The Philippine Males’s Underneath-23 Nationwide Soccer Workforce got here up brief in its semifinal marketing campaign after they fell to Vietnam, 2-1, within the ASEAN U-23 Mandiri Cup on Friday on the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Regardless of Javier Mariano’s purpose that put the Filipino booters at an early benefit, the Vietnamese refused to again down and ultimately booked the primary spot to the championship in opposition to the winner of the opposite semifinal pairing between host nation Indonesia and Thailand.
Nonetheless, the Filipinos made historical past with their first-ever semifinal look within the regional meet the place they’ll now be relegated to the battle for third match.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information