Tuoi Tre wants to repeat the comment of sports writer Jim Daly of British newspaper The Mirror about the goals Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung of Vietnam scored this week at the Southeast Asian Women’s Football Championship in Ho Chi Minh City.

He wrote in The Mirror on May 4, “Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung manages to use both feet to embarrass the keeper in the same half. Take a bow!”

Dung scored “two goals direct from a corner in the same match” and “with different feet”.

She helped the Vietnamese national women’s football team beat Malaysia 7-0 on Monday at the tournament, or AFF Cup.

Dung repeated that in yesterday’s match with Thailand, but the only difference, the biggest difference, was her side lost 1-2.

Also from a corner, Dung curved a pass into the Thai box and fell to her teammate Nguyen Thi Lieu, who didn’t miss the chance to send home the opening goal in the 30th minute of the game.

Although it was the only score by the Vietnamese women, they displayed a strong spirit and strength in the 2-1 loss to Thailand in the semifinal match of the AFF Cup.

Vietnamese women take a bow!

Losing 2-1 to Thailand

Vietnam lost in the semis and will take on Australia in the play-off tomorrow to compete for a silver medal. Thailand and Myanmar will play in the finale.

Vietnam advanced to the semifinals after gaining all three wins in group B, beating Myanmar 3-2 and crushing Malaysia 7-0 and Myanmar 4-0.

The goals were not ‘lucky’ as Dung modestly admitted to the media.

In the Thailand match yesterday, Dung did more than what was reflected in score.

In the 62nd and 69th minutes, she threatened Thai keeper Waraporn with dangerous shots.

In the 77th and 110th minutes, Vietnamese women created two other clear chances but the Thai keeper saved each spectacularly.

Dung and her teammates staged more attacks.

However, the Thais also deserve praise for their sharpness.

They created only two clear chances during the match and converted them into two goals, both scored by striker Nisa Romyen.

It was regretful since the Vietnamese team failed to advance.

Another regret is that the team did not have Japanese coach Norimatsu Takashi earlier.

After two months of managing the team and only one month of training with the Vietnamese players, the coach has led them to considerable progress.

“Vietnamese players are not worse than their Thai peers.

“We are worse than the Thais in stature, but not worse in strength. “We have some young players who are less experienced.

“I must admit that the Thais played well,” he said after the game.

He added, “We were beaten by Thailand in this match, but it doesn’t mean we can’t advance to the Asian playground in the coming time.”