Karl Decena, InterAKTV
League champion Global reached the United Football Cup finals after edging the Loyola Meralco Sparks, 2-1, Tuesday night at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.
Missing nine of its key players who are in Cebu to train with the national team didn’t hurt Global, with its reserves stepping up early in the match. Cameroonian import Alex Obiang hit the net at the seventh minute to give his team an early 1-nil lead.
Global had a chance to double its lead right after the break, but Sudanese striker Izzo Elhabib missed his shot at goal.
The Sparks had plenty of chances to score the equalizer, but shots by Mark Hartmann and Phil and James Younghusband were off the mark.
Elhabib then freed himself from defenders and scored a goal at the 83rd minute to give Global a 2-nil edge.
James Younghusband quickly countered with a goal at the 86th minute.
After that, things got contentious as referees slapped yellow cards on Roland Sadia and Matthew Uy of Global for wasting time. Delon Yao was also sent off after getting his second yellow card in the final seconds of the match.
Despite its chances, Loyola still failed to score again which could have forced the match to extra time.
The UFL Cup final is slated on Monday and will be shown live on AKTV.
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11 hours ago
"Despite missing many azkals"........ that just sounds so dumb and horrible!!
ReplyDeletephil puro porma, di naman makalusot kay barbaso! isa pa to si harttman! di makagalaw kay angeles pati kay hoshide! mga puro yabang
ReplyDeleteikaw lang yung mayabang dito ulol!
Deletehaha pikon. di mo matanggap?? ok lang yan hahaha!
Deletehindi yan pikon. nagsasabi lang ng totoo. hindi mo nga kilala o kaya nakakausap yang mga tao na yan hinuhugahan mo'ng mayabang. wala namang sinabi e trapo nila ang global ah. careful what you say pisot kasi hindi porke may computer ka at masasabi mo na ang mali. think before you speak e ka nga. lol.
Deletehahahahahaha ok sabi mo eh
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