The fourth FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 fixture between the Philippines and Switzerland resulted in the favour of the Swiss side. They defeated the debutants, the Philippines by 2-0 and earned a well-deserved three points from the game. Ramona Bachman scored a spot kick right before half-time and gave Switzerland a lead. Then, Piubel doubled the lead in the 64th minute of the game. The Philippines started the game quite strongly, but the Swiss team slowly found themselves in the game and then it was only them who dominated the entire match.
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Philippines vs Switzerland | Lineups | 10:00 A.M.
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Philippines vs Switzerland | Live Blog
10:25 A.M.: The players are out of the tunnel. The game is all set to start.
10:30 A.M.: Kick Off
4': Early corner for Switzerland
7': Philippines have got off to a brilliant start
13': Switzerland are slowly coming into the game
16': Offside! Katrina Guillou scored but the flag is up
26': Maritz commits a foul
30': Philippines survived the Swiss attack
37': Crnogorcevic missed the best chance of the game
45': Bachmann has the chance to break the deadlock just before the half-time break as Switzerland got the penalty.
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 LIVE Blog: Philippines vs Switzerland | Goal!!!!.. for Switzerland
45+1': Bachmann scores for Switzerland.
Philippines (0) vs Switzerland (1) | Half-time
There goes the whistle and Switzerland will start the second half with a 1-0 lead over Philippines
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46': The teams are back underway at Dunedin
48': Switzerland have come up with intensity in the second half
55': The Philippines try to play their way out of the back
62': Switzerland are in far more control of the game in the second half
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 LIVE Blog: Philippines vs Switzerland | Second Goal!!!!.. for Switzerland
64': Piubel gave the finishing touch after some heroic goalkeeping from McDaniel. She denied Crnogorcevic and then Sow at close quarters but ultimately conceded the second goal of the game.
70': Crnogorcevic again threatens the backline of the Philippines team but couldn't find her second goal.
80': Final 10 minutes of the game
84': McDaniel makes a nuisance of herself in the Swiss box now but she can't manage to get a shot off on target.
90': four minutes of added time
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Philippines (0) vs Switzerland (2) | Full-time
Switzerland gets a comfortable 2-0 victory over the debutants, the Philippines at the Dunedin. A well-deserved victory for the Swiss side.