Global Fc survived Kaya Fc in extra time

Karl Decena, InterAKTV

Reigning League champion Global FC needed extra time to escape Kaya FC in the quarterfinals, 2-1, to earn a berth to the next round of the United Football Cup Tuesday night at the University of Makati.
National team members Demit Omphroy and Misagh Bahadoran provided the scoring for Global, which will face the winner of the match between the Loyola Meralco Sparks and Philippine Army FC in the semifinals.
Kaya controlled the match early, with African forward Eric Dagroh creating multiple chances at the goal which failed to hit the net.
But Global was the first to score as Omphroy slotted the ball inside the goal off a Bahadoran miss at the 33rd minute to give his team a 1-nil edge.
Eddie Mallari then blasted a shot from way beyond the box just before the first half ended to help Kaya tie the match at 1-1 at the break.
Both teams struggled to finish on the attack in the second half. Jonah Romero then had a great chance of giving his team the lead late in the match, only to be deflected by Global’s Carli de Murga to bring the match to extra time.
Just over a minute into the first added period, Bahadoran then sped fast his defenders and nailed a goal to bring the lead back to Global.
Kaya had several chances to score in the second extra time, but attempts by Romero, Armand del Rosario and Nate Burkey failed to find the mark.
Global will return to action next week for the semifinals, which will be shown live on AKTV.

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