Unlike the easy victory of the Vietnamese women's team against Indonesia, the confrontation between the Thai women's team and thisppines in the semi-finals of the two women's football events of the 33rd SEA Games was extremely tense.
Both teams entered the game cautiously, creating a tense match with many dangerous situations but lacking goals in the first half.
In the 12th minute, Thailand almost opened the scoring from a corner kick, a header after Srangthaisong's cross that hit the Philippine crossbar.
In the 39th minute, the scenario almost repeated itself when Natalee Ngosuwan took a difficult corner kick, continuing to make the Philippines' crossbar shake for the second time in the match.
After the break, the Philippines women's team began responding. In the 48th minute, the Thai defense made a mistake, creating an opportunity for Kristine to launch a close-range shot.
However, the ball hit the home team's defender before reaching the crossbar, much to the regret of the Philippine players.
The turning point of the match came in the 53rd minute. Taking advantage of the indecisive clearance of defender Long Moriah, striker Jiraporn Mongkoldee rushed down to handle the ball neatly, opening the score for Thailand.
The home team then continued to create pressure and almost increased the gap in the 70th minute, but once again the crossbar denied the goal.
With the victory seemingly in Thailand's hands, the Philippines was unexpectedly awarded a penalty in the 86th minute for a touch in the penalty area by the home team's defender.
On the 11m mark, Jael Marie calmly finished to equalize the score 1-1. The two teams had to enter the competition in 2 extra periods but the result remained the same.
In the penalty shootout that decided the winner, the Philippines team was calmer and more confident to defeat Thailand with a score of 4-2, thereby officially entering the final of the 33rd SEA Games to meet the Vietnam women's team.
