Filipinas throughout a match towards Australia U-23 squad within the Asean Girls’s Championship in Vietnam.–PFF PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine girls’s soccer workforce suffered an enormous blow to its title protection after absorbing a 1-0 loss to the Australia U-23 squad on Sunday within the Asean Girls’s Championship at Viet Tri Stadium in Phu Tho, Vietnam.
Alana Jancevski’s objective close to halftime for the Aussies proved to be the distinction because the Filipinas had been handed a stinging defeat that additionally put their probabilities of making the semifinals in peril.
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Saves from goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel within the second half helped maintain the scoreline intact, however an equalizer eluded the 2022 champions till the ultimate whistle.
The setback now pushes coach Mark Torcaso’s aspect on the brink going into Wednesday’s ultimate group match towards Myanmar at Lach Tray Stadium in Haiphong whereas Australia will stay in Phu Tho to face Timor-Leste on the identical day.
Myanmar took the lead in Group B at six factors after thrashing Timor-Leste, 3-0, whereas Australia moved to second regardless of even with the Philippines at three factors apiece as a result of head-to-head tiebreaker.
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The highest two groups after the group stage will advance to the semifinals together with Thailand and host Vietnam, which each secured their spots from Group A.
Jancevski got here up with the eventual winner within the first minute of the primary half added time, firing a low left-footed try that beat out McDaniel on the far submit, placing the Matildas U-23 in entrance.
Maybe the Filipinas’ greatest probability of tying the depend was a header from Hali Lengthy off a nook kick, solely to be stopped by Australia keeper Chloe Lincoln.
