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    Filipinas lose to world No. 3 Sweden in unofficial match

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    THE Philippine women’s football team lost to world No. 3 Sweden, 5-1, in an unofficial match held at Sweden’s base camp in NZCIS in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

    The match was held behind closed doors and played with three 30-minute periods.

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    Stina Blackstenius had three goals while Fridolina Rolfo and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd had one apiece, according to a match report posted on the Sweden women’s football team website.

    Even with the loss, the match enabled the Filipinas to gauge themselves against a world powerhouse in Sweden before they go up against Switzerland on Friday in their historic Fifa Women’s World Cup debut.

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      “I hope that they can really show that we can be a force and can be competitive in the world stage,” said Filipinas head coach Alen Stajcic before the unofficial match against Sweden.

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