It was not the consequence the nation wished, however the Philippine ladies’s nationwide soccer group’s historic journey within the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has come to an finish.
On Sunday, the Filipinas fell quick to world no. 12 Norway, 6-0, of their last group stage match within the World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Norway struck early within the match as Sophie Roman Haug scored an early objective on the sixth minute. She doubled up for Norway on the seventeenth minute, whereas Caroline Graham Hansen made their third objective on the seventeenth minute earlier than the half ended at 3-0.
It took simply three minutes after halftime for Norway to steer by 4 after an personal objective credited to Alicia Barker. The lead ballooned to 5 after a objective by Guro Reiten off a penalty.
The Norwegians didn’t cease as one other objective by Roman Haug to finish a hattrick on the fifth minute of additional time pushed their result in 6-0.
The loss eradicated the Filipinas from rivalry within the World Cup as solely the highest two groups of the teams will advance to the following spherical.
The 2023 World Cup journey could also be over however this Filipinas group for positive has etched its title within the historical past books.
The Filipinas continued to rise over the previous few years, particularly after the group certified for the World Cup.
It claimed a bronze medal within the 2022 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, and received its first AFF Women’s Championship in Manila months after.
In the World Cup, the Philippine group grabbed the eye of the world because it virtually obtained its first objective early in its opening match towards Switzerland, though it was deemed offside, and ultimately fell to the Swiss group, 2-0.
Dreams have been fulfilled then within the fixture towards New Zealand the place the Filipinas received, 1-0, because of the nation’s first World Cup objective from Sarina Bolden and the heroic efforts as effectively of goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel.
The knockout stage will start August 5.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
