THE Philippine national men’s football team will continue to seek an elusive win in the 2024 Asean Football Federation-Mitsubishi Electric Cup Football Championship.
After returning home from their weekend game in Vientiane, the Filipino booters will clash with Group B leader Vietnam at 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
The Filipinos come into their encounter with Vietnam after drawing their encounter with Laos, 1-all, on Sunday at the New Laos National Stadium.
A few days ago, the Filipinos also played to a 1-all stalemate with Myanmar in a home game in Manila.
The two draws have put the Philippines in third place in their bracket, behind Vietnam (2-0-0) and Indonesia (1-1-0).
This time, national coach Albert Capellas hopes to have a better result.
“We look forward to playing against Vietnam. It’s a good team,” said Capellas, who remained upbeat that they can still reach the semifinals.
The Vietnamese side is in high spirits going into their game against the Philippines after beating Indonesia, 1-0, for the solo lead Sunday in Viet Tri City.
Vietnam earlier pulled off a 4-1 swamping of Laos last Dec. 9.
“We hope to be in the semifinals. We need another win to get there,” said Vietnam’s Korean coach Kim Sang Sik.
