Kathmandu, Oct. 9 -- Nepal's head coach Matt Ross and skipper Kiran Chemjong have stressed that the squad was in Vietnam not to lose. Nepal and Vietnam are playing two legs of their Group F fixtures in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers on October 9 and 14.

Speaking with the media in the pre-match conference on Wednesday, Ross said that his team was looking forward to not repeating the devastating result they got against Laos. The 2-1 defeat against Laos on June 10 was Nepal's first-ever loss against the team in seven games.

"The performance against Laos was very disappointing," Ross said. "We are looking to improve on it."

According to the Australian, the team was very excited to be in Vietnam. "And we will be playing for the three poi...