FIFA instructor Etsuko Fukano spreads World Cup technical issues the Vietnamese women's football players. Photo of VFF

HÀ NỘI — The national women's football team had been briefed on information and technical issues that will be applied at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

FIFA expert Etsuko Fukano held a one-day meeting with the team at the Việt Nam Football Federation head office in Hà Nội.

Fukano congratulated the team who will compete at the global largest football festival for the first time.

The Japanese instructor confirmed that the technical meeting was an activity for all countries that had teams participating in the World Cup and was important because, on the field, the main interaction was between players and referees.

At the discussion, Fukano presented issues related to anti-doping and the rules of the game, especially the referee’s decisions in possible cases on the field.

At the July 20-August 20 event, there are 107 match officials including 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video match officials. Referees will be supported by goal-line technology and VAR to ensure the accuracy of decisions in the match.

Fukano also took time to answer questions and shared her experiences to help players update their knowledge before their historic tournament.

Meanwhile, in other news, FIFA promised to pay every player at the World Cup at least US$30,000.

The directed prize money is more than twice the average salary of $14,000 for paid players surveyed in FIFA’s 2022 benchmarking report.

Each 23 members of the winning team will take home $270,000, part of a $110 million total prize pool that is roughly 300 per cent higher than what FIFA offered for the 2019 tournament.

Players of the second-place team will receive $195,000 each. Members of the third-place side will receive $180,000 while those of the fourth-place squad will each receive $165,000.

Players on teams that are knocked out in the quarter-finals will each get $90,000 and players on teams eliminated in the Round of 16 will return home with $60,000 each.

It means more than half of FIFA’s total prize money fund of $110 million must be paid to the players in the 32 team squads. VNS