00:00 In football, even though it's only three years before the next FIFA World Cup,
00:05 the Philippine Azgals will be preparing early for their qualification here.
00:09 But in their current state, what is the group's hope to achieve their dream World Cup?
00:16 That was answered by one of the veteran members of the national squad here in the ULAT Nikaya Sonshon.
00:22 The Philippine Azgals will play in the next month for two international friendly matches
00:29 in the upcoming FIFA International Match Windows.
00:32 They will play against Chinese Taipei on September 8 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei,
00:36 and Afghanistan on September 12 in Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
00:41 One of the veteran members of the national squad, Carly De Murga, admitted
00:45 that the group's training camp will start at the "Getting to Know" stage
00:49 due to the mixed experience and young players who have entered the current national team roster.
00:54 This preparation is for the 2027 FIFA World Cup, which they are targeting to be held.
01:00 They will start this by playing in the FIFA World Cup 26 and AFC Asian Cup 2027
01:06 preliminary joint qualifiers scheduled for November.
01:10 But for now, the 34-year-old booter, De Murga,
01:14 will not refuse to take a small chance of joining the group in the next World Cup.
01:19 I like always to stay positive, but being realistic,
01:22 I have to say, it's such a difficult thing to join the World Cup.
01:25 But of course, we're going to give everything we have to try to go as far as we can.
01:29 But if I have to be realistic, it's going to be very, very, very tough.
01:33 Of course, at the end of the day, football is just a game.
01:36 It's 11 against 11.
01:38 Whereas, as I told you, we're going to give our everything, our very best.
01:41 But it's going to be tough. It's going to be very difficult.
01:44 As the Ascos defender, De Murga,
01:48 is looking forward to the success and progress of the Philippine Women's National Football Team
01:52 that entered the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time this year.
01:57 We just have to follow what the girls did.
02:00 So hopefully, we can imitate them.
02:02 On September 4, the 24-month pool will be expected to be joined
02:07 before flying to Taiwan.
02:10 KSNU's Sean, for TV Sports.
