THE Philippine Azkals Under-22 national team suffered its first defeat after surrendering a 1-2 decision to Myanmar in the 30^th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) on Wednesday night at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila.

Justin Baas carried the young Azkals out of an early deficit with an equalizer before halftime but Win Naing Tung’s late strike spelled the difference for the visiting Asian Lions in the tightly-contested match.