MANILA (11 Aug 2013) – The Philippines Under-19 could not have gotten a bigger test than playing a game against the senior side this week where they fell to a 4-1 defeat at the Emperador Stadium.
The team which is being prepared for next month’s AFF U19 Championship in Surabaya fell to a hat-trick from Mark Hartmann and then another from OJ Porteria. The only goal for the Philippines U19 came off Diamante.
For the AFF U19 meet, the Philippines are placed in Group A against Group A Laos, Australia, Timor Leste, Singapore and Cambodia.
Group B are Brunei DS, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.
