Football is a religion around the world, uniting 90 percent of the countries around the world,' exclaimed Alen Stajcic, the much-celebrated coach of our women's national football team. A debutant in this year's World Cup, the Philippines managed to upset one of the co-hosts, New Zealand, in one of the most nerve-wracking yet thrilling sports events of the year yet. The joy was inexplicable. Not only in the Sky Stadium in Wellington, where tens of thousands of Filipinos were drenched in ecstatic triumph, but also across numerous malls, which provided free broadcast of the much-anticipated match before huge cheering crowds.

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