Former women’s national football team coach Ernest Nierras believes that the current crop of Malditas has a great chance of qualifying for the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Women’s World Cup in 2019.

Nierras, who now acts as the technical director and assistant coach of the national squad, is optimistic that the Pinay team can make it to the top five teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Women’s Cup 2018 that will guarantee them a berth in the highest women’s football competition in the world.

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