By Mark Giongco
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Football Peace Cup, formerly known as the Long Teng Cup, kicks off Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
The Philippine Azkals, who finished second to Hong Kong in last year’s tournament, will battle it out against Guam, Macau and Chinese Taipei.
The Azkals though, won’t have the services of Phil and James Younghusband.
Despite the exclusion of the two football stars, Chieffy Caligdong, who took home the Golden Boot award last year, remained upbeat of the Azkals chances.
“We have new faces in the team. Siguro mas malakas kami ngayon (as compared to) last Long Teng Cup,” said Caligdong, who led the tournament with four goals, in a press conference. “Every team wants a good result.”
“We’ll probably rotate [players] a little bit. I’m willing to give the players their chances,” said head coach Hans Michael Weiss.
The Philippines opens its campaign against Guam before battling Macau Thursday and clashing with Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
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They should be good enough to win. If you combine the populations of Guam and Macau it is only about 750,000. A nation of over 80,000,000 should be able to find 11 players who are good enough to win. Taipei will be another issue. I think baseball is the main international team sport there, and that is why they have a low ranking.
ReplyDeleteLOL at you bringing up the population debate (or whatever term you like).
Delete"We have new faces in the team. Siguro mas malakas kami ngayon (as compared to) last Long Teng Cup, said Caligdong"
ReplyDeleteUlol! We're significantly weaker than last year! The goalkeeper and the back line alone is a big cause for concern!
i agree!!!sacapano??mas ok pa cguro si cuaresma!..
DeleteIn my opinion Chinese Taipei will win the tournament.....without the Younghusbands...who will score? Ian? Probably not....he even fails to hit an empty goal. And even last time the 3-0 vs Guam was far beyond convincing and now without two of the strongest players? I have serious concerns in what direction the NT goes....first it seemed football has finally found its way and now all seems to be like a bad joke or puppet theatre where the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing....
ReplyDeleteis chieffy even looking at the azkals line-up.. I don't a shit idea where he came with that were better than last years. Long teng cup team.. that pure horse shit...
ReplyDelete1.Aly Borromeo, Defender, Kaya FC, Captain
2.Emelio Caligdong, Midfielder, Philippine Air Force FC, Vice-Captain
3.Phil Younghusband, Forward, Loyola Meralco Sparks FC
4.James Younghusband, Midfielder/Defender, Loyola Meralco Sparks FC
5.Mark Hartmann, Forward, Loyola Meralco Spraks FC
6.Matthew Hartmann, Midfielder, Loyola Meralco Sparks FC
7.Jeff Christiaens, Midfielder, Torhout KM, Belgium
8.Carlos De Murga, Defender, Racing Club Portuense , Spain
9.Roland Muller, Goalkeeper, MSV Duisburg, Germany
10.Lemuel Unabia, Defender, Green Archers United FC
11.Raymark Fernandez, Defender, University of the Philippines
12.Neckson Leonora, Defender, Pachanga FC
13.Oliver Poetschke, Midfielder, BFC Preussen Berlin, Germany
14.Angel Guirado, Forward, Global FC
15.Jason De Jong, Midfielder, FC Dordrecht, Netherlands
16.Misagh Bahadoran, Forward, Global FC
17.Roel Gener, Defender, Philippine Army FC
18.Eduard Sacapaño, Goalkeeper, Philippine Army FC
19.Lexton Moy, Midfielder, Kaya FC
20.Ian Araneta, Forward, Philippine Air Force FC
look at the squad last year...
what he means is MASAYA siya kasi makapag full time bwakaw na siya and no star to steal his thunder.
ReplyDeletehaha true!
DeleteIpasok nio na lang jan si El granada para makashoot kayo sa goal ng kalaban
ReplyDeleteIm starting to hate this Chiefy guy. He is trying to get the attention now that the Yhusbunds are out. Im starting to hate the team. Just let them wait if they loss a scoreless game, they will get all the ranting from us.
ReplyDeletetalagang maraming naiinis sa caligdong na yan. ayaw ko sa kanya talaga. hindi naman siya magaling kung tutuusin.
DeleteGod Willing and God bless.
ReplyDeleteMaging bulag nalang sana kayo at maramdaman nyo ang tunay na manlalarong pinoy. Isang magandang example yan c CC,"heart, pride n glory" dala ang bandila ng Pilipinas. Masyado mapanghusga yung nakikita ng mata lalo na't araw-araw nakita sa TV at yun pa yung pinapanigan. Lagi lng natin tandaan na WALANG SINO MAN ANG HIHIGIT PA SA NATIONAL "TEAM" kahit sang lugar ka mapunta.
ReplyDeletewell said. love the sport. support ur NATIONAL TEAM
Deletehey i think what chieffy means by a better team is that this team is more bonded and has a better chemistry. id rather support a team who plays for each other rather than a team who plays by its superstars. still azkals is our national team! everyone should support it! love philippines
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