In this episode, we talked about the upcoming SEA Games that will be held in Vietnam next month and our first game is on May 9th! In the Asian Cup, our goal was to qualify for the World Cup which we did and the ladies did very well, which made us all very proud. Not only is this Southeast Asian Games serving as a preparation for The World Cup but in my opinion would be a great opportunity to prove to our neighbours that what happened in India was not just luck.
We will be in group A with the reigning SEA Games Champion, Vietnam. They're the powerhouse, they're the host nation. They've won gold since 2017 and many times before that if not silver. Originally, Indonesia was in our group as well but they withdrew and the 3rd team in the group is Cambodia. In Group B, the other 2 powerhouses are Thailand and Myanmar together with Laos and Singapore. Singapore has been doing quite a preparation recently with some friendlies and they are currently in Thailand for camp. We've only recently won against Thailand in the Asian Cup after more than a decade but we haven't defeated Myanmar. Historically, our record against Myanmar included a thrashing of 6-0, 5-1 until we started closing that gap in 2018 in the AFF, 0-4 and in 2019, we played against them 3x in the AFF Championship, we lost 3-0, in the SEA Games group stage, 0-0 and in that heartbreaking 3rd place match in Rizal, 2-1. We'll have Ivan and Kent in this episode. Ivan Gayares is a Philippine Football Commentator and he used to be the Head of Media and Marketing of the former Ceres-Negros FC. Kent Garcia is also a football commentator and writer from the guys at ESBF and Huddle PH!
Kent on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kentgrc_
Ivan on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ivangeoffrey
HIGHLIGHTS
3:41 - Additional Info on Myanmar (Post-Recording)
6:20 - Singapore
9:47 - Myanmar (Ivan)
11:00 - Thailand (Ivan)
13:21 - Myanmar (Kent)
13:57 - Thailand (Kent)
15:44 - Thai Women's League
18:12 - Vietnam (Kent)
20:07 - Indonesia (Ivan)
21:33 - Cambodia (Ivan)
22:47 - Vietnam (Ivan)
24:56 - On Winning Group A and Playing against Vietnam
30:28 - Indonesia
36:15 - Philippines
39:15 - Kat Guillou (Kent)
39:43 - Carleigh Frilles (Kent)
40:09 - PWNT Preparation and Camp
42:37 - Shai del Campo
43:30 - Playing against Cambodia (Ivan)
42:33 - Bella Flanigan and Carleigh Frilles (Ivan)
46:43 - PWNT Defense
48:12 - Hali Long x Dom Randle Partnership
51:39 - Predictions and Messages
LINKS MENTIONED:
FA Singapore - https://www.instagram.com/fasingapore/
Women's Footie Indonesia - linktr.ee/womensfootie.id
- https://twitter.com/theMiniNino
ESBF - https://www.facebook.com/eatsleepbreathefootballPH/
Futbol Brew on Socials - https://linktr.ee/futbolbrew
