The Manchester City custodian earned her second continental honour, having also been part of the 2018 squad.
"It was good that we could get a good result and keep a clean sheet. But I think we can still improve and even that one goal that we conceded against Korea Republic could have been avoided and that is my only regret in this competition. .....
✨ 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥 ✨
— #WAC2026 (@afcasiancup) March 21, 2026
𝘼 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.
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