The Philippines’ under-22 men’s football team in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games that opens on Monday faces a tough job against the region’s crack junior elevens, notably Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

The mission for the young Filipinos, as reported, is to at least land in the Top 4 of the competition where, happily (depending on your favorite or “hated” futboleros), all 11 Southeast Asian countries, including Timor-Leste, are represented.

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