History has been made.
The Philippine girls’s nationwide soccer group copped its first-ever win on the 2023 FIFA World Cup after irritating co-host New Zealand, 1-0, on Tuesday in Wellington, New Zealand.
Striker Sarina Bolden transformed a header off a cross from Sarah Eggesvik within the free kick play on the twenty fourth minute to place the Philippines up, 1-0.
Katrina Guillou had the prospect to make it a 2-0 lead however she went vast on her try.
Despite getting a lot of the possessions, New Zealand wasn’t in a position to rating a single objective with Philippine goalkeeper Olivia McDaniel displaying relentless protection, together with her essential final save within the first half because the Allen Stajcic-coached group introduced a 1-nil result in the break.
The hosts had a number of possibilities to equalize, and even take the lead however a Jacqui Hand strike went straight to the publish earlier than she headed the equalizer on the 68th minute. Unluckily, her objective was later referred to as as offside following a evaluation.
The Philippines then held off New Zealand within the subsequent minutes with McDaniels’ game-saving clutch saves serving to the Filipinas.
The Philippines will subsequent face Norway on Sunday.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
