August 12, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Australia Underneath 23 dealt the Filipinas a 0-1 loss Sunday in Vietnam, making the street to the Asean Ladies’s-MSIG Serenity Cup semifinals more durable for the defending champions.
Alana Jancevski bended a low shot into the alternative nook of the Philippine aim in first-half damage time then Chloe Lincoln stopped Hali Lengthy’s potential equalizer because the Aussies rebounded from their opening nil-1 defeat to Myanmar and reignited their drive.
The Filipinas, who had been dominant of their earlier 7-0 shutout of Timor Leste, fell to a share of second with their conquerors at three factors on a one-win, one-loss card behind Myanmar, which zoomed to the highest of Group B with six after drubbing the Timorese, 3-0.
The setback put the Filipinas in a must-win in opposition to the Burmese tomorrow because the race to the 2 tickets to the crossover semifinals reaches its conclusion.
“We’ve a really younger group and I’m happy with the best way they fought,” mentioned coach Mark Torcaso of his crew, with a median age of twenty-two.
“I assumed we might have gotten no less than a draw. Unfortunate (that) we conceded (late within the first half). However I feel we might take a really constructive step subsequent time in opposition to Myanmar.”
