00:00 The Philippine Women's National Football Team has ended their campaign in the Asian Football Confederation Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
00:07 in a victory against Iran this Wednesday.
00:11 Daryl Oclares of PTV Sports in Detail.
00:14 The Philippine Women's National Football Team did not play their last game in the Asian Football Confederation Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
00:24 after they beat Iran 1-0 on Wednesday in HBF Park in Perth, Australia.
00:30 Team captain Tani Aness scored the Philippine's last goal in the 17th minute of the game.
00:36 The Philippine's target was to score more goals but Iran's defense was stronger in the second half.
00:56 Despite their victory, the Philippines was still not able to advance in the third round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament
01:02 because Uzbekistan was the only best second-placer.
01:05 Although both teams have 6 points, Uzbekistan still has a +2 goal differential compared to the Philippines' -4.
01:12 Despite their dream of playing in the Paris 2024 Olympics,
01:17 Torcaso is ensuring that the women's team will be more prepared for the next tournaments.
01:23 Just having players probably much more prepared and ready for competition is going to be something that we really focus on.
01:28 We just roll with the punches and make sure that we're back and ready for the next competition that's here.
01:34 Uzbekistan will play Japan, Australia and North Korea in the third round that will start in February
01:41 to determine who will be the Asian team's next opponent in the Paris Olympics.
