop when they only ranked third in Group B with 4 points. In the same match, the DPRK U20 women's team surprisingly won 1-0 against Japan U20 women's team, winning first place in Group B with 7 points and a ticket to the next round. Japan U20 also entered the semi-finals of the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Football Championship thanks to second place in Group B (6 points).

What did coach Akira and striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen say?

Coach Akira Ijiri sent his thanks to the AFC and the local organizing committee for supporting the team during the competition here, and also thanked the attention of the VFF, as well as the valuable companionship from overseas fans living and studying in Uzbekistan.

“In this match, I feel the players have improved a lot. This is a tournament that helps the players gain a lot of experience in the future. I feel satisfied because we trust each other, are a family and go in the same direction. This is what we set out to do before the tournament and we did very well.

When competing, everyone wants to have the best results, but in reality, competing with the top 5 teams in Asia is very difficult and there are still differences, and there are still things that need to be overcome. When returning to the club, the players need to share their experiences and continue to practice, constantly pursuing their dreams," said Coach Akira.

As the player who scored the only goal of the Vietnam U20 Women's Team at the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Championship, striker Ngoc Minh Chuyen shared after the match: "Scoring an honorary goal in the last match against a strong team of the U20 Women's Championship, I feel very happy and will try harder. This goal is very emotional, when I scored the goal I felt very emotional and happy to the point of crying."

Talking about the journey in this tournament, the best young female player of 2023 expressed: "When the whole team entered the final round, I felt very happy. Besides, Vietnam participated as a representative of Southeast Asia, so our spirit since entering the tournament was also very determined."

“My upcoming goal is to strive more in domestic tournaments, championships and tournaments at the team level,” Ngoc Minh Chuyen shared.

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