Pino, Collins hit braces as PH U17 national team wallops Indonesia, 6-1, in AFC opener

Alexa Pino and Natalie Collins conspired to steer the Philippines to a powerful 6-1 win towards Indonesia within the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup on Monday night time in Thailand.

Pino began the rampage with an early purpose on the sixth minute mark earlier than it took Jael Guy and Ariana Markey lower than quarter-hour to transform one other purpose every because the youthful Filipinas took a commanding 3-1 lead.

The 17-year-old Pino then clinched her second purpose of the night time on the thirty fifth minute whereas Collins scored two consecutive factors because the Philippines’ lead ballooned to 6-1 simply minutes after the halftime break.

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Indonesia’s lone purpose got here on the twelfth minute mark when Claudia Scheunemann hit their breakthrough.

The win positioned the Philippines at joint first in Group A with North Korea, which earlier eked out a dominant 7-0 victory towards South Korea behind the hat-trick of Jon Il-Chong.

The Filipinas will subsequent face North Korea on Thursday, May 9, in bid to go undefeated in two video games.

The high two groups from Groups A and B will advance to the semifinals with the winners sealing their place within the championship spherical whereas the losers will probably be relegated to the battle for bronze.

—JMB, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com