What a sensational day for Philippine soccer.
The Philippines have secured their first-ever victory within the FIFA Women’s World Cup with a exceptional 1-0 outcome over hosts New Zealand within the Sky Stadium in downtown Wellington.
A Sarina Bolden aim within the twenty fourth minute was the distinction in a tightly contested match, which noticed New Zealand dominate possession in large components of the match.
The Philippines had been trying to make amends after a disappointing opening day defeat to Switzerland, however the Filipinas had been rapidly on the again foot from the onset, as New Zealand began the sport strongly and limiting the Filipinas to solely 19 accomplished passes even after 20 minutes had gone within the sport.
New Zealand saved up the strain, however it could be the Philippines who would make the breakthrough, with Bolden first to the ball from a Sara Eggesvik cross from the precise.
The predominantly Kiwi crowd can be silenced, with the boisterous Philippine contingent chanting ‘Isa Pa, Isa Pa!”
New Zealand, however, would regroup and were unlucky not to have leveled on two occasions in the second half, with a goal-bound ball hitting the post and having another controversially chalked off for offside.
New Zealand would end the game frustrated with the stout Philippine defense with Football Ferns defender Katie Bowen ruing, “It’s arduous after they put so many our bodies behind the ball.”
The Kiwi defender would then declare that the Philippines “wasted time one minute after getting the goal” however in fact the Philippines defended brilliantly and did what they needed to do to get the historic outcome, even when Lady Luck shone brilliantly on our facet tonight.
Player of the Match Olivia McDaniel as soon as once more placed on an excellent efficiency for the workforce, capped off by her excellent reflex save on the 93rd minute.
Angie Beard was stable on the again but once more for the nation, and regardless of taking part in in solely her second sport for the Philippines, felt proper at residence.
“For the last 15 months…..trying to get me into these colors. Now that I’m here, it feels like home, honestly. Being here with these girls, I can’t explain it, it feels like I’m 100% so welcome in this group. It’s beautiful.”
But it could be Sarina Bolden who will add to her legend and rightly seize the headlines.
The talisman and the emotional chief of the workforce, Sarina is stuffed with emotion after scoring the one aim to steer the workforce to victory: “Just overwhelming happiness, gratitude, speechless. Put a lot of work into this, two years of hard work and sacrifice.”
“To be able to score, to get a win, I’m just so proud of everyone. It takes everyone, it takes a village.”
With significantly much less possession and defending deep for many components of the sport, the way of the victory of the Philippines might not be essentially the most eye-catching or pleasing, however the Filipinas wouldn’t thoughts a single bit.
If we’re to be brutally trustworthy in regards to the state of affairs, the Philippines got here to the match with a not-so-secret sport plan, which was precisely that – to defend towards stronger groups and attempt to get a aim from a counter-attack or set items.
It is true that the Philippines rode their luck on many events and that New Zealand will really feel arduous completed by the defeat, however I daresay that we make our personal luck and the victors after 90 minutes of play, on this case the Philippines, are normally deserving of the outcome.
DARE TO DREAM
Up subsequent is the match towards the highest ranked workforce within the group Norway, which has endured a troublesome World Cup thus far, with solely a solitary level after two match days.
If we dare to dream of development to the following spherical, the Filipinas should go for a victory towards the Norwegians, and it could take one other monumental efficiency from the workforce to get this desired outcome.
But after what has been achieved these previous 18 months, nobody is placing a cap on what this group of gamers can obtain for the nation.
Certainly not the touring followers who’ve come from everywhere in the world to present the workforce a lift within the venues.
Certainly not the hundreds of thousands of followers throughout who’ve tuned in confirmed their help on-line.
And most actually not the gamers themselves, who’ve the possibility now to put in writing extra historical past for Philippine soccer and for the nation.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
