Embassy and Filipino Community Rally as Filipinas Battle Chile in Football Friendlies
Philippine Embassy officials and the Filipino community welcome and cheer for the PHL women’s national football team at the Estadio Municipal de la Pintana (Photos from Santiago PE)
SANTIAGO, 18 November 2022 - The Philippine Embassy in Chile, led by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Jim Tito B. San Agustin, joined by Consul Dennis John C. Briones, Embassy attachés, Chilean local hires and members of the Filipino community in Chile came out in droves and cheered for the Philippine women’s national football team in a valiant effort against Chile in friendlies held at the Estadio Municipal de la Pintana in Santiago.
The Filipinas, despite being undermanned from two early yellow cards, kept the Chilean team to just one point in an exciting and aggressive match-up, but failed to make their own goal ending the game 0-1 favoring Chile. The two teams also met earlier and battled to a draw in an equally exciting match held at the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar on 12 November 2022. Despite the 2nd match loss, the Philippine team proudly displayed the same championship pedigree which won them the 2022 AFF Women’s Championship earlier this year and held their ground against a much-higher ranked Chilean team.
In pre and post-game interviews, Philippine Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires, a.i., San Agustin underscored the Embassy’s and the Filipino community’s shared pride and elation to welcome the Philippine women’s team in their first-ever visit to Chile as ambassadors of friendly competition and sports. END
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Philippine Embassy officials and the Filipino community welcome and cheer for the PHL women’s national foorball team at the Estadio Municipal de la Pintana (Photos from Santiago PE)