Kaya
overcomes a deficit to upend Diliman FC
by rick olivares
October 15, 2011
Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Kaya Cignal FC living up to the
meaning of their team name of “yes, we can,” overcame a 2-1 deficit, the loss
of their team captain to a knee injury, and the sending off of a teammate to
deal Victory Liner-Diliman FC a stinging 3-2 loss in the third play date of the
2011 UFL Cup.
Fresh of their 7-nil conquest of ABC
Stars FC, the University of the Philippines-based eleven looked to pick up from
where they left off with star striker Jinggoy Valmayor netting a goal in only
the third minute.
The conceded goal steeled Kaya as they
dominated possession and went on the attack with newly-acquired striker Nate
Burkey scoring on a deflected strike in the 21st minute following a brilliant
throw in by Jason Sabio. Kaya’s defense repeatedly had Diliman’s pair of
wondrous midfielders – Anto Gonzales and Stephen Permanes – coughing up the
ball. Without the link up from the middle to the attack third, Bob Salvacion’s
squad had to resort to long balls just to get their attack going.
Younghusbands,
Hartmanns, spark Loyola to a 15-1 thrashing of Team Socceroo
by rick olivares
October 15, 2011
Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Team Socceroo should learn from this
15-1 beating.
One of the country’s newest football
clubs entered the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium two hours before kick off
singing songs while their supporters cheered them on. The merriment continued
all the way to their dugout where they got dressed and taped for the big game.
In contrast, the Loyola Meralco Sparks
arrived without fanfare despite their galaxy of stars. And maybe it’s best to
describe, “glided in like a shark” for after 45-minutes of play, the revealed
the true predator within.
Entering the first match of Group B* play
with an offensive-minded 4-3-3 formation, the Sparks wasted no time in putting
scores on the board as Mark and Matthew Hartmann scored the first three goals
of the match. Then Phil Younghusband, who a week earlier rediscovered his
scoring touch against Nepal in an international friendly, began to pepper the
thoroughly overmatched and outclassed Team Socceroos with five goals.
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Did game analysis for the matches on AKTV last Saturday. Muchos gracias to Aaron Atayde and Jason Webb!
Did game analysis for the matches on AKTV last Saturday. Muchos gracias to Aaron Atayde and Jason Webb!
sir, your commentary assignment yesterday was pure biased. we heard not a commentator but a Kaya fan. you should have at least stayed neutral or just stayed away from the mic.
ReplyDeleteThat's your opinion. And I am not a Kaya fan. Actually, I have many friends among that Diliman team and have written quite often about them. Suck up that loss and don't look for cobwebs where there aren't any.
ReplyDeleteSocceroo is a JOKE!!! A highschool team in Barotac or Sta. Barabara Iloilo can also score 15 goals against them...It's a waste of time watching them play..they don't even know how to kick and pass the ball properly..if you watched the game closely, they really suck!!!, the girls screamed because of their looks and not because of their skills..wtf! the second game though is what you call a treat to soccer fans like me....
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