MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – The head coach of the Philippine Azkals under-21 and under-23 teams, Zoran Djordjevic, was released by immigration officials on Thursday after he was temporarily barred from entering the Philippines.
The 60-year-old Serbian, who represented the Philippines in the recently-concluded Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Cup in Brunei, spent the past 3 days detained in a room inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.
Djordjevic arrived on board a Brunei Airlines flight BI689 but was not allowed entry because he had already used his single-entry visa card when he first entered the country last January 14, 2012 and left for Brunei with the Philippine football team, immigration authorities said.
The Serbian coach was released from the airport at around 7:15 p.m. and headed straight to his hotel.
The coach has been in constant communication with officials of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), who negotiated for his entry.
Djordjevic said he returned to the country to conduct football lessons.
"All I want is to teach Filipinos how to play football and I don’t want any problem," he said.
He is under contract to head the Philippine team that participated at the Hassanal Bolkiah cup. -- Reports from Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News; Raoul Esperas
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