AFTER a blazing start in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, the Philippines yielded to host Malaysia 7-8, in day 2 of the men’s water polo Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur.
The Filipinos turned a 1-4 deficit into a tied game at 7 in the fourth period on goal by skipper Roy Canete Jr., but the Malaysians got the last laugh as Tan Xi Yun scored the go-ahead with a little under two minutes left.
Alamara Mumar tried to knot the score anew for the Philippines, but his goal wasn’t counted.
The Filipinos defeated Thailand, 9-7, last Tuesday to get the ball rolling for the PH delegation.They need to beat Singapore on Thursday at 11 a.m. to keep their gold medal hopes alive.
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