Japan and India impress in the opening day at at BPI AIA 7s Football Championships on Friday night, opening with a couple wins at the McKinley Hill Stadium.
The former issued eight goals against the Philippines and nine against Brunei, while the latter put five past Brunei and eked out a 2-0 win over the hosts.
The Philippines managed to score first against Japan, with Jappeth Piñero's corner kick deflecting off a Japanese defender in the 11th minute.
It did not take long for a response, as Japan answered back with Takaharu Nakagawa brace in a span of two minutes to take a 2-1 lead after fifteen minutes.
Rusei Okuma would score the third goal three minutes later, and Nakagawa would complete his hat trick at the 27th minute, ensuring a 4-1 first half lead.
Okuma would eventually score a hat trick with two more goals in the second half, with Shohei Agata and Reo Sato completing the scoring.
Against Brunei, Nakagawa, Okuma, and Naoki Oishi each netted a brace, while Agata, Sato, and Tomoya Sekine also scoring.
India kicked off its campaign with Johnson D'Silva and Clinton D'Souza netting a brace against Brunei, with Season D'Souza also scoring.
Yunos Yakim would score the lone goal for Brunei in first half added time to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Brunei would have chances to to cut the lead down further, but were unable to complete, including a one-on-one opportunity against India's keeper.
India capped things off with a second half burst against the hosts, as Mervin Stephen and Craig D'Souza scoring in back to back minutes.
Action resumes on Saturday with the final set of round robin matches at 330pm, with Japan facing India battling who finishes the prelims undefeated, while the Philippines and Brunei battle to determine who does not finish with a winless record.
The semifinal knockout matches will take place afterwards.
All matches will be shown live on the TapGO streaming application.
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