By Mars G. Allison
Cebu Daily News
The 15th Aboitiz Football Cup will open
with no less than the Philippine Azkals as special guests on Nov. 11 at the
Aboitiz Sports Field in Subangdaku, Mandaue City.
The presence of the country’s men’s senior
football team was confirmed by its manager Dan Stephen Palami, who was in town
yesterday for the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement with the Cebu Football
Association and the Philippine Football Federation for CFA’s hosting of the
international friendly match between the Azkals and the Singapore Lions dubbed
as the “Faceoff”.
The Azkals will just be one of the
attractions as the CFA vows to bring back the Aboitiz Football Cup to its
position of being the biggest 11-a-side tournament in Cebu.
Rico Navarro, one of the CFA board
members, said that there has been some concerns that the tournament is losing
its brand equity and CFA’s task is to bring it back as Cebu’s premiere football
league.
As part of the CFA’s plan to bring back
the tournament’s prestige, they have concocted a fun-filled opening ceremony as
opposed to the traditional opening ceremonies.
Aside from the Azkals, the opening day
will resemble a festival with the holding of parlor games such as a juggling
conest, x-mark the spot, longest boot, longest throw, slalom race, longest goal,
and head to head volleying.
FREE TICKETS AT STAKE
These fun games will be open not only to
the participating teams but also to spectators with the winners to go home with
a ticket to the Azkals versus Lions match.
More tickets will also be raffled off
during the opening ceremony.
Booths will also be set up for food and
drinks as well as for photos.
At least 130 teams have already signed up
for the tournament.
The number of participants is expected to
go up with the deadline of submission of entries set on Nov. 9.
Categories to be featured are players 6,
players 8, players 10, boys 12, boys 14, boys 17, U23, girls 17, ladies’ open,
BPO, 38-Above and the men’s open.
Cebu Daily News
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