The Philippine girls’s soccer staff will instantly be up for a tricky problem within the thirty second Southeast Asian (SEA) Games this May in Phnom Phen, Cambodia.
The Filipinas have been drawn in Group A, the place they’ll go up towards a minimum of three-time defending champion Vietnam, which has gained the gold medal every time since since 2017.
Aside from Vietnam, the Philippines may even be bunched with Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia within the group stage. Over at Group B, host Cambodia shall be pitted towards Thailand, Singapore, and Laos as per the draw held Wednesday afternoon in Cambodia.
The FIlipinas want to surpass their bronze medal end within the earlier version, the place they completed second within the group stage behind Vietnam with a 1-0-1 win-draw-loss card. They misplaced to Thailand within the semifinals earlier than eking out a 2-1 victory towards Myanmar within the battle for third to clinch a medal.
Since then, the Filipinas have gotten even higher outcomes, significantly in successful the AFF Women’s Championship in Manila final July, the place they defeated powerhouse Vietnam within the semis and Thailand within the championship spherical.
The Filipinas, who just lately moved as much as no. 49 on the planet rankings, have additionally certified to the 2023 FIFA World Cup for the primary time ever in historical past.
The 2023 SEA Games is slated from May 5 to 17.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
