Guillou strikes late as Filipinas salvage 1-1 draw

Coach Alen Stajcic could not be more proud of the way the Philippine women's football team performed in holding highly-ranked Costa Rica to a 1-1 draw on Saturday (Manila time). "Ninety minutes of courage, hard work [and a] lot of resilience," Stajcic said after the first of their two friendlies held at Estadio Alejandro Moreta Soto in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose. The Filipinas were moments away from suffering another close-shaved defeat to a fancied side when Katrina Guillou came to the rescue by rebounding her deflected attempt to stun the home side. It cancelled an opening goal by Priscilla Chinchilla in the 57th as the Philippines got a morale-boosting result in ...

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