Filipinas eye potential Asean semis berth vs younger Aussies

Filipinas on the Asean Ladies’s Championship in Vietnam.–PFF PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine ladies’s soccer workforce will goal for a second straight win and a potential semifinals berth when it tackles the Australia U-23 squad within the Asean Ladies’s Championship on Sunday in Phu Tho, Vietnam.

Kickoff is at 8:30 p.m. Philippine time at Viet Tri Stadium with the Filipinas anticipating a way more troublesome problem from the Matildas U-23 after the reigning holders started the match with a 7-0 thrashing of Timor-Leste final Thursday.

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In that Group B match, Quinley Quezada and Dionesa Tolentin mixed for 4 objectives, every scoring twice, in the course of the lopsided affair that served as a warning to the remainder of the sphere that the Philippines is eager on retaining the title it received three years in the past at dwelling.

However Australia may have one thing to say about it because it tries to bounce again from a 2-1 loss to Myanmar to start its marketing campaign within the competitors additionally identified commercially because the Asean MSIG Serenity Cup.

Australia fell behind 2-0 after conceding in every half, earlier than making an attempt to salvage no less than a tie when Holly Furphy pulled one again 5 minutes earlier than stoppage time. Myanmar, nonetheless, was capable of maintain its lead till the ultimate whistle to get the win.

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Myanmar faces Timor-Leste in Sunday’s different sport, likewise searching for a second victory.

The highest two groups in Group B will progress into the knockout semis together with their counterparts from Group A composed of 2022 finalist Thailand, host Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.

Thailand received all of its first two matches, together with Saturday’s 7-0 beatdown of Cambodia in Haiphong.