Women's World Cup | Popular! The Philippines beat host New Zealand 1-0 to win the first cup in the history of the team!

Yangtze Evening News, July 25 (Reporter Zhang Chenxuan Zhang Hao) On July 25, Beijing time, in a match in the second round of Group A of the 2023 Women's World Cup, the Philippines defeated the host New Zealand 1:0 and broke out the upset. The Philippines scored their first goal and first victory in the Women's World Cup in their history.

In the 24th minute, the Philippines' free kick on the right flank was hoisted into the box, and the first point was cleared by a header, Eggerswijk followed up with a cross from the right, and Bolden scored the only goal of the game with a header from the middle!

In the 68th minute, New Zealand's Wilkinson hit near the bottom line on the left, adjusted a step and got up and passed to the back of the goal, and Hande headed the ball into the top right corner of the goal!

However, not long after the New Zealand team was celebrating, the referee ruled that the goal was invalid because Wilkinson was offside. According to the retrospective, Wilkinson's offside was "scalp level".

In the second minute of injury time, New Zealand had a good chance to equalize, but Grace Jarlet's close-range push was saved by Philippine goalkeeper McDaniel, who played very bravely and became the hero of the Philippine victory!

In the end, the Philippines beat New Zealand 1-0 to win the first Women's World Cup in their history and also claimed their second Asian team victory in this tournament, the last time was Japan's 5-0 victory over Zambia.

Proofreading by Xu Heng