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Post by Wiking on Sept 26, 2011 19:59:25 GMT 8
Fiery Azkals whip Kaya, all set for Long Teng CupBy Cedelf P. Tupas Philippine Daily Inquirer 10:29 pm | Sunday, September 25th, 2011 The Philippine Azkals wrapped up their preparations for the Long Teng Cup with a 5-0 demolition of United Football League side Kaya FC Saturday in the final match of the ICanServe Invitational Football Tournament at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Held scoreless despite enjoying plenty of possession in the first half, the Azkals ratcheted up the pressure with five goals in the last 35 minutes to put a Kaya side bannered by national skipper Aly Borromeo to the sword. Mark Hartmann, who is also a member of the Under-23 side bound for the Southeast Asian Games blasted a curling free kick from 20 yards to open the scoring before Angel Guirado doubled the lead in the 67th minute. Guirado’s rocket from the edge of the penalty box opened the floodgates for the Azkals, who further pounced on a weary Kaya defense with Chieffy Caligdong making it 3-nil three minutes later. Industrious and enterprising on the attacking third, Phil Younghusband was finally rewarded with two goals in the last eight minutes, including a superb individual effort that saw him beat two defenders before slotting past Kaya keeper Saba Sadeghi. A pair of Fil-Germans, goalkeeper Roland Muller and defender Oliver Poetschke debuted for the Azkals against Kaya, which also lost 0-1 to Global FC in the first match of the charity tournament last Monday. The 25-year-old Poetschke, who plays for German fifth division squad BFC Preussen Berlin, was paired up with James Younghusband at central defense, before partnering with Reymark Fernandez in the second half when Younghusband moved to his preferred right wing position. Both Poetschke and Muller have been included in the Azkals’ 20-man squad for the four-nation Long Teng Cup in Kaohsiung, Taiwan kicking off Wednesday. The Azkals will be playing five international matches in 11 days starting in Sept. 30 when they face Hong Kong in Taiwan. They will also play Chinese-Taipei on October 2 and Macau on October 4. With a full complement of players, including those based in Europe, the Azkals play an international friendly in Singapore on October 7, before returning home for a date against Nepal on October 11 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. sports.inquirer.net/17913/fiery-azkals-whip-kaya-all-set-for-long-teng-cup
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Post by Caz on Sept 26, 2011 20:03:35 GMT 8
Huh. So the Long Teng Cup and Dragon Cup are one and the same? I prefer the latter name. The alternative name of the tournament is "Dragon Cup," but the official name is "Long Teng Cup," according to the Chinese Taipei FA. The name "long teng (龍騰)," which actually refers to the Kaohsiung National Stadium, roughly means "the flying (or galloping) dragon." I just went through pictures of the stadium, it's beautiful! I'm also particularly impressed by the roof being composed largely of solar panels, making it a pretty "green" stadium! www.doaaraku.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Tourist-Information-Taiwan-Kaohsiung-World-Games-Stadium-The-Very-Beautiful-Place-At-Night-550x269.jpgAnd yes, the snaking aerial contour of the grandstands does resemble a dragon somewhat. Good job, Taiwan! I also came across this article praising a couple of players from last year's Long Teng Cup, before the last Suzuki Cup. Ah, the simpler times. pulse.dmc.edu.ph/?p=1331
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Post by stellarboy on Sept 26, 2011 21:28:08 GMT 8
Thanks for appreciating, Caz. You can read my posts around the end of page 5 through the start of page 6 of the thread to know more about the stadium. It's actually where the 2009 World Games were held.
I would like the stadium be filled with Pinoy fans during the Azkals fixtures. Remember the away match in Kuwait? I hope it would be the same in Taiwan as well considering there are a lot of OFWs working in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau! I'm hoping they'll be watching and cheering for these guys.
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Post by stellarboy on Sept 27, 2011 8:12:31 GMT 8
Hello, fellow Azkaleros. As we are approaching this tournament for our Azkals/U-23 hybrid team, I would like to encourage you guys to provide regular updates and analyses on this thread much like we did on the WCQ campaign. We encourage healthy discussions and friendly debate about the upcoming fixtures to let everyone be informed on what's the latest on their progress in this match series. I know the Philippine coverage of the first match of the Azkals/U-23 vs. Hong Kong this September 30 will be on tape delay. So, if you are to follow the game live, I encourage you to use the Taiwanese live stream I provided on the Live Streaming Websites thread. I know you may not understand Mandarin a lot, but I would encourage you to just enjoy watching the fixture though. The coverage will start at 4:00PM local time. I know you will be able to follow the Taiwan (on Oct. 2) and Macau (Oct. 5) fixtures by then since the local media will televise it live. So, why not cheer for them? We like to have that morale boost be given to our national team. So, to our Azkals/U-23 team, GO GO GO!
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Post by Caz on Sept 27, 2011 10:28:22 GMT 8
Part of the excitement for me is the entry of so many new players to the lineup. I confess I've never seen them play before, so I can't even make a fantasy starting XI.
A lot of these guys are the team's future, so I'm REALLY interested to see how they do under the tutelage of Weiss.
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Post by Caz on Sept 27, 2011 10:33:31 GMT 8
I know the Philippine coverage of the first match of the Azkals/U-23 vs. Hong Kong this September 30 will be on tape delay. So, if you are to follow the game live, I encourage you to use the Taiwanese live stream I provided on the Live Streaming Websites thread. I know you may not understand Mandarin a lot, but I would encourage you to just enjoy watching the fixture though. The coverage will start at 4:00PM local time. I know you will be able to follow the Taiwan (on Oct. 2) and Macau (Oct. 5) fixtures by then since the local media will televise it live. Yeah, I'll probably be watching the stream. It'll be interesting to see if I've retained any of my knowledge in Mandarin from my youth. And as usual, I'll be tweetcasting my comments as the match goes on. Hopefully the server will be up to the task of streaming this match for the thousands of Filipinos who will probably do similar. And oh! Here I am on Twitter! twitter.com/callouscomics
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Post by Wiking on Sept 27, 2011 15:07:13 GMT 8
Weiss will have a very hard decision to make. Will he play JYh at CB and risk a less effective offense or play him at RW and have a new CB(say, Oliver P) who has never played an international(correct me if I'm wrong please) and new to the club AND partnering with a recently injured Aly B. who's last game was pretty bad?
Against HK, I personally would like a strong defense even at the cost of it becoming a 'boring' game, much like the Vietnam match.
What do you think?
Thanks for the link Kenneth
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Post by stellarboy on Sept 27, 2011 16:08:51 GMT 8
Weiss will have a very hard decision to make. Will he play JYh at CB and risk a less effective offense or play him at RW and have a new CB(say, Oliver P) who has never played an international(correct me if I'm wrong please) and new to the club AND partnering with a recently injured Aly B. who's last game was pretty bad? Against HK, I personally would like a strong defense even at the cost of it becoming a 'boring' game, much like the Vietnam match. What do you think? Thanks for the link Kenneth Thanks Wiking. I would prefer a "boring" game against HK to make it frustrating for them to score goals. I'm satisfied with the tweaking of the defensive line with JYh at his former position at Chelsea academy. He has the attributes of height (Gener lacks it), vision (Poetschke and Sabio somewhat miss this point IMHO) and speed (Rob Gier's getting slower; Aly B. maybe slight). But him at the midfield will be a good point at the 2nd half if ever we draw against them at the 1st half like they did at the fixture against Kaya FC. He will help the strikers and attacking mids blast those shots. However, I'm more afraid of Chinese Taipei. Having members from the AFC President's Cup champion (Taipower) means something. This team is very intelligent. Upon my observations, their skipper Chen Bo-liang, an attacking midfielder, has helped them pass through the final match against a Cambodian club with his quick passes and maximum possession. And you know what, they prospect a 10-0 win against the Azkals, according to a Google+ post. For me, it's not gonna happen. All of their more skillful Euro-players aren't servicable at this moment (such as Xavier Chen). Their opponent was just Malaysia in the 2014 WCQ (they didn't reach the 2nd round). Another note, their biggest loss was 10-0 against Kuwait in 2006. Sounds intriguing, but true. Knowing that Lexton Moy has played a fixture against the Hong Kong NT during his club career there, I see that he is indeed an asset to our NT. I hope he's motivated to help Coach Weiss with building tactics against these East Asian teams. If proven that this hybrid Azkals/U-23 team can overcome the opponents then it will prove that they have indeed improved and strengthened even further. These young players are the future and we can't afford to lose out on these guys just because of a very destructive loss. I sense a very unpredicatable game out here, do you think?
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Post by sheajane80 on Sept 27, 2011 16:46:44 GMT 8
delusional 10-0 lols.
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Post by locotes on Sept 27, 2011 16:57:16 GMT 8
A Little OT, pardon for my ignorance.
Hong Kong Football National Team? Wait. Why did FIFA allow Hong Kong to have their own National Team when that place is now part of China as a whole. I understand the case of Taiwan or Palestine. But Hong Kong?
It is considered a City State of China now right? not a separate nation. Well anyway, the more the merrier. I have nothing against that thou, was just asking.
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Post by stellarboy on Sept 27, 2011 17:05:45 GMT 8
A Little OT, pardon for my ignorance.
Hong Kong Football National Team? Wait. Why did FIFA allow Hong Kong to have their own National Team when that place is now part of China as a whole. I understand the case of Taiwan or Palestine. But Hong Kong?
It is considered a City State of China now right? not a separate nation. Well anyway, the more the merrier. I have nothing against that thou, was just asking. If you could remember your history, although Hong Kong and Macau were ceded back to the People's Republic of China in the late '90s, the communist state only designated them as "Special Administrative Regions." They have a government and system separate from mainland China. Therefore they are still considered separate member states of the UN and international sports organizations such as FIFA. So that term "one country, two systems" applies in here, and that even includes the Republic of China (Taiwan), which is deliberately called by the UN & international sports organizations as "Chinese Taipei." That's due to the "civil war" between them, much like North and South Korea. That hopefully answered your confusion. ;D
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Post by fadzki on Sept 27, 2011 17:22:27 GMT 8
just wanna ask from all the homegrown youngsters who will probably make an impact in Lo Teng Cup, most of the homegrown u23 players that made the Lo Teng Cup line-up are defenders?
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Post by vimjonk on Sept 27, 2011 17:26:17 GMT 8
A Little OT, pardon for my ignorance.
Hong Kong Football National Team? Wait. Why did FIFA allow Hong Kong to have their own National Team when that place is now part of China as a whole. I understand the case of Taiwan or Palestine. But Hong Kong?
It is considered a City State of China now right? not a separate nation. Well anyway, the more the merrier. I have nothing against that thou, was just asking. Just like UK na may limang team/voices sa UEFA/FIFA. England Wales Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland
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Post by feindouno on Sept 27, 2011 17:57:26 GMT 8
A Little OT, pardon for my ignorance.
Hong Kong Football National Team? Wait. Why did FIFA allow Hong Kong to have their own National Team when that place is now part of China as a whole. I understand the case of Taiwan or Palestine. But Hong Kong?
It is considered a City State of China now right? not a separate nation. Well anyway, the more the merrier. I have nothing against that thou, was just asking. Just like UK na may limang team/voices sa UEFA/FIFA. England Wales Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland Scotland The Republic of Ireland is no longer part of the UK. Just for clarification.
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Post by Caz on Sept 27, 2011 18:02:10 GMT 8
The Republic of Ireland has not been part of the UK since 1922, though Northern Ireland chose to stay with the British. Nevertheless, the analogy is appropriate, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong are recognized by FIFA as separate federations from that of the People's Republic of China just like England, Wales, N. Ireland, and Scotland are separate in spite of being under one Kingdom.
I'm interested, though not convinced, in James' abilities in CB. It'll be really interesting to see how well he does if he's placed there. Weiss seems to like the idea.
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