They might have fallen brief of their debut sport within the FIFA Women’s World Cup, however the Philippine nationwide girls’s soccer crew nonetheless impressed their opponents from Switzerland throughout their 2-0 loss final Friday in New Zealand.
Midfielder Coumba Sow mentioned she likes the fervour of the Filipinas.
“You can feel the fire that they really want to be here and that they were taught to get to this point,” Sow advised GMA Integrated News.
“They were disciplined in defending and I think they played with a lot of courage being their first time in the World Cup.”
Midfielder Sandrine Mauron echoed Sow. “They did hard work against us. It was a good game,” she mentioned.
Goalkeeper Gaelle Thalmann additionally credited the Filipinas of their good exhibiting within the match.
“It was a good team,” Thalmann mentioned. “I think we had them under control but they were difficult to play.”
For Thalmann, being within the World Cup means being deserving of the spot and the Filipinas will solely develop from right here.
“I think they have a good pace and they have an identity as a team and it is important to keep that to keep growing,” she added.
Switzerland will play Norway subsequent within the Group A video games on Tuesday.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang, with reporting by Ryan Fenix/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
