SPANISH striker Bienvenido Marañon ran riot, scoring a hat-trick to highlight United City FC’s 6-0 rout of Mendiola FC last Saturday for its second straight win the Philippine Football League at the PFF national training center in Carmona, Cavite.
Displaying his all-around attacking prowess, Maranon opened the match with a header in the 12th minute, added another with 20-yard strike in the 25th, and a third from the penalty spot.
His Senegalese strike partner Robert Mendy also found his groove, coming up with a brace with goals in the 38th and 60th minutes as UCFC stayed on top of the table. Midfielder Mike Ott added the sixth goal with a 52nd penalty kick in wrapping up the lopsided match.
It was a rude welcome to the tournament for Mendiola.
“We definitely played better than our last game and I think that our rivals just gave up mentally after falling behind 4-0 in the first half,” said Franklin Muescan of UCFC who also handed pro debuts for Miggy Clariño and Pocholo Bugas.
Muescan said his side can still improve.
“We still have to dominate as much as we can on ball possession and we really want to impose our will against the opposition by overloading more players inside the box,” he said.
Mendiola coach Dan Padernal is upbeat his side can still contend with four matches left in their schedule.
“You really cannot make silly mistakes against a top caliber team like United City and not pay for it,” admitted Padernal. “But we still have four games left so it is still mathematically possible for us to get back into the competition. “
Notwithstanding the hat-trick, Marañon said the end goal is to claim the title.
“It doesn’t matter if I score one, two or three goals what matters is that the team won and we got our three points,” said the AFC Cup record goalscorer
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