The Philippine nationwide males’s soccer crew fell brief in opposition to Vietnam, 3-2, within the second spherical of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday in Vietnam.
After a goalless draw within the first half, the Philippines had a glimmer of hope as Patrick Reichelt made the primary objective on the 62nd minute.
Nonetheless, Vietnam answered with its personal simply 4 minutes after to even the match. It took round ten minutes extra for Vietnam to double its lead. Each targets got here from Nguyen Tien Linh.
The nationals virtually salvaged the match with a objective from Kevin Ingreso on the 89th minute, however a objective from a rebound in additional time by Pham Tuan Hai sealed the win for Vietnam.
With the loss, the Philippines won’t end within the prime two spots of Group F because it at the moment has one draw and 4 losses already. The nationals will even proceed to the third spherical of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
Iraq is already assured of the highest spot from Group F, permitting them to advance to the following spherical of the World Cup qualifiers.
The Philippines will even nonetheless play Indonesia in Jakarta on Tuesday to wrap up the its marketing campaign within the World Cup qualifiers.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
