By: Randolph B. Leongson
The Philippine Azkals won’t be having much preparation before they face North Korea to continue itstheir 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying journey.
Philippine Football Federation (PFF) general secretary Atty. Ed Gastanes announced that the international friendly between the Azkals and Vietnam, which was originally slated on October 3, has been cancelled.
Gastanes explained that the date fell outside of the international window, which starts on October 5.
Fifa has specific dates on its calendar where international friendlies can be played and clubs can release its players for national team duties.
Also, Global FC stalwarts like Misagh Bahadoran, Daisuke Sato, and Amani Aguinaldo are going to be unavailable for the supposed friendly as the 2014 United Football League champs will play Japanese side Albirex Niigata in the semifinals of the 2015 Singapore Cup.
The Azkals return to the pitch on October 8 against Group H leaders North Korea in Pyongyang.
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10 hours ago
Just another day in the republic of cancellation.
ReplyDeleteYan ang problema pag marami Foreign based at isang team lng sa UFL ang mga azkals galing. Mahirap ba mahalin ang mga homegrowns? Wla bang say ang PFF dyan? Palami nlng ba lahat ng decision sa Men's? Mag civil war nlng kaya tayo para mamatay lahat ng corrupt at mapalitan ng mga bagong henerasyon na marunong magmamahal sa kapwa at ito ay ipagmalaki sa buong mundo.
ReplyDeletePag banban mahirap talaga. Tama na pamumulitika mo
Deletewala tayong magagawa mas mataas talaga ang individual skill level ng foreign based booters...
Deletekung puro homegrown ang gusto mo sa NT...malamang 0-40 ang tambak ng Uzbekistan sa Pilipinas.
magpasalamat na lang may Palami na nag bankroll sa NT...
Ang PSC-POC at ang Republic of Malacanan kasi walang pakialam sa Philippine sport..
idi0ts. what about phil and ott and reichelt and steuble and all the other players who ARE free that time. wala na. boo azkals.
ReplyDeletethe azkals game was cancelled because the Philippine basketball team (gilas) is very likely to appear in a championship game (fiba asia) on that same day. gusto niyo bang langawin ang azkals.
DeleteThis could have been a chance to experiment non-Global players to the team. This should be maximized.
ReplyDeleteHow about a non-official friendly against south korean leagues even though it is outside the FIFA international dates. We should make most of what we have.
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