Philippines vs Tajikistan ｜ Highlights ｜ AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers

We will see who will be able to impose themselves especially in the opening 10 minutes of this match. Will it be the side of Coach Gela Shekeladze or will it be Coach Carlos Cuadrat who steps in after the departure of Coach Albert Capellas. It's a massive, massive challenge for the Philippines in this one. If they want to take the next step and become an Asian level of football team, they need to be able to win matches like this. Again, Tajikistan, an Asian Cup quarter finalist in the recent competition. It doesn't get better than that. Here we go, Tajikistan in white getting it started. Good boys levels early on here at the stadium. Struggled to control the game in their last match against the Philippines in the Kings Cup. And again, that was a different line of early slip here. A chance to attack for the Philippines. Garrett Holtman with an opportunity! And that goes wide of the post. He had all kinds of time to pull the trigger there. Just could not find the target. Early shot for the Philippines. Ott emerges. Getting Nihom involved. Jesper floats it through. It's a strong challenge. And it's going to be the first yellow card of the match. You can see all man, no ball. Even though it looked like the ball got caught under the foot of Randy Schneider. That does not matter. Scored a lovely goal here last time out. And here he is. Kristen Simm turning on the jets. Pulling the trigger. And again, just wide. Bailey. Out wide. Holtman. Zico Bailey can pull the trigger here. That's the first attempt on target for the Philippines. Pulling the trigger from distance. He does have that in his range. Came very close to scoring last time out against Maldives. Struck the upright. Players on the pitch need a bit of encouragement. Over the top. Kristen Simm getting there. Twisting and turning. Winning a corner kick. About pace, Bjorn Kristen Simm. He's tricky as well. See the body faints. Steps on the brakes there. Pulls it to his left side. Fired it with his left foot. Usually quite a threat. Offensively. Has a right back. He's got his hands full. Number 15. Cervone as well. That's a late challenge. Trying to drag back and stop the counterattack from Kristen Simm and it's a yellow card. Let's have a look at it here. Needing to recover. Pulls his arm across to stop the forward momentum of Bjorn Kristen Simm. Derek Holtman. Perhaps the more likely to take. Takes it. Off the crossbar. And in for Bjorn Kristen Simm. Off the rebound. Bjorn Kristen Simm puts the Philippines ahead. The crowd goes wild. He's got a cannon of a left foot. It's beating the goalkeeper and it's hit the bar. Kristen Simm reacts first and it's a diving header into the side netting. Philippines ahead. He's all alone there against two Tajik defenders. And he continues his scoring streak for the Philippines. Fantastic noise levels here at the new Clark City Stadium. It's starting to get heated here. Garrett Holtman gets a yellow card. Garrett Holtman showing his passion in his first home match for the Philippines. Not taking any nonsense from the visitors today. Also has to be careful. Jeff taking a risk. And it's snuck through there. Kevin Mendoza unable to keep that one out. It goes under his body and into the back of the net. You can see the disappointment in his face. Jeff opting to put it looking for a teammate down the middle. It fell right to the Tajik attacker. Garrett Holtman up against two. Cutting inside. Looking to pull the trigger there. Junaboev getting there just in time. Counter attack still on here for the visitors. It's a clean challenge. No! Foul just outside the box. Very adventurous running from Pashan Bet. Let's have a look here. Reyes a little nibble there. Look at this. Squaring the ball. Was there contact here at the edge of the box? Says there was. Nihom coming across the back of Pashan Bet. It's going to be a yellow card given. It's a penalty. It was not outside the box. It looked like on the replay it was outside the box. Oh my! Wow! Chance here for Tajikistan to take the lead right before halftime. It's something we're going to have to take a look at. Was that contact inside or outside the box? But nevertheless penalty here! What a finish! Top left corner from Omar Baev Parvizon Getting it to Holtman out wide who's back on the left side. Gets the ball in straight into the hands of the goalkeeper. Learning how to find their moments in a match. That could be it. The halftime whistle is blown by our referee Hassan Akrami. It's been an uneventful opening 45 minutes here at the new Clark City Stadium. at his pace and his ability in one-on-one situations. We'll see if he is able to impose himself here early in this match. He's on the right side. He's more of a threat to cut into the middle and to unleash with his left foot. Looking for Schneider here. It's a good touch forward. Randy Schneider! Just talking about players down for Tajikistan. Philippines can play on and they should. Holtman squares it! Cushioned it into the path of Christensen. It's cleared away. Corner kick. See the ball here from Sandro Reyes. Cushioned into the path of Christensen. Not taking any chances. Bakay has Holtman out wide. Barrett Holtman out. Gets the cross in. A couple of players scrambling there. Sandro Reyes. Tabinez has room. Reyes gets the ball in. Tajikistan literally everybody back defending for them. Schneider's corner. It's a good one! Garrett Holtman was there or rather Jesper Niholm heads it into the ground but wide of the target. He was all alone there. Rather disappointed. He wasn't able to make the most of it. That was a bit surprised. He had so much room. And one good attempt that went over the bar from Amidog. Leipold lovely pass to him. Andre Leipold now getting it to the end line. Cutting it back. Chance here! Headed away! Great move from the Philippines. Player down. Trying to think of it. Here we see what Andre Leipold can do. That had to hurt. Right onto the head. Garrett Holtman with an opportunity to pick his spot. That was not a foul. Winston Cinna done well to shield the ball. Certainly took a lot of contact from behind. Aguinaldo now checks in. Niholm replaced. They plug the gaps. Kept the Philippines quiet. Leipold now. Chance here! Stopped by the goalkeeper. That's a big one. Andre Leipold lightning quick with a drop of the shoulder. Gets that inch of space. Fired it with a lot of pace as well. And it's a great stop. Will the pressure pay for the Philippines? It's fallen kindly for Christensen! 2-2! Yeah! Absolute mayhem at the new Clark City Stadium. And it's come from a very simple goal. From the goalkeeper. A quick mistake. And like a predator, he pounces. Bjorn Christensen. One touch. Second. Back in the net. Is there time for one more? Schneider trying to get Bakay involved. Keeps it in. Easily cleared away. Schneider keeps it. There's a foul. The referee is needing to sort this one out. Schneider being booked. Giving a yellow card. Both players being given a yellow. Schneider trying to get a bit of a clarification on why he's been booked. Let's have a look at that moment. He's won the free kick. But he's been given a yellow card. Perhaps for that reaction where he's pulled. A bit of a strange one, really. A lot of extras here. Yellow card being given to number 6. Keep track of all of them. Let's have a look at it here. It was a delivery from Schneider. Aguinaldo had gone for it. And it was clean from Aguinaldo. Amani not happy with the player staying down. I'm not sure why he was booked there. Honest attempt at the ball. Perhaps for having a strong word by the Philippines. Looks like Brontini and Dinan Dimog will be making their way in. I'm curious to see who comes off. Fly called. Fly was up. Gonna be a free kick for the Philippines. Tajikistan unhappy about that call. It's gonna be a free kick in a dangerous area for the Philippines. Substitution will be delayed. You see here. Fly pulled. Difficult to complain there when you've got your arm around the neck. It's 100% passion. Amani Aguinaldo Garrett Holtman's free kick now. Into the box it goes. And it's safely into the hands of the goalkeeper. Into the box it goes. Headed away. And that is it. Full time at the new Clark City Stadium. A very, very hard-fought draw. Lots of drama in the second half. The Philippines knocking on the door relentlessly until they found 10 minutes to go. Two goals in the first half for Tajikistan. Had them on the verge of three points. But in the end, not quite enough for them. The Philippines keeping their spot atop Group A with this result.