Vietnam U20 women's team plays 5 friendly matches during training trip to Japan

VHO - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said that tonight, July 10, the Vietnam U20 women's team will go to Japan to train, preparing for the 2026 Asian U20 Women's Qualifiers taking place in early August.

During 10 days of training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center ( Hanoi ), head coach Okiyama Masahiki and his assistants spent most of their time training the players' physical strength, combining testing the squad's framework with two practice matches.

Vietnam U20 women's team (red shirt) will have useful matches in Japan

In which, the team had an internal match and a friendly match with Thai Nguyen U19 Women's Club on the afternoon of July 9 with a 5-2 win.

Evaluating his players, coach Okiyama Masahiki said the team still has many issues that need to be improved.

“Currently, the team is focusing and following the training plan of the coaching staff. In the match against Thai Nguyen women's players, although the opponent was fast, the U20 women's players performed quite well,” said coach Okiyama Masahiki.

According to the plan, the Vietnam U20 women's team will have 10 days of training in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka province, Japan with 5 friendly matches, including two matches with opponents from Shizuoka Sangyo University and Aichi Toho, and three matches with high school soccer teams.

On July 21, the Vietnam U20 women's team will return to Hanoi, entering the final preparation stage for the 2026 Asian U20 Women's qualifying round.

At this tournament, the U20 women's team of Vietnam is in group B with the teams: Singapore, Hong Kong (China) and Kyrgyzstan, taking place from August 6 to 10 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center.

After the feat of qualifying for the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Championship finals in Uzbekistan for the first time, the Vietnam U20 Women's Team is receiving high expectations to continue to repeat this achievement.

Friendly match schedule of U20 women's team of Vietnam in Japan:

July 13: Match with Shizuoka Sangyo University team

July 16: Match with Fujieda Jyunshin High School team

July 17: Competition with Iwata Higashi School

July 19: Match with Shizuoka SSU Bonita

July 20: Match with Aichi Toho University

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/u20-nu-viet-nam-thi-dau-5-tran-giao-huu-trong-chuyen-tap-huan-nhat-ban-150968.html