AUCKLAND: For the love of the beautiful game of football, former national player Miriam Merlin endured a taxing 23-hour plane journey just to show her support for the Filipinas who are making their debut in the FIFA Women's World Cup here.
"I am here because it's sobrang history, eh. Something na hindi dapat i-miss ng mga sports fans," Merlin, who once played for the national women's squad then handled by the late revered coach Orlando Plagata, said in a chance interview at a hotel here Thursday.
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