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Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Ateneo stuns FEU for a draw; UP wins 3rd straight

This appears in the Monday January 24, 2011 edition of the Business Mirror.

Ateneo stuns FEU for a draw; UP wins 3rd straight
by rick olivares

The Ateneo de Manila Blue Booters scored an 86th minute goal to forge a 1-1 draw with defending champion FEU yesterday at the Season 73 UAAP Men’s Football Tournament as the home team’s football field in Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Ateneo salvaged a draw despite being down to 10 players after team captain Mario Marcelo was sent off with a red card following a punching foul on FEU striker Jesus Melliza following a scramble for the ball right before the midfield line. Marcelo will be suspended for two matches.
It was a sorry ending for the Tamaraws who were well on their way to picking up their first win of the season after an early season loss and draw. Team captain and former national player Ronnie Aguisanda scored on a fee kick that found a crack through the Ateneo wall in the 28th minute.

With all seemingly lost for Ateneo, midfielder Gab Siojo’s volley bounced off FEU keeper Leoben Wayco and the ball hit Blue Booter Caesario Kapunan for the equalizer.

FEU had several chances to pull out a win but Aguisanda and Melliza saw two of their shots hitting the goalposts.

In the first of the day’s triple header, UE and De La Salle finished with a scoreless tie while in the main game, front-running UP pounced on a mistake by UST’s defense to score a stunning 1-nil win.

With UST dominating possession and on scoring chances, UP scored on a quick counter attack when Nathan Octavio sent a long cross into the box that evaded Nick Palacio. The ball fell right in front of UP’s rookie striker Jinggoy Valmayor who tapped in the ball in the 67th minute for the goal that was his third of the season.

UP head coach Anto Gonzales thrown out in the 49th minute for excessive complaining to the referee. Because of the send-off, Gonzales will be suspended for one match.

The win gave UP nine full points in three matches to seize the lead in the tournament. La Salle is in second with five points, UE is at third with three points, FEU and UST are tied at fourth with two points each while Ateneo is at the bottom with 1point.

Posted by Rick Olivares

3 comments:

  1. sports kibitzerJanuary 23, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Hey Rick! You mentioned the scuffle between FEU's Melliza and ADMU's Marcelo. I personally know how Melliza plays (in fact , I even know the family) and seems like he got the goat of Marcelo. Guy's really good and fast. Dangerous with his left...they are a family of football players with the Dad a coach himself. Thanks...

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    UP's Villamayor has been doing well especially for a rookie, I wonder what his history is... (perhaps we'll see a feature about that guy and the other players? *wink* *wink*).

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  3. Rick OlivaresJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    It's Valmayor. And yep, we're going to have a feature on these footballers soon!

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