Little Azkals rout Cambodia, 4-0

By Mars Alison (Cebu Daily News) - INQ

The Philippine Under-13 team tagged the Little Azkals added another win to their tally in yesterday’s resumption of matches of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia.

The Little Azkals once again shutout Cambodia, 4-0, yesterday morning with its first goal scored just three minutes into the match courtesy of Jeremiah Borlongan of the Cagayan de Oro Misamis oriental Football Association.

The Filipino booters continued their attack with Davao’s Darios Jed Diamante adding a goal in the 15th minute of the game. Springdale’s Lorenzo Ceniza completed a hat-trick for the Little Azkals 11 minutes before the second half.

The Little Azkals did not let up in the second half and wrapped up the match with another goal courtesy of Javier Romero Salas of Davao in the 46th minute.

Head coach Oliver Colina attributed the win to the fact that team has now adjusted and is starting to pick up their game. However, Colina said the Little Azkals have not yet shown their full potential.

He said this might be because the team is not comfortable playing under the scorching heat of the sun. It was a different story in the afternoon, as the Little Azkals match against Singapore was abandoned with the score pegged at 0-all due to heavy rain and lightning.

All coaches are having a meeting as of presstime to decide on whether or not to continue the match.

Today, the Philippines will go up against Malaysia in the morning and Laos in the afternoon.