13 June 2013

Global meltdown as Stallion seizes UFL title

By Karlo Sacamos

THE agonizing wait is over for Stallion.
Global squandered a huge lead and a golden opportunity as it lost to Kaya, 3-2, in another monumental collapse that ended its reign as United Football League champion at the Emperdor Stadium in Taguig on a rainy Thursday night.
Its coronation derailed after settling for a draw against Loyola Meralco in their final game of the season Tuesday, Stallion was finally labelled as champion when everything was over as it finished the season with 46 points.
Global still has a game left in its schedule, but a win could only increase its point total to 43.
In an outcome that mirrored the first-round meeting between both teams, Global built a two-goal lead courtesy of a brace from Izzo El-Habbib, before allowing Kaya to mount an unbelievable comeback to pull off the pulsating victory.
“We went two goals down again and I thought to myself, ‘surely, it can’t happen again’,” Kaya coach David Perkovic admitted. “But when we got that penalty, I thought it was what we needed before halftime last game, and it’s what we needed before halftime this game.”
“One thing we were good at in both games was we didn’t give up,” the Australian mentor continued. “We didn’t think for a minute that we were going to lose. We didn’t panic and we got rewarded for it.”
El-Habbib knocked in the first two goals of the game, with the Sudanese striker scoring nine minutes into the game after numerous fakes that left the Kaya defense in a daze, before doubling the lead in the 35thminute.
The Stallion booters, who came out and watched the game in the stands, were obviously cheering for Kaya but momentarily, couldn’t bear the sight of Global protecting a two-goal lead.
“I thought about leaving at halftime because it was really, really hard to stay here and see them lose,” said Stallions skipper Joaco Cañas, who wore a Dwayne Wade Team USA jersey before switching to a green Stallion kit after the game to celebrate.
Kaya, though, began its rally, starting with a Chris Greatwich conversion off the rebound from a missed penalty strike that hit the right post.
After Junior Muñoz scored to knot the count11 minutes into the second half, Global seemed to have run out of luck as Carli de Murga gifted Kaya with an own goal 10 minutes before stoppage time.
“That (penalty) was the defining point of the game that gave them a wee bit of belief,” said Global coach Brian Reid, who also suffered a separate loss on Thursday after a 1-0 defeat by the Philippine under-23 team against Singapore.
The Scottish mentor also handles the PH under-23 team.
“(Stallion) is the best team in the Philippines now. The hard work of our group of players every day is finally rewarded,” Cañas said as Stallion swept the Cup and League titles this season.

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16 comments:

  1. best in ufl, not in pilippines. they need to win pff club championship to be the best.

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  2. maraming IMPORT and STALLION

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    1. wag mong sabihin na wlang import global e sandamakmak din ang egoy at fil-foreigner dyan,stallion gudluck sa afcpc malamang magagaya din sa global na pulpol lol......

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  3. Pre season tournament lang yan pff club championship and cup format lang kung iisipin. Kailan ba naman naging best team sa isang bansa ang nanalo ng cup? League is more prestigious because of its length and number of games... And if you're trying to imply that Ceres is the best team in the Phils then you must be a die hard fan of theirs or just plain silly. 'Nuff said.

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  4. Stallions durog sa afcpc. Dapat Ceres pinadala dahil sila tunay na champions ng pilipinas. Bulok nman lahat ng teams sa ufl kumpara sa team namin sa bacolod. Kmi pinaka magaling sa football mski ano sabihin niyo mga gungong na feeling marunong sa football e wala naman kayo nagawa o naambag sa laro. Bacolod is still the king of football in d philippines. Pinakamagaling, pinakamatalino at pinakamayaman na mga tao sa bansa. Si jose rizal at lahat na magagaling na presidente at tao sa pilipinas producto namon.

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    1. Ulol marcos is the best taga luzin. Bisaya is for cleaning and washing houses

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  5. Mga tagalog puro lng porma at pera hindi naman magaling. Tsaka wag' nyong ipagmayabang ang NCR dahil polluted ang lugar nyo at over populated pa..

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    1. Mga bisayang nagpupumilit sumiksik sa Maynila ang nag overpopulate at nagpollute ng Maynila. Gusto mo icheck? Punta ka sa iskwater area, malamang magkakaintindihan kayo.

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  6. Bwahaha pasalmt kyo dahil sa ncr makakakita kau ng building, mrt, buses. Pumunta dati ako visayas. Nkabahag pa tao at parang Gubat.

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  7. Mga tagalog bahog bulog! bwahahaha... Pasalamat kayo sa Mindanao at Visayas dahil pagkain nyo galing dito dahil wla puro nlng kayo building. Kainin nyo ang inyong mga MRT, building at buses tapos tingnan natin kung mabubuhay ba kayo! Nyahahahahaha... Utak gung-gong pala taga manila...

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  8. kunting respeto mga pre comment tungkol sa football ang blog dito hindi puro bangayan nyu para kayong mga bandido kaya d umumlad ang pinas ang gobyerno kurakot,mga katulad nyu mga bugok.

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  9. Anonymous17 June 2013 03:30

    You are a dik head...siguraduhin mo lahat ba talaga ng bisaya for cleaning lang baka boss mo bisaya....ikaw naman si ignoranteng daku...

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    1. Bakit me katulong b na galing manila na nmamasukan sa visayas

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    2. Katulong wala pa akong nakita....pero mga puta marami sa hongquera hehehe

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  10. we'll see who's the better team once they meet again on the next PFF Smart Club Championship.
    The last time they met, Ceres beat Stallion; 1-0. then they beat Global, Kaya, then Pasargad.

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