25 March 2011

Azkals beat Tigers, enter Challenge Cup finals

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Azkals barged into the 2012 Challenge Cup finals by hammering out a sensational 3-0 victory over the Bangladesh Bengal Tigers on Friday.

Filipino-Spanish striker Angel Aldeguer Guirado was a revelation for the Azkals after scoring 2 goals in the second half of the game taking place at the Aung San Stadium.

Guirado’s first goal came early in the second half after heading in a shot from Ian Araneta. He followed this up by striking another goal in the in the 80th minute.

Earlier, Araneta scored the first goal in the 41st minute of the game after picking up a loose ball off Guirado.

The Filipino booters started out aggressively, launching a full attack against the Bengal Tigers. The aggressive play resulted to an early injury stoppage that had Bangladesh’s Zahid being carried off the field.

Guirado and Chieffy Caligdong also made sure to keep the Bangladesh defense busy by closing in several goal attempts.

The Filipino squad also put up an excellent defense with team captain Aly Borromeo, Anton del Rosario and Ray Jonsson clipping Bangladesh’s wings.

The Azkals had a scare in the first half when Bangladesh nearly scored on a loose ball. Fortunately, Filipino-British keeper Neil Etheridge came out to clear the ball.

ABS CBN News

4 comments:

  1. FIRST AFC CHALLENGE CUP FINALS! ANOTHER HISTORY MADE AZKALS!
    By the way, the title of this post gave me some instant goosebumps because, in more common recognition, "Tigers" in Asian football refers to South Korea. lol
    Hope someday we can beat the real Tigers in the continent!

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  2. amoy tigers lang mga nakalaban natin

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  3. tawag sa south korea ay TAEGUK WARRIORS!

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  4. Yes currently they call themselves as Taegeuk Worriors but they used to be more known as The Asian Tigers during 80's-90's, with their symbol seen in official logo being a tiger.

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