Dionesia Tolentin (in white) shakes off a Kuwaiti defender on the way in which to her —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Philippines’ quest to qualify for the AFC Ladies’s Futsal Asian Cup amid controversy surrounding its buildup acquired off to a successful begin on Saturday with the decided Filipinos dominating Kuwait, 4-1, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Katrina Guillou confirmed that she will be able to additionally carry out on the indoor model because the Filipinas striker produced two objectives to assist the staff safe the utmost three factors at Yunusobod Sport Advanced.
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Bella Flanigan and Dionesa Tolentin additionally discovered the online as new coach Rafa Merino gained his debut match since changing Vic Hermans, whose sacking by the Philippine Soccer Federation (PFF) didn’t come with out criticism from then staff supervisor Danny Moran.
No extra strain
The authoritative win must also shake off any strain the squad could have been carrying as a consequence of these points and excessive expectations of topping Group C given by at least PFF president John Gutierrez.
Attaining that faces one other stern check on Monday when the Philippines takes on group host Uzbekistan, which didn’t play in Saturday’s opener.
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The group match noticed Australia beating Turkmenistan, 6-1. The highest two groups and probably the third placer in Group C will qualify for the Asian Cup slated in Might in China.
Guillou, who has 13 worldwide objectives for the Philippines, instantly put one on her indoor profession account when she produced the opener with barely two minutes into the competition, smashing the rebound from shut vary off Sara Castañeda’s blocked try.
The scoreline stood till halftime earlier than Guillou’s fellow 2023 Fifa Ladies’s World Cup veteran Flanigan doubled the lead with 17:58 left within the second half, lobbing a shot after her first one was stopped by the Kuwaiti keeper.
Tolentin made it 3-0 with 13:05 remaining with a strike from far out. Kuwait averted a shutout on Shrouq Mohammad’s purpose, time right down to 4:44, earlier than Guillou answered again close to the top to finish a brace. INQ
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