Members of the national women's football team celebrate their goal (Photo: VNA)
The article posted on outlookindia.com emphasizes that the Vietnamese women's football team made history when it won a place in the 2023 Women's World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand, after defeating the Chinese Taipei team in the play-off round in Mumbai with a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, the article posted on sportstar.thehindu.com said that the victory was a memorable event in the difficult journey of the Vietnamese women's football team, when some members of the team contracted COVID-19 after the training trip in Spain. Besides, they also fell into the "death" group with the participation of the Japanese, Korean and Myanmar teams.
In an interview with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) after the dramatic match, captain Huynh Nhu emphasized that this victory was the result of the whole team.
In the program "Road to FIFA World Cup 2023", Huynh Nhu said that the team members did not give up from the first days until the last moment. “I want to thank all my teammates and especially Vietnamese football fans who always support, follow, accompany and cheer for the Vietnamese women's football team," she said.
According to captain Huynh Nhu, this was a great happiness not only for her personally but also for the entire coaching staff as well as the whole team. Vietnamese women's football has not had the opportunity to attend the World Cup finals and today the whole team did. Huynh Nhu shared with emotion that this was not only the happiness of each individual player, but also the pride of the whole country of Vietnam.
The Vietnamese women's football captain expressed her hope that fans will continue to support the team in the 2023 Women's World Cup and through this event, she wants to send a message to the young players of Vietnamese women's football, to always work hard since, if she and the team can do it, they can do it too.
After the victory of the Vietnamese women's team, the FIFA website said that the Vietnamese women's players had an excellent match to win a ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, stressing that it was an historic victory for Vietnamese football. FIFA said that Vietnam has become the fifth Asian women's team to attend the 2023 World Cup finals, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand.
Meanwhile, on the official Twitter account of the Organizing Committee of the 2022 Asian Women's Football Championship (AFC Asian Women's Cup), a video recording the moment of celebrating the victory of the Vietnamese women's football team received many congratulations for the "golden" girls of Vietnam.
On the Twitter page of FIFA's 2023 World Cup finals, the organizers posted a picture of captain Huynh Nhu with the greeting "Congratulations to Vietnam! For the first time in history, they qualified for the Women's FIFA World Cup. See you in 2023!”./.