Vietnam v Netherlands: Women’s World Cup 2023 Group E – live

Back to the teams at hand and the Netherlands’ coach Andries Jonker has said: “(We have) a lot of respect for Vietnam, they are a good team. We have seen against the United States and Portugal that it is really not that easy. We have never shown any arrogance and we won’t now either.”

And here is another great piece on the US:

The back-to-back defending champions the USA head into their final group match against Portugal with the potential of being knocked out from the tournament.

And here’s a slice from the Netherlands’ guide: “After the Euro 2022 debacle under Mark Parsons, Andries Jonker has revitalised the team. The Orange Lionesses are once again showing traits of Sarina Wiegman’s golden generation, which peaked in grand fashion in 2017 with European Championship gold and won silver at the World Cup two years later. Unlike Parsons, who only worked part-time in the Netherlands in his first months because of club commitments in Portland, Jonker threw himself into the team 24 hours a day from the start. Moreover, he kept his ear to the ground with his players, each of whom he visited, including the contingent of internationals active abroad.” Read the full piece:

Here is some information on Vietnam’s coach, who will be bowing out of the role after today’s match: “The World Cup will be Mai Duc Chung’s last tournament as the head coach, closing the curtain on a glorious career with the women’s and men’s national teams. Various foreign coaches had been hired, but no one could make Vietnam’s World Cup dream come true until Chung. He is famous for being a “stuntman” (or emergency caretaker) as he has, far too many times, been temporarily placed in charge of Vietnam’s men’s and under-23 teams in times of crisis, until a new coach could be found.” Read our full guide here:

Vietnam have now put their line-up forward. The team make two changes with Thi Hai Linh Tran and Hai Yen Pham coming in for Thi Thao Thai and Nhu Huynh. They set up defensively with five at the back.

Starting XI: Thi Kim Thanh Tran; Thi Thu Thuong Luong, Thi Thu Tran, Thi Loan Hoang, Thi Diem My Le, Thi Thu Thao Tran; Thi Hai Linh Tran, Thi Van Duong, Thi Thanh Nha Nguyen, Thi Bich Thuy Nguyen; Hai yen Pham.

The Netherlands’ team news is in! They have made no changes to the team that drew with the US.

Starting XI: Van Domselaar, Van der Gragt, Roord, Spitse, Snoeijs, Van de Donk, Martens, Groenen, Pelova, Janssen, Brugts

Hello and welcome to one of the games which will decide Group E! We will be focusing on Vietnam v Netherlands but USA and Portugal will also kick-off at the same time.

The only thing that is certain in this group is that Vietnam are out after losing their first two games. That means the other three nations have the potential to take one of the two spots for the knock-out stage.

The Netherlands will qualify if they win or draw against Vietnam today. If they lose they will need the USA to beat Portugal to go through.

The other permutations in this concern the other match. The USA will qualify with a win or a draw against Portugal. While Portugal will go through if they defeat USA but a draw would be enough to qualify if Vietnam beat the Netherlands.

And do not worry about working out the maths and permutations as we go, I’ll be updating you as the goals go in (or don’t) about what that means for the group. First up we have the team news so stay tuned for all the updates!