Huynh Nhu "abandoned" Europe, returned to play with a team 67 places below the FIFA rankings

The Portuguese team created conditions for Huynh Nhu to return to the national team to compete in the first qualifying round of the 2024 Olympic Games. The opponent of the Vietnamese women's team is just too small Nepal. This team is ranked 100th on the FIFA rankings, 67 places behind Vietnam.

Nepalese women's football has only re-integrated back into the international scene in recent years. In the period 2001-2018, they did not participate in any international tournaments. It was only in 2022 that Nepal participated in the Asian Cup qualifiers but was soon eliminated.

Unlike men's football, women's football has a big difference that will hardly be surprising. Victory is almost certainly in the hands of coach Mai Duc Chung's students despite playing on the opponent's field.

In Group C, because Afghanistan and Palestine have withdrawn, Vietnam's group has only two teams. Vietnam and Nepal played two matches on April 5 and 8 in Kathmandu.

During this time, Huynh Nhu's Lank Club will not play. The Portuguese Women's National Championship is having a short break, returning on April 15. Huynh Nhu has "failed" in the last 4 matches, since returning to Vietnam due to the Portuguese national team playing in the play-off of the World Cup 2023. She will move from Portugal to Kathmandu city (Nepal). to focus with teammates.

“The time Nhu played at Lank Club was really not long enough to understand all about Portuguese football in particular, as well as Europe in general. However, through the matches and instructions from the Lank club's coaching staff, Nhu learned and understood a bit about the organization, the way of playing, the intensity and the tactics. Hopefully this information will be useful to the team and coach Mai Duc Chung," Huynh Nhu said.