Philippines shockingly lost to Myanmar, Vietnam women's team maintains top position

Facing the Philippines, the 2022 AFF Women's Cup champions, the Myanmar women's team played somewhat passively and suffered throughout the first 45 minutes. However, the naturalized strikers of the Philippines were inaccurate in the final stages of finishing, causing the first half to end with 2 round zeros.

In the first half, the Philippines took the field with only one player born and raised in the country, Anicka Castaneda. The remaining 10 players were all naturalized players from the US and European countries.

Philippines unexpectedly lost to Myanmar in the 11m penalty shootout at the end of the match

After the break, the two teams played a somewhat tense match throughout the second half. When fans of both teams started to think about a draw, Myanmar was unexpectedly awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the penalty area. On the 11m mark, Win Theingi Tun took the opportunity to defeat the Philippines in the 90th minute.

With this defeat, the Philippines women's team fell to third place in Group A, while Myanmar ranked second with the same 3 points as the Vietnam team but lost on goal difference. In the previous match, the Vietnam women's team won 3-0 against Malaysia to continue to top Group A.

In the second round, the Philippines team will face Malaysia at 8pm at Smart LXN Stadium. Coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will face Myanmar at 4pm at Army Stadium.

Quoc An

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/philippines-thua-soc-myanmar-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-giu-vung-ngoi-dau-20230503221529615.htm