By Alder Almo
Pachanga pulled off a shocking reversal against the fancied Loyola Meralco Sparks, 2-1, Saturday night to move on top of Group C in the 2012 United Football League Cup at the University of Makati football field.
Pachanga atoned for its stinging 0-1 defeat to Nomads on an own goal last Tuesday by cashing in on its chances in the second half.
Against the Sparks, who welcomed the return of their national players including the Younghusband brothers, Pachanga leaned on two second half goals for the upset win.
After Korean Byeong Yeol Jeong’s goal gave Loyola the lead before halftime, Ernest Appiah hit the equalizer for Pachanga in the 59th minute.
Ariel Zerrudo found the back of the net 11 minutes later for the lead which Pachanga held on against the charging Sparks. It was a sorry loss for the Sparks, who had 19 on target but could only make one against Pachanga’s nine on target.
Pachanga went on top of Group C with six points and hold a one-goal difference against Nomads with similar six points but with a game on hand.
Loyola remained at third spot with three points on a 1-win, 1-loss card.
Earlier, Global clinched the first seat in the quarterfinals by rounding up their elimination campaign in Group A with its third win against a lone draw.
Global shook off a scoreless first half and leaned on Alex Obiang’s brace for the 4-nil win over Phil. Navy. Izzo El Habib started the flurry of goals for Global at the start of the second half. A minute later, Obiang followed suit and connected one more in the 51st minute.
Kevin Umberto Capolei capped off the blistering win by Global with a goal of his own seven minutes later.
The Navymen never recovered from that four-goal wave by Global in a just a span of 13 minutes.
Pasargad, meanwhile, dealt Team Soccerroo another ruthless blanking, 8-0, in the other Group A action.
Team Soccerroo, which is coming off a 0-11 beating at the hands of Global last Tuesday, sank deeper in the bottom of Group A with their third straight loss.
Masood Shedideh scored five of Pasargad’s eight goals to vault on top of the scoring leaders with a total of seven followed by El Habib’s six.
Pasargad are in a neck-and-neck battle with newcomer Gen. Trias International for the second quarterfinals seat in Group A. Pasargad (6 points on 2-0-1 win-draw-loss card) is trailing Gen. Trias (7 points on 2-1-0 win-draw-loss card) by a solitary point in the standings but could jump ahead with a win in their Oct. 30 showdown.
Kevin Umberto Capolei capped off the blistering win by Global with a goal of his own seven minutes later.
The Navymen never recovered from that four-goal wave by Global in a just a span of 13 minutes.
Pasargad, meanwhile, dealt Team Soccerroo another ruthless blanking, 8-0, in the other Group A action.
Team Soccerroo, which is coming off a 0-11 beating at the hands of Global last Tuesday, sank deeper in the bottom of Group A with their third straight loss.
Masood Shedideh scored five of Pasargad’s eight goals to vault on top of the scoring leaders with a total of seven followed by El Habib’s six.
Pasargad are in a neck-and-neck battle with newcomer Gen. Trias International for the second quarterfinals seat in Group A. Pasargad (6 points on 2-0-1 win-draw-loss card) is trailing Gen. Trias (7 points on 2-1-0 win-draw-loss card) by a solitary point in the standings but could jump ahead with a win in their Oct. 30 showdown.
philstar
come on global! my kids are cheering for you!
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