Younger Azkals want sweep to advance to SEA Video games 2023 semis

Younger Azkals within the thirty second SEA Video games in Cambodia.

The Philippines pulled off a 1-1 draw towards Cambodia on Wednesday within the thirty second Southeast Asian Video games males’s soccer competitions, nut the younger Azkals—as spectacular as that feat was towards the hosts—want at least a sweep of their final two video games to have an opportunity at getting out of group play.

Tuesday’s stalemate courtesy of a last-gasp header by Doy Cariño gave the Younger Azkals a slim probability of getting one of many two semifinal berths in Group A with lowly Timor Leste and Myanmar subsequent on their schedule.

Coach Rob Gier’s facet sits at fourth place with only one level on that draw and a defeat, a 3-0 drubbing taken by the hands of title favourite Indonesia final Saturday.

Cambodia is on high with 4 factors regardless of the shock end result towards the Philippines. Indonesia and Myanmar have three factors every. Timor Leste has misplaced all of its first two video games.

The Younger Azkals play Timor Leste on Thursday earlier than taking a protracted break to organize for the Could 10 encounter with Myanmar.

A draw and a win of their final two video games will not be sufficient for the Younger Azkals to remain within the semifinal hunt, however one loss ends any possibilities of going for the nation’s first medal in males’s soccer.

Cariño denied Cambodia a second win earlier than a packed crowd at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, producing a header moments earlier than the ultimate whistle was blown.

Ladies’s soccer motion started on Wednesday with the World Cup-bound Filipinas taking over Myanmar at RCAF Previous Stadium, additionally within the Cambodian capital.

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