CommBank Matildas v Philippines | Key Moments | AFC Women's Olympic Qualifier

[@zyaravie911]

Respect to the Philippines women's football team. No fake injuries, no diving, no BS, just pure love for the game and they tried their best. Iranian ladies from the other night should learn this sportsmanship! Happy for Matildas!

[@h9o1_]

Do you really expect us to play with zero offensive facilities? I'm sure if we had the facilities of you and the Philippines, we could have presented a very good game, there are many talents in our girls, but what do you expect when there are no facilities available? I personally love football. I really like to play football, but believe me, where I live, there is not even a simple hall and field for playing!

[@zyaravie911]

@@h9o1_ It's not about facilities and funding. It's about respect for your own team & your opposition team. The Philippines women's football team is still underfunded and even though their facilities might be better than the Iranian women's football team, what they were able to show is great sportsmanship. They lost 8-0 but they all worked hard until the end. They defended as best as they could while the Iranian only had 1 purpose from the beginning. To ruin the game with whatever means. It's ridiculous to see all the fake injuries, the constant diving, the constant stopping. If that was how they were trained and with that sort of mentality, even if they got large funding with amazing facilities they'd still go nowhere

[@AlphabetCookie]

Women in Iran don't have the same rights and support as women in other countries (who STILL are not treated well either). Iran women don't have the same money, nutrition guidance, recovery guidance, play experience, and exposure to the game as Philippines women do. Iran women would be fatiguing faster, cramping more, getting more hurt by collisions because they don't have the muscle mass to protect them and aren't used to the level of play. What makes you think they were faking? That's how a lower level team would play against full time professionals. They'd be slower and hurt more.

[@zyaravie911]

@@AlphabetCookie nothing to justify what Iranian ladies did. It was an embarrassment to their own team if anything. Everyone who's been watching football knows what Iran did the other day was mostly fake. Watch North Korea women's football team. They're being starved more than Iranians. They're one of the most starved nations in the world. They have much less freedom, much more oppressed yet did they do what Iran did? No. It's called professionalism and sportsmanship. Funny in the game that they were winning, they didn't do these things. Suddenly in the games where they were losing, they were miraculously so fragile that a bit of touch caused them to roll 5x to the left, then roll 4x to the right

[@AlphabetCookie]

@@zyaravie911 Cringe.

[@peejayq]

Congratulations Matilda’s . Congratulations Philippines gave it their all and didn’t fake injures etc just played their best . ❤️

[@auntypizza]

Matilda's what?

[@LaurenY-q4j]

The Matildas is the reason why I love soccer💗They have inspired me so much!

[@hotstar6742]

Respect to the Philippines. Like other teams, they could have just parked the bus, rolled around faking injuries and wasting time, but they tried against the Matildas who were classes above.

[@dn1969]

Maybe it better to park the bus next time

[@anguscooper]

yeah it would have been better if they just parked the BUS and not played at all

[@anguscooper]

@@dn1969 hahahahaha spot on !!!!!

[@Bongaboi151]

@@dn1969 Nah.

[@dannyyoung3542]

That first goal was just beautiful - from kerrs pass through to the execution -wonderful team football

[@theat3975]

Clare Wheeler's goal was amazing and reaction was so wholesome!!!

[@jb7753]

My favourite moment in the whole game and the hug Foord gave her.

[@johnwho4794]

This has got to be the most complete game I have seen from the Matildas. Everyone looks 100% switched on. All the forward attacks give a sense of purpose, with the goal strikes all sublime!

[@DistrustingToaster]

I was at this game and that goal from Foord was one of the best I’ve ever seen

[@jb7753]

I love how happy Wheeler was, and the hug she and Foord shared even though it was a non crucial goal overall.

[@jacaviation]

What a match it was! The Matildas were on fireee! Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@terrybogard1588]

Amazing match by the matildas, some absolute textbook goals!!!

[@ianking8197]

Wow look at that crowd - absolutely amazing. They would have had a memorable day 👏👏👏

[@LeornianCyng]

What a performance by The Matilda’s 👏

[@michaellubicic239]

What a wonderful exhibition by brilliant team. Go Matildas Go...

[@avarogers1808]

Day 8 of commenting on Matildas videos until they notice me. Philippines women's football team played a fear game against the Matildas, they weren't complaining and doing what the Iranian women's football team were doing when they played against the Tillie's. Honestly it was disgusting seeing how they played and having to stop the game every 5 minutes for there players. UP THE TILLIE'S!!!💚💛

[@t5ffany_05]

What a game! Go Caitlin 💛💚

[@russneedham1701]

Sam Kerr is our best player at the moment but i think Mary Fowler will eventually get that title she just glides across the field and her passing game is sublime

[@Aaaaaa1-f4j]

I was legit at this game and some of the goals were INSANE 🎉

[@atty61]

After the disappointing way Iran approached their game and the falling down injured every two minutes, the Philippines showed a much better attitude although tactically they got it wrong. A fantastic performance from the Matildas and soooo good to see Clare Wheeler score her first goal. She really does need to be a regular starter in place of Gorry who would be more useful coming off the bench.

[@PaulTavra]

Well done ladies I never been so excited to watch a Soccer game! Great stuff!

[@miltonyannis3719]

Ellie Carpenter.....superlative work rate, phenomenal athlete.

[@AlphabetCookie]

She's the best

[@AlphabetCookie]

@@swandepaul1198 No she didn't.

[@AlphabetCookie]

@@swandepaul1198 I guess you didn't watch the World Cup.

[@AlphabetCookie]

@@swandepaul1198 She called you out for being stupid?

[@nathanfarr4493]

Love these girls. Caitlyn ford is a beast 🇦🇺🤟

[@lmvcnn]

Agree. Her energy, skills and unstoppable bravery literally traumatize the enemy.

[@dominikbenz8349]

amazing congrats happy for you mathildas

[@val445]

Brilliant goals🎉🎉

[@mr_esnek]

Outclassed. Hindi palaging may tsamba.

[@rodlewis3942]

These women are SO skilled! GO MATILDAS!!!!

[@onyiiilo378]

Till they meet Nigeria 😅

[@chrispsackett]

gosh mary fowler is such a composed goal scorer

[@jpdprophotography6693]

Cool as a cucumber 👌

[@meghanisrael7308]

The spin on her goal. 😮‍💨

[@landryharrell7]

Australia will be in good hands when Kerr retires

[@goldboy150]

Where are all the “experts” who were calling for Tony’s head because “the game plan is suspect” and “they can’t break down defences”??? They won comfortably without a worry with a second string 11 who have probably never played together before (against iran). Now he gets the A-team back together and they are relentless.

[@goldboy150]

@@saintsone7877 let me be clear, my criticism for the “experts” was in relation to their response to the iran game - not the end stages of the World Cup. I basically agree with your assessment of how we performed against England/sweden. What I would say though is that you criticise him for not addressing the lack of talent/dept in his two years…he can’t make world class players Australian. The talent pool is what it is. If you have specific players he ignored, didn’t include in his WC squad because he gave their positions to inferior players - I’m all ears. I don’t think that’s the case. People need to face facts. 1. We just don’t have the depth of talent that some of the better European nations do. We never have. There is no amount of first team management skill that will change that in the short to medium term. Because of this, he relied on 13-14 players who are at a high level. We just aren’t going to be able to dominate teams like England and Spain and retain possession. We don’t have the same level of quality across the pitch. Let’s not ignore though that this was by a distance our best ever performance at a World Cup, that he achieved that without the services of his best player who is the one player in Australia that would start in every other nations team and that even when we fell short against the European champions, we weren’t embarrassed. If you disagree with this, I honestly don’t know what to tell you. I don’t know what you expect from any possible manager of the Matildas. I’m not saying that this game says anything about our ability to match the best teams in the world - Like I said before, I was addressing criticism of the Iran win, not World Cup losses. However, to criticise the manager because we lost a World Cup semi final - ignoring the fact that we’d never made it that far in history and were playing one of the best teams in the world - and because we aren’t able to boss possession is ludicrous. That was never our game because we aren’t at that level. It’s like criticising Tottenham for not bossing man city in possession! Why? Man city are the best in the world at doing that - our way to beat them is not to try and hold the ball but rather soak up pressure and break fast utilising our great quality in speed up front.

[@goldboy150]

@@saintsone7877 agree with all that. But I’d say that Clare hunt and kyra Cooney-Cross are evidence that he is playing the long game in that regard and placed a value on getting these younger, inexperienced players an opportunity. Hunt was uncapped before he came and now she is a guaranteed starter and is playing for PSG. Cooney-Cross was a young, inexperienced understudy who wasn’t getting much of a shot and is now a guaranteed starter, the future of that midfield and playing for arsenal. Charlotte grant and teagan Micah are both on that path but still have excellent performers in front of them. Mary Fowler as well - she has only become what she has become under his watch. Vine as well. He clearly sees the potential in Nevin and wheeler too and is getting them more involved. The worry is there is no prospect of a younger Kerr anywhere. Then again, There are maybe 2 other strikers on the planet that are on kerr’s level so how realistic is it that we would ever be able to replace her. All that being said, if we all want to see Tony giving these youngsters a shot and giving them experience - we can’t all Then turn around and lament not giving iran a bath in a game we showed no prospect of actually losing despite fielding a very inexperienced outfit. Either Tony must maximise every single result no matter the opposition or context - or he must take the opportunity to get some vital experience into young players to help with our depth for the long term. Can’t be both.

[@mervynsullivan]

I'm very impressed with the quality of football of the Matildas.

[@tayburns4316]

What now?

[@dillan6824]

Literally I was literally at that game you were so good versus the Philippines like I have no words for it like they played amazing they did everything amazing

[@narutosasukelegends1]

There was certainly a change in coordination after the subs came on… There’s nothing quite as well-oiled than Fowler, Kerr, and Foord and when Kerr came off the goals slowed down

[@asdfguiwsertyuio3689]

YEAH THE GIRLS LETS GET YOUR METAL BABY

[@landryharrell7]

Hard to believe this is the Philippines team that beat New Zealand

[@TranCeFORM3R]

Wheeler was the best goal, very happy for her

[@simonjames772]

the passage of play for the first goal was ughhhhhhh

[@arvacado3540]

and the long ball from cayley to raso😍

[@simonjames772]

@@arvacado3540 the little flick on, then the bar in to score MINTTTT

[@Cami-1-1]

Yess!

[@Ngaba2008]

Wow amazing Matildas ❤

[@hosannainthehighest]

Brilliant, proud of Australian sport history being made in football 🎉

[@evangelinewachira4638]

the quality is improving gradually

[@zhen3142]

International friendly? It was an Olympic qualifier

[@etiennejulius1179]

Woah. Great Result. 🎉

[@Spaceshps]

This is the philippines team expected to be thrashed by Australia 8-0. No USA B-team

[@TranCeFORM3R]

The pitch looked amazing btw in October

[@presntnow]

Go Tillies! 💛💚🩵

[@KardiniaInternationalCol-li1sn]

*Tillys*

[@Entity10111]

GO MATILDAS!!

[@moonmc1047]

If the last 20 minutes they move the ball forward to the left side to Fowler is could be 10 nil easily. Such a waste of chances from the right.

[@sticktothefacts8905]

Interesting assessment. You do know that Mary only assisted 1 of the goals in the first half from the left hand side. More goals came from the middle of the park. The goal Mary scored came from the right.....

[@nheztroskymanuntag7990]

It was a good experience for Philippine team that knows where is their mistake and weeknes . Better luck next time and accept to lose for the best Australian team .

[@crazysithslave]

Absolute disgrace by philipines bringing in all these players from overseas, what about all the young girls in the phillipines wanting to play for their country, when they look at the team 'representing them' and they see 1 phillipino woman playing! Its not only disrespectful to their own country but just embaressing that they believe winning is more important than allowing their own women to play for their country in this sport. Id rather australia lose 0 - 100 every game than our team be 99% foreign players. Honestly i believe their should be a cap of perhaps 2 foreign players per team to stop this from happening. Shame on you phillipines! 😢

[@iakadayrneh]

No offense but it's the only way the Philippines stand any chance of winning their own country men and women lack the athletic ability to compete at the high level even in basketball without the American imports The Philippines wouldn't stand any chance of winning.

[@crazysithslave]

@@iakadayrneh yes but what I'm saying is winning isn't everything, you don't have to win, which they didn't anyway, it's a win having young women something to strive for, and it's a win having your own country people representing your team. Winning means nothing if you don't win with your own country men/women... imo

[@iakadayrneh]

@@crazysithslave I see what you are saying unfortunately the Philippines aren't the only country that uses non local players, half of Nigeria women football team are foreign born so is Jamaica. It's also unfortunate that the Philippines is stuck in a tougher federation in the AFC. So I wouldn't give them much slack, I think the Philippines should join the weak football confederations in the OFC federation or the CAF African confederation in football so they could stand a chance of winning.

[@robbie84]

you need to build your football infrastructure first, unfortunately, that requires money

[@evangelinewachira4638]

the attendance is on fire

[@hayley007]

Awesome winnnn

[@luxshampoo8520]

Philippine women knew not to force themselves if they want a win against Iran!

[@wildurfra]

That was just a temporary win for your team. We know they cannot win against japan nor north korea in the third round.

[@luxshampoo8520]

​@wildurfra it's not about winning its about forcing a goal! I think Filipinas can score a goal if they play the same offense against strong nations!

[@Izzy-vz6iu]

​@@luxshampoo8520they easily beaten by Australia, back then 6-0, now 8-0

[@luxshampoo8520]

​@Izzy-vz6iu because Filipinas refuse to play like the australians! they only perform hard if it's a small nation! like bolden could have match kerr athleticism but she refuses it probably coaches order!

[@h9o1_]

Believe me, the facilities available to the girls of my land iran are zero, they don't have any facilities, you say why Iran played defense because it had no other choice! With these facilities, I thought they would score 14 goals, but our girls played with zeal and did not lose heavily.

[@MrTongallen]

Completely agree it was a great result for Iran to lose by only 2 goals against Matildas. The Iran women futsal team is the best in Asia, so the potential is definitely there.

[@anguscooper]

Go the Broncos

[@Lantern66]

Anyone know who the referee was?

[@hawk92-z4b]

Marry Fowler.❤

[@eezian10]

Great win! Happy for The Matildas! BUT... This is against The Philippines... My thought is... wouldn't it be better taking the opportunity of playing games like this as a way to develop a style of play? Take it as an opportunity to work on the depth of the squad for the future? Can our younger girls or bench warmers develop and become like Foord, Kerr, Gorry and Carpenter? We know they're quality beyond the Philippines players, they'll dribble through them all day, they're faster, stronger and better technically, we know. But can we still have control of possession, a style, a philosophy, scoring chances, shots on target if those girls aren't available when playing against stronger nations? If we want to win a world cup next time, Matildas need solid depth, a philosophy of a way of playing where if those big name players aren't available against bigger nations, we can still hold ourselves and create solid chances for the win. Playing in a pattern like today against Japan, England or Spain? It'll be much harder day in the office.

[@scotthatty9499]

the Phillipines won their first game 4-1 so why would you play a weaker team against someone that's higher on the table than you

[@damiensimper]

Another armchair critique 😂

[@ohbigstretch]

Needed a big win. No point having experience if you don’t qualify. Right move.

[@eezian10]

@@scotthatty9499 we started with the right line up for sure, and yes we made subs in 2nd half, but I'm just wondering as to how we'll go by taking some more key players and test the depth of the squad after such dominating first half.

[@eezian10]

@@damiensimper WellI do have to sit down on a chair or a couch perhaps while I type this comment. Kinda hard to run around or juggle a football or doing pull ups while typing. I guess I have limitations too

[@vintagecottonon]

Is staj still coaching the phillipines lol? Thought they would've faired better with all the experience and insight he has on the matildas 😅

[@MaloneysCoasters]

Nah he left after the World Cup. Mark Torcaso is their coach now, another Aussie

[@LarryMendaros]

Is Australia too fast..or no defense of the Philippines team.. step-up guys we defeat team before

[@wildurfra]

I think their nervousness got the best of them. They froze and they were all over the place.

[@Izzy-vz6iu]

Australia have great player

[@biggiedii4889]

How on earth did New Zealand lose to this team lol

[@landryharrell7]

First of all, the goal that New Zealand scored was ruled offsides. VAR showed it but it was literally by a shoulder or something crazy. Basically, Hannah Wilkinson is tall and that's what cost them. Second of all- I have no earthly idea... I love the Ferns, but they are prone to choking when it matters most.

[@iakadayrneh]

How does New Zealand ever qualify will being a part of the weakest football confederation what competition do they have Papuan New Guinea 😅😂

[@Bongaboi151]

If they can't deliver this result in February, I consider that to be karma.

[@mapileons]

i want to see a raso hat trick

[@JeenRsHeart]

Still can't believe NZ lost to them.

[@wildurfra]

I can truly believe Nigeria defeated you.

[@Izzy-vz6iu]

​@@wildurfraEngland with 10 player beat 11 Nigerian women (if they are 😂)

[@dan-dp3dq]

because the coach at last world cup of Philippines team was Coach Alen Stajcic former coach of 2015 Australian team (Matildas) who beat Australia also last AFF 2022 so no surprised his a really good coach.

[@biggiedii4889]

@@wildurfra Still better than New Zealand who just lost 2 games to powerhouses Chile lol

[@biggiedii4889]

@@wildurfra To be fair Nigeria are a lot better than Philippines lol how did the Ferns lose to this team?

[@lmvcnn]

a Caitlin Foord can simply exhaust 5 opponent team member.

[@JasonWemba]

Usa rejects 0 australia 8 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrMegafly2011]

Rassssoooooooooooooo!

[@RosarioPulvirenti71]

The Philippines look the equivalent to an under 10s side

[@bry120]

Kulelat na naman tayo

[@grantmcaskell4568]

It's the Phillipines. We should be at least 8 up with their ranking. Weak qualifying group.

[@boggy6060]

The Philippines should have gone home at half time.

[@wildurfra]

You too!

[@boggy6060]

​@@wildurfra I did... 😂

[@noeloquero]

​@@wildurfraEASE TOO FEED

[@lowprofile1981]

Well do e

[@Nicko029]

Cooking

[@wildurfra]

Chill. North Korea is back. Your team qualified last Olympics coz NorKor withdrew and Japan was the host. Also, Matildas would have not qualified in the last WC if you did not host. Luck runs out you know.

[@Izzy-vz6iu]

Australia even beat 3 nations by 20(even more) goal, so it is also benefits by talent

[@landryharrell7]

Australia qualified for the last three WWCs as well...and they weren't hosting. Do some research

[@biggiedii4889]

Still waiting for the Ferns to have their luck, probably came in that one game against Norway lol

[@consciouscreator2526]

Why so salty? They r just trying their best to play football. If they lose, try again. Australia did qualify for the previous 3 world cups isn’t it. 😊

[@biggiedii4889]

And guess what? That World Cup that Australia almost didn't qualify for went all the way to the Semi Finals!! New Zealand on the other hand had one lucky game against Norway and didn't even show up for the other two games 😂😂 You Kiwis should be thanking Australia for making the World Cup a success. We did all the heavy lifting esp with crowd numbers which were awful in Nz.

[@silverblood8355]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@stacyvelma8223]

Fowler

[@auntypizza]

Spot the hetero

[@Baduycooking]

haha bobo

[@crusader3012]

What's all the fuss about? Australia women's soccer thrashed a fledgling team from a third world country where soccer isn't all that popular anyway and every body is carrying on like they are world beaters. How about being a little humble huh?

[@seafluxgaming2083]

Tbf the Philippines is a World Cup team but yea definitely not the best. But just the movement and overall quality of play by Australia shows that they had a great game and are improving. And 8-0 is a great margin on any day.

[@iakadayrneh]

The third world has nothing to do with anything, South American countries are third world and have won World Cups in men's football. In Women's international football the AFC Asian region is a competitive and hard confederation it's hard for the national teams like the Philippines and Iran to advance any further. Unlike the weak confederation in Africa and South American in Women's football with national teams like Colombia, Argentina advancing due to lack of competition or a weak nation like Nigeria to dominate in Africa. In Women's international football Europe and Asia regions are harder for the upcoming national football teams to go further in competitions. If the Philippines joined the OFC or CAF which is Africa they would be competitive with weak national teams. At least the Philippines women national football team does their best to compete in tougher confederation I respect them for that.

[@crusader3012]

@@iakadayrneh blah blah you fool; my comment was aimed at my country behaving like world beaters and celebrating a win without being humble about it. If you are pino then you should be proud of your teams effort for having a go. Read before you leap.

[@djizzah]

Why is Australia playing a team like this, phillipines looked silly and should be playing at a lower level until they improve

[@AlphabetCookie]

They're not playing based on level here. It's based on location. It's seeing which Asian teams qualify for the Olympics.

[@landryharrell7]

This is Olympic qualifiers- you don't get a choice lol. You can't just pick whoever you want to get to the olympics lol

[@user-wc6fb4yn9e]

Then, blame the AFC. Lol 😂

[@kirobayhon6088]

Stupid. Any team would not improve by playing at a lower level.

[@iakadayrneh]

This is not mens international football where South America dominates. This is women's international football. Where South America is irrelevant it's much easier for low level South American national football teams to Qualify in the Olympics than it is for the Philippines or Iran to Qualify in the AFC Asian confederation. Especially in North America it's very weak and the CAF Africa region is another weak confederation. The Philippines are just unlucky they have to face Former World Cup Champions Japan, and tough teams like China, Australia, South Korea,North Korea. If the Philippines were in South America or Africa they would qualify much easier due to the lack of opposition in these regions. In Women's football Europe and Asia are more successful and are much harder to be up and coming.

[@apoxapex]

Why do women jump out of the way from a strike at goal??? Or are Philippines that untrained and awful?

[@wildurfra]

Yes

[@warrenscottholland127]

yes

[@apoxapex]

yes

[@dan-dp3dq]

cause 5 or 6 days practiced only before this qualifying tournament started caused all of these players plays at different clubs around and they have new coach last month September 2 2023 fairly new. the reason why philippines beat Australia (last year AFF 2022 Australia o - Philippines 1) and New Zealand ( last world cup NZ 0-1 Philippines) is because of their Former Coach (Coach Alen Stajcic) also Former Coach of Matildas 2015 team.

[@AlphabetCookie]

Nobody jumped out of the way. Why do men always talk shit.

[@Arkaromada]

Low quality football

[@zztop7000]

British commonwealth VS US commonwealth

[@markdowse3572]

Pretty darn good effort. Well played, Matildas! 👍 M 🦘🏏😎

[@LockyZoe-ir3xj]

Did you I went on the field because I was a Mini roo. Go Matilda's 🥅🏟️⚽️