Vietnam Survived Bad Chances At 2022 Women's Asian Cup After 14 Players Tested Negative For COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The Vietnam women's national team can finally breathe a sigh of relief because they survived the worst threat at the 2022 Women's Asian Cup. Because 14 of their players finally got a negative COVID-19 test result.

Reporting from Laodong, Mai Duc Chung's team previously threatened to cancel their appearance because they only had four healthy players.

Because in the first batch of six people, two of them tested positive for COVID-19 when they arrived in India.

Vietnam's concerns began to arise when the second batch of 14 players departed from the training camp site in Spain on Wednesday, January 19. When they arrived at the Indian airport on Thursday, January 20, they immediately carried out a test with fears of being exposed to the corona virus.

Fortunately, the test results were quickly obtained and the results showed that the 14 players were in good health and negative for COVID-19. That way, now Vietnam has 18 players who are ready to fight in the 2022 Asian Cup.

On the other hand, there is another concern that haunts the Vietnam national team, namely the lack of preparation ahead of the inaugural match against South Korea. Because, the new players gathered on Thursday or one day before the match was held.

With this situation, the player's fitness immediately became the focus of the coach. Because, they had just taken a long journey from Spain to India which was clearly exhausting.

Despite that situation, the Vietnam national team is faced with the fact that they are now in the death group of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup. Vietnam is joined by Japan, South Korea, and Myanmar. After facing South Korea in their inaugural match, they immediately prepared to face Japan and Myanmar in the last match.