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HO CHI MINH CITY: Hosts Vietnam might have drawn the short straw in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2008 draw on Friday but Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) General Secretary Dr Tran Quoc Tuan was confident they would hold their own against the big guns.
The Vietnamese women were slotted with eight-time champions China, two-time winners DPR Korea, and ASEAN side Thailand in Group A with only the top-two teams advancing to the semi-finals.
“We are in a very tough group,” said Dr Tran. “China and DPR Korea are the two of the best teams in Asia and have won this tournament so many times in the past.”
“They have a good reputation and last year they reached the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals too.”
“I however believe we have a chance as we played really well in the qualifiers. With home support, we will fight it out for a place in the knockout stage,” added the VFF General Secretary, referring to Vietnam’s perfect record in the qualifying games in which they defeated Chinese Taipei, Iran and Myanmar.
The South-East Asian team finished third in their group in the last edition of the competition in Adelaide and failed to reach the last four.
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