Post by Usapang Football on Sept 26, 2010 8:36:46 GMT 8
Philippines v.s. Macau
Overview
The Macau national football team represents the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in international football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association. The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members. Although usually known as simply Macau, the EAFF refer to the team as Macau, China. The team had been representing Macau in international football events before 1999 when Macau was a dependent territory of Portugal. It continues to represent Macau even after Macau was handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal and became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China in 1999. This team is separate from the China national football team, as the Basic Law and the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" allows Macau to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions. In Macau, the Macau football team is colloquially referred as the "Macau team", while the China national football team is referred as the "national team" .
Recent performances
Macau, although ranked 197, is still capable of pulling upsets and major results. They last played in the East Asia Football Championships where they smashed the Northern Marianas Islands (unranked), 6-1. The team also lost 1-2 to Mongolia (ranked 180th) and drew 2-2 with Guam (ranked 190th). Their efforts in the AFC Challenge Cup saw them beat Mongolia, 2-0 at home soil while losing the away fixture 3-1. They were also clobbered 4-0 by Myanmar (ranked 141st), narrowly beaten 2-1 by Cambodia (ranked 178th) and thrashed 3-0 by Bangladesh (ranked 145th) in the same tournament.
Key player - Chan Kin Seng
Brief bio
A young but deadly striker who features for a local team. This footballer, only 25, won the Golden Boot award in the East Asia Championship Qualifiers with four goals.
Always a threat to the opposition with his skillful dribbling and good sense of shooting, expect this youngster to be a problem for our defense.
Man to match - Alexandre Borromeo
Our skipper, ever strong and decisive, would be the perfect man to tame this attacker. Using his precise tackles and ability to see-out an attack, Aly should put on a game-saving performance.
Team strengths and weaknesses
The Macau attack seems to be the key to their success, they may not be solid in the back but as a football theory goes, "the best defense is an offense". The perfect game plan for the Azkals should be to win the ball and counter-attack, Aly and Anton del Rosario should man-mark the strikers, win possession and unleash Ray Jonsson to do a counter-attack.
Score Prediction
Philippines 4 - 0 Macau
May not be a walk in the park type of match, although we can expect our team to take a stroll on minnows Macau.
Overview
The Macau national football team represents the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in international football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association. The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members. Although usually known as simply Macau, the EAFF refer to the team as Macau, China. The team had been representing Macau in international football events before 1999 when Macau was a dependent territory of Portugal. It continues to represent Macau even after Macau was handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal and became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China in 1999. This team is separate from the China national football team, as the Basic Law and the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" allows Macau to maintain its own representative teams in international sports competitions. In Macau, the Macau football team is colloquially referred as the "Macau team", while the China national football team is referred as the "national team" .
Recent performances
Macau, although ranked 197, is still capable of pulling upsets and major results. They last played in the East Asia Football Championships where they smashed the Northern Marianas Islands (unranked), 6-1. The team also lost 1-2 to Mongolia (ranked 180th) and drew 2-2 with Guam (ranked 190th). Their efforts in the AFC Challenge Cup saw them beat Mongolia, 2-0 at home soil while losing the away fixture 3-1. They were also clobbered 4-0 by Myanmar (ranked 141st), narrowly beaten 2-1 by Cambodia (ranked 178th) and thrashed 3-0 by Bangladesh (ranked 145th) in the same tournament.
Key player - Chan Kin Seng
Brief bio
A young but deadly striker who features for a local team. This footballer, only 25, won the Golden Boot award in the East Asia Championship Qualifiers with four goals.
Always a threat to the opposition with his skillful dribbling and good sense of shooting, expect this youngster to be a problem for our defense.
Man to match - Alexandre Borromeo
Our skipper, ever strong and decisive, would be the perfect man to tame this attacker. Using his precise tackles and ability to see-out an attack, Aly should put on a game-saving performance.
Team strengths and weaknesses
The Macau attack seems to be the key to their success, they may not be solid in the back but as a football theory goes, "the best defense is an offense". The perfect game plan for the Azkals should be to win the ball and counter-attack, Aly and Anton del Rosario should man-mark the strikers, win possession and unleash Ray Jonsson to do a counter-attack.
Score Prediction
Philippines 4 - 0 Macau
May not be a walk in the park type of match, although we can expect our team to take a stroll on minnows Macau.