MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - The Philippine team lost to Poland in the knockout stage of the 2011 Homeless World Cup on Thursday.
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau’s Bong Agustinez reported that the Filipinos yielded to the Polish footballers, 1-11.
“Natalo tayo... parang nabigla ang mga manlalaro natin. Pinag-aralan yata ng Poland ang laro natin, na tayo'y mabibilis daw. Kaya ngayon parang nagulat 'yung mga player natin, mabibilis din ‘yung Poland,” said Agustinez.
The Philippines will go up against a crucial match against Scotland later in the day.
It will need to score 2 more wins in the knockout stage to advance to the medal round.
“Mas lalo silang magsisigasig sa paglaro nila sa Scotland kasi ‘yun ang kelangang kelangan nilang ipanalo. Kasi pag natalo tayo doon medyo mawawala tayo kasi bukas Brazil at Portugal [ang makakalaban], mas matindi ‘yun,” said Agustinez.
The Filipinos earlier beat Croatia in their opening game in the knockout stage.
The Philippines is clustered with Croatia, Portugal, Scotland, Poland and Brazil in Group C.
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ReplyDeleteWTF = “Natalo tayo... parang nabigla ang mga manlalaro natin. Pinag-aralan yata ng Poland ang laro natin, na tayo'y mabibilis daw. Kaya ngayon parang nagulat 'yung mga player natin, mabibilis din ‘yung Poland,”