The Philippine Azkals had a rough outing Wednesday night, as they fell to China, 8-1, in a friendly at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou.

The visiting Filipino side had no answer for its higher-ranked opponent, which got off to a quick start courtesy of defender Ren Hang, who scored three minutes into the match.

Xiao Zhi doubled the hosts' lead in the 25th minute, but the Azkals managed to pull one back in the 33rd thanks to a Misagh Bahadoran conversion.

Unfortunately for the Pinoy side, that would be the only goal that they could muster.

On the other hand, China was just getting started.

Yu Hanchao ended the first half with China's third goal, scoring in the 43rd, while Wang Yongpo and Yin Hongbo kicked the second half off with back-to-back incursions in the 54th and 57th respectively to put China ahead, 5-1.

Zhang Xizhe joined the scoring party in the 68th, while Deng Hanwen added a brace, scoring in the 71st and 90th respectively.

The Azkals will need to regroup quickly, as they'll be heading to Dushanbe to resume their AFC Asian Cup qualifiers campaign against the Tajikistan national team on Tuesday, June 13th.

This story was originally published on the ABS-CBN Sports website.