Filipinas.–PFF PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Coach Mark Torcaso believes the Philippine ladies’s soccer workforce is out to show that its earlier win over Chinese language Taipei that resulted in a Fifa Girls’s World Cup berth was no fluke as the 2 sides kick off their second spherical marketing campaign within the Olympic Qualifying Event on Thursday.
The Filipinas eye a vital end result 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 need 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) Girls’s Asian Cup in India, getting a win through shootout to achieve a historic place on this yr’s World Cup.
Olivia McDaniel and Sarina Bolden have been the distinguished figures in that win.
This time, the Filipinas are eyeing one other comparable end result within the hope of a minimum of getting the most effective second place slot from the three teams.
Host Australia is favored to high Group A, with Sam Kerr anticipated to participate within the qualifiers.
The Filipinas additionally face the Matildas on Sunday earlier than going through Iran on Nov. 1.
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