The Philippine women's football team scored a shutout victory against Myanmar, 3-0, Thursday night to advance in the knockout stage of the 19th Asian Games at the Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China.
Midfielder Sarina Bolden's goal and two more from fellow midfielder Sara Eggesvik sealed the deal for the Filipinas.In the first half, Bolden opened the scoring for the Philippines, after being fouled.Eggesvik struck two goals in the second half and prevented Myanmar from scoring.'I'm glad to help the team going to the knockout stage...
so I'm glad to get on the scoresheet, but it's always a team effort, and I'm glad the team did really well today,' Eggesvik said in a video posted by the team.'We set ourselves to score in this game and we scored very well and we were excellent... I'm grateful to be part of this opportunity and now we progress to the next stage, which is excellent,' Filipinas head coach Mark Torcaso said.
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