The Women's World Cup Group A match was held in the 2nd round on Tuesday (25th), host New Zealand Women's Football Team faced the Philippines. The Philippines, who were considered to be a lowly team before the match, finally beat New Zealand by 1 goal with a goal scored by striker Sharlene Boldin after goalkeeper Davies Maidan flew to the right and left throughout the match, and won their first ever victory in the history of the World Cup.
New Zealand won their first match 1-0 against traditional rivals Norway, and now they are facing the 46th ranked team in the world, the Philippines, who are in their first ever final week, of course, they want to make another victory and reach the last 16 in a historic way. The hosts took the initiative to attack in the early part of the match, and they even created a lot of chances to score, but unfortunately, they failed to capitalize on them. It was not until the 24th minute that the opposing team's striker, Salina Boldin, scored the Philippines' first goal in World Cup history with a header from a teammate's penalty kick in the penalty area, helping the team to open the scoring, and New Zealand was down by one goal at halftime.
