Filipinas open SEA Games 2023 bid with tough loss to Myanmar


Philippines vs Myanmar in the 32nd SEA Games. –PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM

Philippines vs Myanmar within the thirty second SEA Video games. –PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM

The Philippines’ marketing campaign within the ladies’s soccer competitions of the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games received underway on a unsuitable foot Wednesday following a 1-0 loss to Myanmar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Win Theingi Tun’s penalty with a minute earlier than stoppage time spelled the distinction because the Filipinas had been handed defeat inside RCAF Previous Stadium within the Cambodian capital.

Coach Alen Stajcic’s facet, labeled among the many favorites earlier than the event started, will now need to play with a way of urgency with a purpose to safe one of many two semifinal berths in Group A.

The World Cup-bound Filipinas subsequent face Malaysia on Saturday earlier than assembly defending champion Vietnam on Might 9.

Vietnam earlier launched its quest for a fourth consecutive gold in an enormous approach with a 3-0 thumping of Malaysia.

Sofia Harrison entangled with Myanmar’s San Thaw Thaw contained in the field, prompting match referee Lara Christine Lee to level on the spot.

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: A troublesome begin to our #SEAGames2023 marketing campaign. 🇵🇭 0-1 🇲🇲🔵🔴🟡 #PHIvMYA #SEAGames2023 #LabanFilipinas #ParaSaBayan #WinTheMoment #FilipinasTayo

Posted by Philippine Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Crew on Wednesday, Might 3, 2023

That allowed Tun to fireplace the winner previous Filipinas goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel, and Myanmar by some means avenged its 2-1 loss to the identical workforce in the course of the bronze medal match of final 12 months’s version in Vietnam.

The Filipinas had loads of probabilities to no less than equalize throughout stoppage time that lasted greater than 10 minutes however to no avail as Myanmar picked up the utmost three factors.

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