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| Ghana FC at Matchday 2 of the Philam Life 7s Football League |
The afternoon saw Kaya FC flex its expertise in the age groups through its Academy teams, with stiff competition from Simon Greatwich's G8 squad and the revitalized Bohemians Sporting Club under the leadership of Jason de Jong.
In the Seniors side, Tondo FC defeated H&J All-Stars, 3-1, an impressive performance that Coach Mark Balbin credits the addition from Marikina City.
Balbin says, "Kasi in Tondo, we play the attacking side so more of us specialize in dribbling which makes the defensive side our loophole. The ones na kinuha namin from Marikina, mga defenders, we know yung caliber nila kaya ni-recruit namin sila as part of the team. Yung squad namin is composed of 14 players and sinabi namin is we know those players [H&J All Stars] who are not young, unlike some of our players na mas bata sa kanila who are more technically and physically good."
He also added, "Sinabi ko na lang sa kanila is to pressure kasi may mga subs naman na pwedeng pumalit so all out kapag nasa field, wag magpipigil sa sarili and pagurin yung sarili nila. Kahit yung mga subs ganun din sinabi ko, all out din kapag nasa field. Yung lang ang ginamit namin na tactic against sa kanila. Tactically speaking, sa loob, wala kaming ginagawa masyado kasi alam naman namin na mabibilis kami so all out lang ng all out."
Bohemians Sporting Club fell behind twice against Real Amigos FC before escaping with the 3-2 victory in extra time.
BSC head coach Mikee Carrion shares, "A come from behind win is always difficult. I think we started out a little bit too relaxed, Real Amigos came out with intensity, came out really with high pressure, I think out players were a bit too relaxed but then we got the first goal - unlucky because it was a rebound, they scored one goal, but you know that’s football, breaks of the game. But like you’ve said, we’ve kept our game, we continued to play our game, eventually, we were able to come back and get to 1-1. Then they were able to get to it again at 2-1 and then at the second half, I think we put on much pressure or intensity. We picked it up and we got to get the equalizer. In the last few seconds, they gave up a 6th foul and that’s a penalty so we got to 2-2, then I didn’t know that there was extra time. Anton was saying that there’s still 5 minutes of extra time and then we were able to get that golden goal and the victory."
Defending champions Super Eagles continued their dominance with an 8-0 win over Superbad. After scoring three in the first half, they did not let up by netting an additional five more in the second. Their head coach credited their hard work and determination for their impressive performance, noting their commitment and desire to retain their title.
Taking place at the other side of the field, Delimondo-Laro FC and Ceres FC battled through a nip-and-tuck matchup, with former trailing twice in the second half before completing the come-from-behind 3-2 victory from the spot.
Former United Football League standout Joaco Canas shared after the match, "We pushed a bit more, then they got the lead then we pushed again to pressure them after they got the lead again, we kept on pushing. I think our game tonight was more entertaining in the second half compared to the first one."
Ghana FC managed to dispatch Stallion FC 3-1 in their matchup, as they continue to live up to their statement to give all teams a run for their money after last season's runner-up finish.
Coach Ayi Bimbo says, "It was a very intense game, Stallions is one of the professional teams in the Philippines and they even started training before the season began, they prepared really well. Playing against them, you know, it’s really going to be tough. Our game plan today was to play 3 defenders, 2 midfielders and one attacker, first half, we scored the only one which we tried to hold down to the 1 up until halftime and then we got another goal at the start of the second half, which is really a good goal. Then when we conceded a goal, we started panicking especially when we conceded a penalty, good thing our goalie saved it, and then less than two minutes later, another penalty which our goalie saved again. We have to give all the glory to our goalkeeper for saving those two penalties."
Sam Yakubu adds, "It was so hard, really wasn’t easy. 2 players down and our Coach is out. It’s very frustrating but we came together, we played together as a team and focused at the game, played how it is."
Completing the slate of matches in the Senior Division is Deportivo Matu's 5-0 victory over Futbol Fanatics.
Deportivo coach Chris Johnson says after the win, Great feeling, obviously, especially being here, great people, a lot of people supporting us. It started off really rough. First half, I think we manage to have a lot of composure when Nico [Bolzico] starting, obviously and we managed to keep the ball quite well, we managed to keep them out of our 6 meters because it is the most important thing for us – starting off and then we capitalized it on the second half so we’re quite satisfied with that."
Complete Matchday 2 results below:
Youth Division [U9]:
FFast vs. Loyola (0-1)
BSC vs. FFast (2-0)
G8 vs. FFast (1-1)
Kaya vs. FFast (5-0)
Sugod vs. G8 (0-8)
Kaya vs. Ceres (2-0)
Sugod vs. Loyola (0-0)
BSC vs. Socceroo (0-0)
Youth Division [U13]:
Loyola vs. Super Fanatics (0-1)
BSC vs. Futbol Funatics (3-0)
Kaya vs. Fanatics (5-0)
Socceroo vs. G8 (0-1)
Kaya vs. Ceres (2-0)
Socceroo vs. Loyola (0-0)
G8 vs. Fanatics (1-0)
BSC vs. Ceres (2-0)
Youth Division [U11]:
Loyola vs. FFast (0-1)
BSC vs. Kaya (0-0)
G8 vs. FFast (0-0)
Kaya A vs. Kaya B (2-0)
Socceroo vs. G8 (0-0)
Sugod vs. Kaya (0-1)
Loyola vs. Ceres (2-1)
BSC vs. Sugod (0-1)
Youth division [U15]:
Loyola vs. Futbol Funatics (0-0)
Kaya vs. Futbol Funatics (2-2)
Voltes vs. Futbol Funatics (0-1)
Kaya A vs. Kaya B (1-4)
Sugod vs. BSC (3-0)
Kaya vs. G8 (6-1)
BSC vs. Loyola (0-3)
BSC vs. G8 (2-1)
Seniors Division:
BSC vs. Real Amigos (3-2)
Tondo FC vs. H&J All Stars (3-1)
Delimondo-Laro FC vs. Ceres FC (3-2)
Super Eagles vs. Superbad (8-0)
Ghana FC vs Stallions FC (3-1)
Deportivo Matu vs Futbol Funatics (5-0)
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