Australian Mark Torcaso insists his Philippines outfit won't be mentally scarred by the 8-0 thrashing suffered at the hands of a Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr-inspired Matildas outfit.
Foord and Kerr scored hat-tricks at a sold-out Optus Stadium on Sunday as Australia booked their place in the next round of Olympic qualifying.
The result left the Philippines' Olympic hopes dangling by a thread.
Only four Asian Confederation teams qualify for the Olympics - the three group winners, and the best runner-up.
With Australia sealing top spot in Group A, the best the Philippines can hope for is to finish second on six points by beating Iran on Wednesday, while also hoping no runner-up from Groups B and C has done better.
If it comes down to goal difference, the Philippines might be in trouble, given theirs is now minus five.
Torcaso, who also coaches Western United in the A-League Women, has a simple solution to that: "We'll go out and score eight like the Matildas did," he said with a smile.
"We had a goal to get as many points as possible in this tournament, this competition, and our goal was we wanted to get six points definitely.
"Anything else beyond that was a bonus. So if we go out and get the three points against Iran (and finish on) six points, that's great.
"If that means we qualify., even better. If we don't, it's a learning (for us)."
Torcaso doesn't think it will be hard to help his players rebound from the embarrassing loss to Australia.
"I think it's just the culture of these girls and the Philippine girls in general - they won't back down," he said.
"An 8-0 result for them, it's just, 'Let's worry about the next game now'."
Torcaso was proud of the way his players embraced the challenge of taking on the World Cup semi-finalists.
"There was a player playing right back that hasn't even got a club, and she's playing against Caitlin Foord," Torcaso said.
"There's players out there who are struggling to find clubs to play for and they're matching up against the world's best player. So it's a challenge on its own.
"But they wanted to take the challenge on. They were excited to be up against it and try their best."
The Philippines were being coached by current Perth Glory men's coach Alen Stajcic when they beat NZ 1-0 in a Women's World Cup boilover earlier this year.
They put up a brave fight in a 2-0 loss to Switzerland, but were overwhelmed in a 6-0 defeat to Norway.
Torcaso took over from Stajcic after the World Cup, and he's embraced the challenge despite the obstacles of leading a minnow nation.
