MANILA, Philippines – Myanmar's Yangon United denied Ceres-Negros of a 2019 AFC Champions League berth early in the preliminaries with a 2-1 win on Tuesday, February 5, at the Pana-ad Park and Stadium in Bacolod.
Yangon advances to the second preliminary round of Asia's elite club football tournament to face Chiang Rai United on Tuesday, February 12.
Even with new additions midfielder Miguel Tanton and Alvaro Silva, the Bacolod-based squad failed to conquer the visiting team which it defeated in the 2018 AFC Cup Zonal semifinal.
Ceres-Negros will represent the Philippines in the 2019 AFC Cup together with Kaya-Iloilo FC.
Yangon opened the floodgates as Brazilian midfielder Vinicius de Oliveira fired a free kick from the edge of the box toward the bottom-left corner in the 28th minute of the game.
After Ceres dodged a bullet for the Myanmar National League champion to double the lead, captain Stephan Schrock scored off a back heel in the 44th minute to equalize at 1-1, thanks to an assist by Martin Steuble.
The Burmese club halted the home side's momentum in the second half as Kaung Htet Soe came up with a close-range strike to take the lead, 2-1, in the 58th minute.
OJ Porteria had the best chances to knot the scoreline in the second half but his first attempt was saved by Yangon keeper Kyaw Zin Htet in the 68th minute, and his strike off a rebound was denied by the crossbar in the 72nd minute. – Rappler.com
https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/222769-afc-champions-league-game-results-ceres-yangon-united-february-5-2019
Ceres is defeated by a team from Myanmar who only had 4 Foreign players and the rest are their homegrowns including their head coach Myu Min Tun- a Myanmar native. Meanwhile Ceres are reinforced with all foreign born Filipinos(with only 4 players who are listed as Foreign) who are born from different parts of the world and with different style of play, with a Serbian coach in the lead. The problem with Ceres is their over reliance with combustible Shrock and to foreign born pinoys. They are not giving playing times to their local born players which could have make a difference in the long run of the league and to the future of the club as well as the development and promotion of true Philippine products. Panaad maybe full at 7k capacity but I doubt majority of those who watched really paid for their tickets. As for my friends opinion, they dont want to watched in personal with Ceres due to no presence of any local born players in the starting line up. They feel they dont have to cheer for a team even if their form the same province due to the fact that they don't have any affinity to the players in the line up. No Bacolod player or Negros player in the starting line up to really cheer to. Ceres knows how to market its club but they forgot to give a Negros player (if any) to show his/their stuff in the field or as starting eleven. No homeboy patriotism for Ceres and that;s what's lacking them.
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