Filipinas.–PFF PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Coach Mark Torcaso believes the Philippine girls’s soccer staff is out to show that its earlier win over Chinese language Taipei that resulted in a Fifa Ladies’s World Cup berth was no fluke as the 2 sides kick off their second spherical marketing campaign within the Olympic Qualifying Match on Thursday.
The Filipinas eye a vital consequence over their Taiwanese counterpart at Perth Rectangular Stadium in Australia and achieve an upperhand within the quest to advance within the third and closing part of qualification for subsequent yr’s Paris Video games.
“We wish to go on the market and present the nation, present the world that we’re right here to remain, that we’re deserving of being on the World Cup beforehand and hopefully within the World Cup in 4 years,” mentioned Torcaso in a digital press convention held on the eve of the match.
It was Chinese language Taipei which fell sufferer to the Filipinas through the 2022 Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC) Ladies’s Asian Cup in India, getting a win by way of shootout to achieve a historic place on this yr’s World Cup.
Olivia McDaniel and Sarina Bolden had been the distinguished figures in that win.
This time, the Filipinas are eyeing one other related consequence within the hope of not less than getting one of the best second place slot from the three teams.
Host Australia is favored to prime Group A, with Sam Kerr anticipated to participate within the qualifiers.
The Filipinas additionally face the Matildas on Sunday earlier than dealing with Iran on Nov. 1.
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