Filipinas coach Mark Torcaso considered their 19th Asian Games stint a success considering the short time they had to prepare for the quadrennial event.
Philippine national women’s football coach Mark Torcaso considered their 19th Asian Games stint a success considering the short time they had to prepare for the quadrennial event.
“This was an amazing opportunity for us to work with the group. We've only had maybe 4-5 training sessions for us to get the results we got, we're very happy to get two wins and two losses against very good teams,” he said during an online media availability on Sunday.Torcaso added that the Asian Games were able to expose the Filipinas against powerhouse squads like South Korea and Japan.
“We got to play against good countries and got a feel what it is like to play with the top nations as well,” said Torcaso.
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