Southeast Asian newspaper comments on Vietnam women's football's chances of reaching the final

We will face the U23 Australia team in the semi-final match, taking place at 8:00 p.m. tonight (August 16), at Lach Tray Stadium ( Hai Phong ).

Before the match, the ASEAN Football website, which specializes in Southeast Asian football, commented: "Two hot matches are being awaited at the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship, the Vietnamese women's football team will face U23 Australia, while Myanmar will face Thailand."

“The semi-finals will take place on August 16. Let’s wait and see which team will make it to the final?”, ASEAN Football added.

According to this media site, they commented on the first appearance of VAR technology at the Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship, which is being held in Vietnam. ASEAN Football commented: "For the first time in the history of the tournament, VAR technology has been applied since the semi-finals of this year's tournament."

“This is a big step forward for fairness and professionalism in women's football in Southeast Asia,” is still the line written on the ASEAN Football page.

Meanwhile, Thairath newspaper of Thailand borrowed the words of coach of Thai women's team Futoshi Ikeda to evaluate the strength of Vietnam women's team: "I think Vietnam women's football team is the strongest team at the moment, in the ongoing tournament. We had a very difficult match when facing them."

“In the match against the Vietnamese women's team in the group stage, I used my best players, adding young players to the field to strengthen the team, but we still had difficulties,” said coach Futoshi Ikeda.

According to the Japanese coach who is leading the women's football team of the Land of the Golden Pagoda, the large number of spectators at Lach Tray Stadium (Hai Phong) will be the next big advantage that the Vietnamese women's football team possesses.

Mr. Futoshi Ikeda shared: "When facing the Vietnamese women's football team, the away teams also have to face a large audience cheering for this team."

"The attack of the Vietnamese women's football team is very dangerous, they always find gaps in the opponent's defense," Mr. Futoshi Ikeda added, as reported by Thairath newspaper.

In addition, Mr. Futoshi Ikeda also really wants to meet the Vietnamese women's football team again in the final match on June 19, at Lach Tray Stadium. To do so, the Vietnamese women's football team must defeat U23 Australia in the semi-finals, and Thailand must defeat Myanmar also in the semi-finals (4:00 p.m. on August 16).

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-dong-nam-a-binh-luan-ve-co-hoi-vao-chung-ket-cua-bong-da-nu-viet-nam-20250815191930106.htm