Vietnamese women's team won tickets to the World Cup, "hero" Chuong Thi Kieu received sad news from home

Beating Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the play-off series, the Vietnamese women's team won tickets to the World Cup finals for the first time in history.

With the advantage of physical strength (more than 3 days off) and a force with a full squad ready to play, the Vietnamese women's team quickly imposed the match on Chinese Taipei.

However, the Vietnamese women's team is still under heavy pressure when it is forced to win. In contrast, Chinese Taipei only needs 1 draw to pass the play-off round and win tickets to the 2023 Women's World Cup finals.

Before that, coach Mai Duc Chung's teachers and students beat Thailand 2-0, while Chinese Taipei beat this opponent 3-0.

Vietnam women's team (red) defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 and won a historic ticket to the World Cup arena

However, the Vietnamese women's team has the advantage of taking 2 more days off than the opponent and has a more stable force, because Chinese Taipei has 6 players infected with Covid-19 and cannot play.

Things started very smoothly for teachers and coaches Mai Duc Chung, when right in the 7th minute, midfielder Chuong Thi Kieu, in the phase of attacking, headed bravely to open the scoring for the Vietnamese women's team.

After that, we kept the pressure on the Chinese Taipei half, but couldn't score any more in the first 45 minutes.

Entering the second half, Chinese Taipei put the squad to attack in search of an equalizer. In the 50th minute, they succeeded thanks to Su Yu Xuan's goal. If this score is maintained until the end of the match, the white team will be the ones with the World Cup tickets, not Vietnam.

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However, the girls in red didn't let the disadvantage last too long. Exactly 6 minutes after the equalizer, Bich Thuy ran smartly to catch the ball into the penalty area of her teammates, before neatly and accurately finishing, bringing the Vietnamese women's team to a 2-1 lead.

In the remaining minutes, Chinese Taipei surged to attack but could not beat the solidity of the Vietnamese women's defense. We also had some chances to increase the lead, but couldn't score more goals.

The score 2-1 was kept until the referee blew the final whistle. Vietnamese girls burst into tears, hugging each other in happiness as they participated in a World Cup final for the first time in history.

It is a miracle of the Vietnamese women's team and of Vietnamese football when we were once heavily affected by Covid-19.

In another development, Chuong Thi Kieu - the author of the goal in the 2-1 victory of the Vietnamese women's team over Chinese Taipei has just received sad news from her hometown.

Specifically, according to information Tien Phong has just obtained, the grandfather of player Chuong Thi Kieu has just died in her hometown not long after she and her teammates won tickets to the 2023 World Cup. Because of national obligations, Chuong Thi Kieu. unable to be with the family in the moments of grief. However, grandpa Chuong Thi Kieu in the sky will surely be comforted because her granddaughter has scored and made a great contribution to helping Vietnamese football make history.

Chuong Thi Kieu is one of the two scorers of the Vietnamese women's team to win tickets to the 2023 World Cup

Sharing after the victory over Chinese Taipei, Chuong Thi Kieu said that she couldn't put it into words, maybe she and the whole team will hug each other and cry for the historic ticket to the 2023 World Cup.

"Touching the ticket to the World Cup, I feel very happy and happy. I would like to thank teacher Mai Duc Chung and other teachers in the coaching staff. Everything was very difficult, but today the whole team fought hard. I would also like to thank the fans for cheering and watching the Vietnamese team.

This year the Vietnamese team is younger. However, all are determined to try to practice to win tickets to the World Cup. I have a lot of confidence in my teammates and I'm happy with this result.

Maybe now me and my teammates will go back to hug each other and cry, feeling lightheaded and happy now," said Chuong Thi Kieu after the victory this afternoon (February 6).

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