Vietnamese women’s football team prepares for the first 2023 World Cup match (Photo: VFF)

Midfielder Diem My talked to the press at the training: “In recent training sessions, Coach Mai Duc Chung has reduced the training pressure on us to prepare for this important tournament. We are determined and ready for the match.”

According to metadata company Gracenote, Vietnam has a better chance to make it past the group stage than eight other teams. Vietnam has an 8% chance of making it past the group stage and advance to the round of 16.

Gracenote’s supercomputer said that if Vietnam makes it to the round of 16, their chance of advancing to the quarterfinals is 2%.