New Zealand v Philippines: Women’s World Cup 2023 – live - 11 minutes read




Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd with that, I will leave you. What a result in Wellington. What a day for the Philippines. Disappointment for New Zealand. Phew. Until next time.So, the Philippines move onto three points, the same as New Zealand. Switzerland (also on three points) and Norway are up next. It’ll be interesting to see how this one pans out, with all still to play for in Group A. My colleague Sarah Rendell is already up and running on that one, join her below:What about New Zealand? Spare a thought for the Ferns, who will now have to bounce back from a disheartening result – all the more so given the highs of opening night – if they are to qualify for the knockout phase. What a rollercoaster it has been already for the co-hosts. Had Wilkinson not been ruled offside on 70 minutes, and Hand’s goal counted, it could have been a very different story.What a match that was, and what a result for the Philippines. They executed their gameplan perfectly – soaking up early pressure, before hitting on the break through Bolden and then holding firm defensively as the match progressed. Bolden’s status in her country was already high; it’ll be off the charts now. Olivia McDaniel also deserves huge credit for an impressive performance in between the sticks – she stood tall in the face of New Zealand pressure, and pulled out a top-drawer save in the dying moments to effectively secure victory.Full-time: New Zealand 0-1 Philippines90+6 mins: There it is! Unbridled joy for the Philippines! They have a first World Cup victory, thanks to Sarina Bolden’s only goal of the game! Amazing scenes in Wellington!90+5 mins: The Filipinas are hanging on by a thread… McDaniel falls on the ball, and that might well be it!90+4 mins: Bott lets fly from miles out. Easy for McDaniel. That seems like it was the wrong decision taken by Bott.90+3 mins: WHAT A SAVE BY MCDANIEL! She might just have won the match for her team! She sticks out a big hand and turns Jale’s sidefooted volley around the post! Again, what a save!Updated at 08.26 BST90+2 mins: The Philippines bench can’t bear it any more – they’re on their feet, biting nails. They’re so close….90+1 mins: The ball pings off Harrison and New Zealand will have a corner… Wilkinson is there, McDaniel comes! But the Ferns striker can’t direct her header on target and it skews wide!90 mins: Into added time we go. Can the Philippines hang on for victory? Five more minutes to be played.88 mins: Time is ticking away. Still New Zealand press forward. Longo handles accidentally on the edge of the box and the Filpinas get some respite.87 mins: Frilles is through here! The flag is up – she’s way offside – but she plays on. The flag goes down, the ball hits the back of the net, but then the flag goes back up and it won’t count!85 mins: Chance for the Philippines now but Frilles can’t capitalise on a botched clearance. Still Bolden’s 24th-minute goal is the difference between the two sides.83 mins: New Zealand have switched to a 3-4-3 in a desperate bid to salvage something from this game.82 mins: Goalscorer Bolden is taken off, along with Cowart. On come Bugay and Frilles. New Zealand also make a change: Percival off and Jale on.81 mins: New Zealand press forward once more. Chance tries her luck from the edge of the box, but she gets too under the ball, which flies over the bar.80 mins: Into the final 10 minutes, and the chances of a home win are diminishing every minute that passes.78 mins: This is great to watch. Esson slightly fluffs a clearance, but the Philippines can’t capitalise. Straight down to the other end, and Wilkinson goes down, but the ref doesn’t give it. Boos ring out. More changes are imminent.76 mins: Chance bursts clear, but she lacks the pace this time to escape Randall, who came on with Annis six minutes ago and I didn’t notice.75 mins: Here’s another free-kick to New Zealand. Bowen dinks it forward again towards Wilkinson, who gets a head (or is it a shoulder?) to it. Straight into McDaniel’s hands!73 mins: Chance again gets clear but again her cross is slightly sliced and the ball floats straight into McDaniel’s hands.71 mins: The Philippines have 20 minutes to hang on and record the most famous of wins. Meanwhile, the technology shows how close that offside call was – Wilkinson’s upper shoulder appears to have been offside.69 mins: The roof lifted off for a moment there! Still New Zealand search for an equaliser.Disallowed goal!68 mins: Jacqui Hand thinks she has headed New Zealand level! Riley pumps the ball forward to Wilkinson who does extremely well to retrieve the ball from the goalline before dinking across to Hand, who nods home! But it’s chalked off as it turns out Wilkinson was offside from Riley’s pass. From elation to deflation in a matter of seconds for the home crowd!68 mins: Chance again runs at Barker, and takes her on. But her final delivery drift too close to McDaniel, who gratefully claims.67 mins: Here come the Philippines though – they are not a spent attacking force in any way! Harrison’s cross is decent, but the Ferns’ defence deals with it this time.66 mins: This is getting tense now, as New Zealand push forward in search of an equaliser, and the Filipinas back line gets stretched.65 mins: Ooh! New Zealand are getting closer! Again it’s Chance involved – her pass in behind the Philippines defence is inch perfect… Hand takes it first time but sees her effort smack back off the post and straight into McDaniel’s hands!63 mins: Looks like the Philippines are going to make a change – Isabella Flanigan comes on to replace Eggesvik.61 mins: Chance is perhaps lucky not to see a yellow here as she leaves in a boot on McDaniel down on the goalline, as Barker shepherds the ball back to her keeper.59 mins: Another chance! Bott plays an incisive ball into the path of Wilkinson, who looks like she’s going to reach it until McDaniel, who has hared off her line, gets there first to make a sliding cleareance!57 mins: Ooh! Best chance of the game for New Zealand! The corner is played differently, back to Bott instead of straight into the box. It gives her a better angle to deliver the ball, and it works as Wilkinson gets there, but can only direct her header over the bar! Inches away from an equaliser!56 mins: Chance is having a big impact on this game. She’s willing to take on her marker, and beat her. Another corner won.54 mins: Another email, this one from Benhar Limpasan Jr. “I can relate to what Hannah feels even if she supports Man United (ahem Liverpool fan here), it’s been a decade since I got introduced to the MBM via the 2010 World Cup and since I am at work, I can only catch glimpse of the game and rely solely to your liveblog. I’ll probably remember this forever as I first saw the goal update in the Guardian right before I actually saw the goal.” Glad to be of service!52 mins: McDaniel is less composed than she was earlier as she attempts to punch a New Zealand corner clear now. No major dramas though, and the Filipinas clear their lines.51 mins: “Hi Mike.” Hi Peter Oh. “How does the saying go? Fortune favours the Bolden?” In this case most definitely! But this half has started in the same vein as the first – with the Philippines soaking up NZ pressure.50 mins: It dissipates quickly as McDaniel easily claims the free-kick, which was far too close to the Filipinas keeper.49 mins: What a run by Hand! She skips over one challenge but the second, from Beard, upends her. Beard will get a yellow for her troubles. And New Zealand have another chance to get a ball into the Philippines box. Excitement builds in the crowd…48 mins: Percival’s corner swings over… Bowen goes over in the box, but she’s actually the one penalised. Free-kick given the Philippines way.47 mins: Longo involved immediately as she sends Wilkinson away down the New Zealand left. And then Chance gets involved, winning a corner with pretty much for first touch!Second half under way46 mins: Back under way at the Cake Tin! And New Zealand have rung the changes in a bid to get back into this one. Two substitutions made by coach Jitka Klimkova – Longo and Chance on for Riley and Hassett.Enjoying the Guardian’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup? This live blog is only possible thanks to funding from our fans all around the world. We don’t have a paywall, so everything we publish is open and free for everyone. Unlike so many others, the Guardian is fiercely independent – meaning we don’t have a billionaire owner who can censor us.Fund quality sports journalism from the Guardian today from as little as £1. It takes less than a minute but makes a huge difference.Support the GuardianHalf-time: New Zealand 0-1 Philippines45+5 mins: There goes the whistle! The Filipinas lead at the break thanks to that Sarina Bolden header – her country’s first ever World Cup goal.45+4 mins: Bowen’s lofted ball forward is headed clear though and that should be that for the opening half. No, wait, Percival hits a half-volley, but it’s not a clean strike and McDaniel claims easily.45+3 mins: Steinmetz is tripped by Guillou and the Ferns will have a chance to pump a ball into the box right at the end of this half…45+1 mins: Ooh! Guillou fashions a shooting chance for herself – it flies wide of the upright this time, but that should serve as another warning shot to the New Zealand defence!45 mins: Four minutes of added time to be played at the end of the first half. Alen Stajcic will surely be delighted to get his charges back in the dressing rooms with this lead intact.Alen Stajcic, Head Coach of Philippines Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/FIFA/Getty ImagesUpdated at 07.27 BST43 mins: New Zealand have had six attempts on goal. The Philippines have had just that one from Bolden.42 mins: This is a lovely email from Hannah Inserto. “I follow the Guardian minute by minutes for Man U almost every week but this hit home and got me in tears to see our country and that scoreline and that name. Laban Filipinas. Doesn’t matter what the score will be at the end of 90 minutes. This felt good.” What a moment for football in the Philippines.40 mins: Ooh! Hassett gets past her marker on the left and fires a low cross in, that is inches away from Wilkinson! McDaniel claims, and the Philippines will be hoping to make half-time without conceding now.Betsy Hassett of New Zealand in action Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty ImagesUpdated at 07.29 BST39 mins: Simon Chamberlain has emailed in. “I’m at the ground, crowd noise very much coming from the Philippines fans since the goal.” Thanks for the update Simon. They’ve got reason to be noisy.38 mins: Noise levels rise as Riley delivers a cross… it’s cleared but then Bowen spins onto the recycled ball only to see her snap shot bounce wide of the mark!37 mins: Harrison does brilliantly to spin around two challenges on the right flank, but she doesn’t go much further this time.36 mins: Bott delivers a ball towards Wilkinson now, but it’s overhit. Beard shapes to get to it, but pulls out and lets it run all the way through to McDaniel. It’s a different game since the goal.34 mins: A little bit more information on the goalscorer, Sarina Bolden.BoldenUpdated at 07.06 BST33 mins: There’s great noise from the stands. I can’t tell if that’s the New Zealand fans, or those from the Philippines. It’s a decent-looking crowd in Wellington, following on from generally strong ticket sales for the tournament.31 mins: It’s game on here, for sure. The Philippines seem to have taken great heart from taking the lead, and rightly so.29 mins: Eggesvik can count herself unlucky not to win a free-kick but the Filipinas press on and after Esson fails to convince on a punch, panic breaks out in the New Zealand box. The ball plays a bit of pinball and Harrison swings a boot at it! Blocked!Updated at 07.03 BST


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