(Football Live) - The Vietnam Women's National Team must avoid a heavy loss to Japan to earn a spot in the next stage of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup.
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67' Goal, the fourth goal arrives very quickly
Kiko Seike scores to make it 4-0. The Japan Women's National Team players are still very energetic.
62' Goal, 3-0 for Japan
Aoba Fujino, a player currently at Man City, scores. The Vietnam Women's National Team defense is showing signs of fatigue in the second half.
60' Vietnam Women's National Team substitution
Huỳnh Như has been brought onto the field. Just one goal would make the chance of advancing clearer for the Vietnam Women's National Team.
52' Goal, Japan increases the lead to 2-0
Maika Hamano finishes close-range to make it 2-0. The pressure the Vietnam Women's National Team defense is facing is immense.
46' Second half begins
End of first half, Vietnam Women 0-1 Japan Women
37' Vietnam Women's National Team defends resolutely
Another dangerous situation with a cross into the box and a header. However, Khổng Thị Hằng still makes an excellent save.
30' No goal!
Khổng Thị Hằng just made an outstanding save; otherwise, the Vietnam Women's National Team would have conceded a second goal.
21' Goal, Japan Women's National Team opens the scoring
A cross delivered perfectly into the box, and Riko Ueki easily heads it home from close range, giving the Vietnam Women's National Team their first conceded goal.
7' Caution
The Vietnam Women's National Team defends deep from the early minutes and concedes full control of the game to Japan.
1' Match begins
Starting lineup for Vietnam Women's National Team:
Starting lineup for Japan Women's National Team:
The Vietnam Women's National Team is facing a difficult situation in the competition for a ticket to advance to the 2026 Women's Asian Cup Finals. Previous analyses suggested that if they advance from the group stage as one of the top 2/3 third-place teams, the path to qualifying for the World Cup would be easier than finishing second in the group.
However, even securing a ticket to advance from the group stage is now challenging for the Vietnam Women's National Team. The loss to Taiwan in the previous match, along with Uzbekistan and Philippines having good results, puts the Vietnam Women's National Team at risk of elimination from the group stage if they suffer a heavy defeat against Japan.
If they lose to Japan by a margin of two goals or more while Taiwan defeats India, the Vietnam Women's National Team will only finish third and also fail to advance from the group stage, losing to Uzbekistan and Philippines in the ranking of the best third-place teams. Naturally, these two conditions are very likely to occur at this moment.
Everyone understands how strong the Japan Women's National Team is. They easily crushed India 11-0, while the Vietnam Women's National Team struggled to defeat the same opponent 2-1. Taiwan, with its strength, should not find it difficult to defeat India. Therefore, if the Vietnam Women's National Team wants to have control over their fate, they must perform well against Japan and avoid a heavy defeat.
Vietnam:Kim Thanh, Thái Thị Thảo, Diễm My, Trần Thu Thảo, Trần Thị Duyên, Cù Thị Huỳnh Như, Thanh Nhã, Dương Thị Vân, Vũ Thị Hoa, Bích Thùy, Vạn Sự.
Japan:Yamashita, Shimizu, Takahashi, Minami, Kitagawa, Hasegawa, Nagano, Tanikawa, Hamano, Tanaka, Fujino.
The concerning historical record of the Vietnam Women's National Team against Japan