Before entering the second match of Group D – Asian women’s futsal qualifier 2025, the Vietnamese women’s futsal team had a smooth start, defeating host Myanmar with a score of 5-1, while the Macau team lost very badly. bold 0-18 against Taiwan team. What happened shows that coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s team will have an “easy” match and win all 3 points when they take the field to face Macau yesterday, January 17. However, even the most optimistic fans would not dare to think that the Vietnamese girls could even surpass the huge score that the Taiwanese team had achieved before, when winning against Macau with a difference of 21 goals.
Phuong Anh (7) is the number 1 striker of the Vietnamese women’s fusal team at this time
The top scorer for the Vietnamese women’s futsal team in the match against Macau was Nguyen Thi Tu Anh, with 4 goals. Meanwhile, striker Nguyen Phuong Anh, Tran Thi Thu Xuan and veteran midfielder of Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Club Tran Thi Thuy Trang also left a strong impression, when they both scored a hat-trick of goals. Three players with doubles include: Le Thi Thanh Ngan, Tran Nguyet Vi and K’Thua. The remaining names to score in this match include Tran Thi Lan Mai and Nguyen Thi Van Anh.
The big win clearly shows the intention of the Vietnamese women’s futsal team, which is to accumulate goal difference, in order to compete with its direct opponent in Group D, Taiwan. Besides, the match against Macau is also a useful practice session for the Vietnamese girls, before facing the highly rated Taiwanese team in the final match of Group D on the afternoon of January 19. Accordingly, head coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang created opportunities to play for many reserve players, to maintain the feeling of competition and excitement. Besides, rotating players is also an effective way to test personnel and tactics, so that the coaching staff can find the strongest and most suitable team for the next important match. Among them, Nguyen Phuong Anh is definitely the best “trigger” in attack and will continue to be expected. After 2 matches, Phuong Anh has contributed 5 goals.
In the match on the same day of Group D, the Taiwanese women’s futsal team won against host Myanmar with a score of 4-0. After the second match of Group D, the Vietnamese women’s futsal team ranked first (6 points, difference +25), the Taiwan team ranked second (6 points, difference +22), the Myanmar team ranked third (0 points, difference -8), Macau team ranked last (0 points, difference -39). Thus, Group D has identified two names participating in the finals of the 2025 Asian women’s futsal tournament: the Vietnamese and Taiwanese women’s futsal teams. In the qualifying round, the first and second place teams in each group (there are 4 groups) and the third place team with the best performance will enter the finals.
The final match at 2:30 p.m. on January 19 between the Vietnamese women’s futsal team and Taiwan will be a dispute for the top position in Group D. Before entering this important match, the Vietnamese women’s futsal team is taking advantage. So, when it is better than Taiwan in terms of goal difference. Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s team only needs a draw to win the group.
