THE Philippines committed the same mistakes and suffered the same result as it bowed to North Korea, 3-1, in their international friendly on Monday night to come up empty handed in a two-match home stand at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Coming off a loss to Bahrain with the same scoreline last Friday, the Azkals put up another sluggish start as they surrendered two early goals once again before letting the North Koreans pile the pressure with another goal in the second half at the rain-soaked venue.
Iain Ramsay came off the bench and pulled a goal back for the Filipino booters, but it proved too little, too late as they failed to duplicate their stunning 3-2 win over the North Koreans in the World Cup qualifiers last March.
Pak Kwang Ryong broke the Azkals’ defense 11 minutes into the match with a header off a corner, before Pak Song Chol and Jong Gwan also scored for the visitors, past ‘keeper Roland Muller.
The Azkals got in the score sheet courtesy of Ramsay, who came in at halftime and chipped in a goal past the North Korean ‘keeper in the 76th minute.
Read more at http://www.spin.ph/football/azkals/news/azkals-bow-to-north-korea-in-friendly-to-come-up-empty-handed-in-home-stand#ifC7S1sr4hBA3M72.99
Is there another scheduled friendly before the Suzuki Cup? This will show everybody if Dooley was able and capable to recognize the problem and fix it.
ReplyDeleteFriendly against Kyrgyzstan on November 9 in Manila
ReplyDeleteJonny, there is a very good blog in "Usapang Football"
Deleteunder "The Philippine Azkals’ future is being built on youth" that your Filipino friends should read. As an American with lots of Filipino friends, I commend and applaud the intention of the Filipino blogger.
November 9 is then the moment of truth for Dooley. I have always consider him an over rated soccer player and coach. Remember the 1998 USMNT at the WC, Dooley the captain of the team who lost all group games.
ReplyDeletebat di na lang kumuha ng asian coach? (japanese, korean) sobrang ganda ng football discipline and football philosophy sila. i mean, look at jp voltes, kung pano nila nadevelop mga locals nila. and hindi pa talaga coach si yu hoshide ah. what more kapag sobrang experienced na asian coach ang humawak sa national team. opinion ko lang
DeleteYou have a point Anonymous14 October 2016 at 15:25 pero yung manager kasi hindi marunong mag football yung nakikita lng sa TV ang sinusunod. Caucasian ang ideal nila at wlang trust sa kapwa Asian na mas unique yung sa atin dahil iba ang laro natin dito at nagsisimula pa lang tayo sa Souteast Asian powers. Huwag muna tayo mag target sa World Cup kumbaga unti unti muna kasi fairy tale lng nangyayari ang mga ganyan.
Deletesiya rin ang captain ng usa 1994, yung team na nakatalo sa pinakamalakas na team nun colombia 2-1. na eliminate lang sila sa round of 16 0-1 vs brazil na nag champion sa tournament.
DeleteWC in 1994 was in the USA, so home court advantage. Also, out of the 4 teams in group A, USA was the 3rd.
Delete1. Romania 2. Switzerland 3. USA 4. Colombia. So Colombia was at the bottom, not the best team of the group.
Anonymous14 October 2016 at 15:25
ReplyDeletegusto ko munang klaruhin ang statement mo bago ako mag comment.
gets ko na mas attracted ka sa "style" ng mga asian coaches pero sinasabi mo bang mas malaki ang improvement ng players ng jp voltes sa improvement ng players ng azkals? improvement lang ang tanong ko, hindi skill level.
hindi naman. ang sinasabi ko lang, maganda disiplina as a team. maganda movements sa game, simple touches, simple pass and move and support. tas defending lahat naguusap and bumababa and fitness nila maganda. i mean, yung influence ng japanese players/coach sakanila sobrang laki. and imagine most of their local players (if not all) dito talaga sa philippines natuto maglaro. and in 1 season sa 1st division sa ufl sobrang umangat lalo na football IQ ng mga local players nila again dahil sa japanese players and coach nila. imagine isang japanese or korean coach na may mataas na coaching lisence ang humawak sa national team. anyway thanks for asking happy to clear things out (sana hindi magulo pag explain ko) haha
DeleteAnonymous15 October 2016 at 06:22
ReplyDelete1800's pa nagsimula ang football sa mga "caucasian" na sinasabi mo. sa mga siglo at ilang libong laro at ilang milyong player, teams, coaches, managers na napagdaanan nila, magagarantiya na nating lahat na ng style nasubukan nila at nag sta standout ang anong pinaka epektibo. for sure nakita na nila ang "Asian style". gusto ng malalakas na teams manalo pero bakit di nila ginagaya?
dean's listers halos lahat ng classmates mo, sa mga batugan at hilig mag istokwa ang pinili mong ka group study dahil gusto mo gradual ang pag angat ng grades mo? lol