by Raffy Bosano, ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - Azkals coach Michael Weiss was not happy with the national football team's performance in a test match at the Rizal Stadium Wednesday afternoon.
With less than 2 weeks before the team heads off to the Middle East for a series of matches, Weiss admitted that the Azkals have lot to improve on.
"The preparation now, as far as the Challenge Cup is concerned, is far from ideal," he said.
However, Weiss does not entirely attribute the team's performance to the players alone.
"It doesn't look so good if I compare this to last week's performance. But on the other hand, if you come together only once a week and meet for only for a short time, the result can really be like that," he explained.
Weiss said the Azkals will have 3 matches abroad.
The team will be in Dubai on February to face the Azerbaijan team and Australian under-23 team.
They will also head to Qatar for a match against Al-Arabi.
He stressed that it is important for the team to meet every day to be able to develop their strategy, defensive tactics and set pieces.
He also hopes to make best use of their limited time, saying that they no longer have the same grip on players as they used to.
Nevertheless, Weiss remains optimistic.
"Hopefully, the team grows together and plays together as we did last week with the Koreans. Because today was not a very outstanding performance," he said.
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ABS CBN news should have told us the result of the friendly....
ReplyDeleteWhat Azerbaijan tteam will they be playing ? Probably scheduled as first match on 10 February
Hopefully Azerbaijan U-21. They have a Euro U-21 qualifier on Feb 29. Maybe they're preparing for by going abroad? hehe
DeleteIf all the UFL teams are based in Manila, why won't the UFL allow their players to train with the national team in the morning. I don't see why the players can't train with their club as well as the national team on the same day on different schedules?
ReplyDeletetinatago ng abs ang results kasi talo.
ReplyDeleteso magtanong-tanong tayo sa mga kilala natin sa global.
yung tungkol sa di nirerelease, umiiwas lang ang clubs na ma injured ang players nila.
pero pag fifa dates na talagang irerelease nila or else lagot sila kay tito fifa. hehe
Seems that they lost 3-2 to Global Fc ?
ReplyDeletethe azkals werent taking the match seriously accoring to some reports. some players in the azkals werent even wearing shin guards
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