Davao Football - Calinan, Mintal-B teams top Football Festival-Ungab Cup

THE Calinan and Mintal-B teams bagged titles in the just-concluded Araw ng Mintal Football Festival-Congressman Sid Ungab Cup at Mintal Elementary School.


Calinan nipped the University of the Philippines (UP) Tigers, 3-2, via penalty shootout in their 11-13 years old championship match. The UP Tigers got the runner-up honors instead while the Abba's Child Science School Foundation placed third.

Mintal-B, meanwhile, bested Abba's Child for the 10 years old and below title. The latter settled for second followed by Tacuna and the UP Tigers in shared third.


The elementary girls crown went to Biao Guianga A while Biao Guianga B wounded up second in the event organized by Barangay Mintal in cooperation with the Davao Football Association (DFA) and the UP Mindanao CWTS class.


Mintal sports committee chair, barangay councilor Benedict Adan, represented third district congressman Isidro T. Ungab during the opening rites also graced by Mintal Sangguniang Kabataan chair Norie Fe Manlod, DFA president Rafael Vilela and general secretary Erwin Protacio. (MLSA)

Sun Star Davao

Bacolod Football - 1st Javi Benitez bootfest opens in Victorias today

The 1ST Javi Benitez 7-a-Side Invitational Football Festival unfolds today at the Canetown Subdivision football pitch in Victorias City.

Vying for the top honors in two divisions – ladies and boys’ open – are 19 teams from different football clubs in the province.

Eyeing the championship trophy in the boys’ open are Cadiz Assosacion de Football Club, Jo Tankers-Bacolod, Don Bosco Alumni-A, Don Bosco Alumni-B, Victorias City Selection, V-Mag La Carlota City, EVFC-Boys, Talisay – Minulu-an FC, Colegio San Nicholas de Tolentino-Recoletos Talisay, Bago City FC, and host J. Benitez Football Team .

Clashing in the ladies category are the Victorias City Selection, Cadiz Assosacion de Football Club, V-Mag La Carlota City, Negros U-14 squad, Executive Village Football Club, EVFC-Talisay City Ladies Team, University of St. La Salle-Nursing team and La Salle team.

The one-day football festival is part of Brgy. 19-A festivities, and spearheaded by its village chieftain Carlos Quiatchon and SK chair Thea Durandino.*

source : Visayan Daily Star

YouTube : Philippines - Singapore

Youtube : Philippines vs Singapore

AFF Suzuki Cup - Philippines vs Singapore match info

Singapore Lineup
Hassan Sunny (GK); Noh Rahman, Baihakki Khaizan, Daniel Bennett, Juma’at Jantan; Shahril Ishak, Shahdan Sulaiman, Mustafic Fahrudin (Isa Halim 88′), Fazrul Nawaz (Md Ridhuan 47′); Aleksandar Duric, Noh Alam Shah (Khairul Amri 68′)

Yellow cards: Isa Halim, Noh Rahman, Shahdan Sulaiman, Alam Shah

Philippines Lineup
Neil Etheridge, Robert Gier, Anton Del Rosario, James Younghusband, Alexander Borromeo, Emelio Caligdong (Roel Gener 83′), Jason De Jong, Chris Greatwich, Ian Araneta (Joebel Bermejo 78′), Ray Jonsson, Phil Younghusband

Yellow cards: James Younghusband, Chris Greatwich, Ian Araneta

Singapore 1 - 1 Philippines: Late Greatwich strike shocks Singapore

Chris Greatwich claimed a spectacular injury time equaliser to earn the Philippines a surprise but well-deserved 1-1 draw with three-time champions Singapore in Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium in group B of the AFF Suzuki Cup on Thursday evening.

The England-born midfielder popped up to push home James Younghusband's late cross to earn the Philippines a rare point in the final stages of the competition.

Aleksandar Duric looked like he had done enough to earn Singapore the win with his goal in the 65th minute but Greatwich scored with one of the last kicks of the game to earn the Philippines a point their play throughout the 90 minutes had deserved.

Singapore struggled to impose themselves against a tricky opponent who refused to roll over and the Filipinos left the field with their reputation enhanced after qualifying for the AFF Suzuki Cup finals for the first time since 2007.

Simon McMenemy's team refused to be overawed by a Singapore side that featured many of the squad that had won back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2007.

Singapore threatened as early as the ninth minute when Jumaat Jantan tried his luck from long range and goalkeeper Neil Etheridge could only gather the ball at the second attempt.

But rather than sparking a period of dominance for the former champions, it was the Philippines who looked the more likely to create the first opening in the subsequent exchanges.

The Younghusband brothers James and Phil were at the heart of much of their side's enterprising play and it was a fine run from Phil that opened up play to allow Ray Jonsson to fire off what was ultimately wide of the target in the 16th minute.

Noh Alam Shah's frustration in front of goal started as early as the 17th minute when, left one-on-one with Etheridge, the goalkeeper did enough to deflect his effort wide for a corner. Two minutes later, Alam Shah's effort evaded the attentions of Etheridge but was just wide of the target.

As Alam Shah miss-fired in front of goal, Shahdan Sulaiman presented the most serious threat to the well-drilled Philippine defence, pushing his 31st minute effort off target when he had time to pick his spot.

With four minutes left in the half, Shahdan thought he had scored when his shot looped over Etheridge only for Anton del Rosario to acrobatically clear the ball before it crossed the line.

Singapore continued to labour in the early exchanges of the second half and they could have gone a goal behind if Emelio Caligdong had shown more composure on the hour mark, but the midfielder dragged his shot across the face of goal from the edge of the area.

Five minutes later, though, the Singaporeans finally broke through. Alam Shah somehow managed to bundle his way to the bye-line before curling the ball over the defence and onto the head of Duric at the far post.

The former champions could have doubled their advantage with five minutes remaining only this time Duric saw his close range attempt deflected wide by Rob Gier.

That reprieve gave the Philippines the opportunity to salvage something from the game and, as the Singaporean defence failed to clear the ball as time ticked away, Greatwich struck a goal that will be long remembered within Philippines football.

aseanfootball.org

AFF Suzuki Cup : Philippines 1-1 Singapore FT !!

AFF Suzuki Cup in Hanoi

2. Dec Philippines - Singapore

Time : 10 GMT , 11 CET , 17.00 Vietnam and 18.00 Philippines

TV : Star Sports

Livestream : bet365.com (need to register)

AFC TV Pay TV from AFC , US $ 5

Other livestreams :
Myp2eu

Livescore : www.futbol24.com or www.spbolive.com

Bleachers Brew' blog from AFF Suzuki Cup

Visit Singapore football forum : Kallangroar


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1-1 FT !! Philippines scored in 90 min


Vietnam - Myanmar 7-1 (2-1)

AFF Suzuki Cup - Laos drew Thailand, Indonesia win

First match in AFF Suzuki Cup today , Laos drew Thailand 2-2.


Indonesia beat Malaysia 5-1