By FRANCIS SANTIAGO - Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine football team preparing for FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Sri Lanka wrapped up its two-week Germany camp on a sour note, bowing to SV Darmstadt 98, 0-5, in Darmstadt, Hesse on Saturday.
The German side, known as Lilies, proved too much for the Azkals, reducing the Filipinos to mere spectators by taking a commanding 4-0 lead at halftime.
The Azkals fell three goals down after just 25 minutes as the floodgates opened early when Marcus Steegman caught goalie Neil Etheridge flatfooted in the eighth minute for the squad ranked No. 1 in the Regionalliga last season.
Oliver Heil then doubled the lead in the 12th with a smashing finish before Nigerian Henry Onuwzuruike struck his own just two minutes later.
Pouncing on the Azkals’ defensive breakdown, Markus Brüdigam made it 4-0 with a hit in 24th before Christopher Huebner put the game beyond doubt with a goal early in the second half of the match witnessed by a crowd of 500 who are mostly Filipinos.
It was the Azkals’ worst defeat in four friendly matches following their 0-4 setback of an experienced Ingolstadt side, a second division team playing in Bundesliga.
They crushed their first two rivals Duren selection and Bonner SC Under-19 on similar 4-1 score lines, but could not sustain their fiery form when ranged against teams beefed up by World Cup veterans.
The team leaves for Colombo Sunday, three days before battling a Sri Lankan side which promised to give the Filipinos a “torrid time” at the 25,000-seater Sugathadasa Stadium.
Azkals ace striker Phil Younghusband remains optimistic despite the loss.
“We learned we need to be more organized with set pieces,” Younghusband said. “We are all looking at the positives and looking where we can improve so that in the next games, we don’t make the same mistakes.”
Skipper Aly Borromeo agreed.
“Lesson learned... This could be the motivation we need,” he said on his Twitter account.
Meanwhile, Bonnie Ladrido, chair of the organizing committee for the July 3 return match between the Azkals and Sri Lanka at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, said the sale of extra 700 bleachers tickets will start on Tuesday.
Although the game tickets, including the P2,000 and P3,000 grandstand are already 95 percent sold out, Ladrido said they will release 700 more which will come from the allotted 1,000 tickets for the Football Federation of Sri
Lanka, which only sought for 300 tickets.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Azkals bow to German club
Reports from TEMPO
MANILA, Philippines – Facing a livewire German club playing in the second division of Bundesliga, the Philippine football team got the neat lesson it yearned for, bowing to FC Ingolstadt, 4-0, in its third friendly match in Bavaria, Germany early Thursday morning (Manila time).
The Azkals, who missed some key players, were down 0-3 at halftime of the rain-hit game and eventually fell to their first defeat in three test matches.
German midfielder Andreas Buchner opened the scoring for Ingolstadt in the 14th minute before Fabian Gerber made it 2-0 with a header.
Then a heavy downpour halted the game for about 10 minutes, according to Ingolstadt website, before Azkals goal keeper Neil Etheridge, playing under a difficult soil condition, made a big mistake when he steered a pass into the top of his own net to trail 0-3.
Another goal in the 83rd sealed the victory for Ingolstadt, which ranked 14th out of 18 clubs in the Bundesliga second division last season.
In the Bundesliga, Germany’s federal football league, the top divisions are the first four levels. Ingolstadt, where Azkal Manuel Ott also plays although in the second team, is laden by Brazilian booters in midfielder Stefan Leitl and striker Caiuby.
The Azkals, using the test matches as part of their build up for their important June 29 meeting against Sri Lanka in the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament, played without Filipino-German striker Stephan Schrock, Fil-Icelandic leftback Ray Jonsson and Fil-Dutch attacking midfielder Paul Mulders, who was just reunited with his team after a bereavement leave and Dennis Caraga who was reportedly hit with a high fever.
Despite the loss, Azkals skipper Aly Borromeo remains optimistic.
“We can only gain from the loss and look to get better,” he said.
MANILA, Philippines – Facing a livewire German club playing in the second division of Bundesliga, the Philippine football team got the neat lesson it yearned for, bowing to FC Ingolstadt, 4-0, in its third friendly match in Bavaria, Germany early Thursday morning (Manila time).
The Azkals, who missed some key players, were down 0-3 at halftime of the rain-hit game and eventually fell to their first defeat in three test matches.
German midfielder Andreas Buchner opened the scoring for Ingolstadt in the 14th minute before Fabian Gerber made it 2-0 with a header.
Then a heavy downpour halted the game for about 10 minutes, according to Ingolstadt website, before Azkals goal keeper Neil Etheridge, playing under a difficult soil condition, made a big mistake when he steered a pass into the top of his own net to trail 0-3.
Another goal in the 83rd sealed the victory for Ingolstadt, which ranked 14th out of 18 clubs in the Bundesliga second division last season.
In the Bundesliga, Germany’s federal football league, the top divisions are the first four levels. Ingolstadt, where Azkal Manuel Ott also plays although in the second team, is laden by Brazilian booters in midfielder Stefan Leitl and striker Caiuby.
The Azkals, using the test matches as part of their build up for their important June 29 meeting against Sri Lanka in the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament, played without Filipino-German striker Stephan Schrock, Fil-Icelandic leftback Ray Jonsson and Fil-Dutch attacking midfielder Paul Mulders, who was just reunited with his team after a bereavement leave and Dennis Caraga who was reportedly hit with a high fever.
Despite the loss, Azkals skipper Aly Borromeo remains optimistic.
“We can only gain from the loss and look to get better,” he said.
Azkals face tougher foes in last 2 matches in Germany
Earl Victor Rosero - GMA News
The men’s national football team, popularly known as the Azkals, will pit their skills and game strategy against those of FC Ingolstadt 04, a second division Bundesliga football club on June 23 at around 12am Manila time.
"The tune-up games in Germany will help them bond and learn about each teammate's game so they can complement each other and work better together," Stephen Permanes said to GMA News Online via Facebook interview.
Permanes is a member of the Philippines' under-23 national team training pool. As midfielder for the University of the Philippines' football team, he was named the UAAP Season 73 most valuable player.
FC Ingolstadt announced on its website the test match against the Azkals. That fixture was supposed to have taken place two days prior but was reset, allowing the Philippine team two extra days to rest and train further for the friendly.
Dutch-Filipino Paul Mulders, who had to cut short his participation in coach Michael Weiss’ training camp because his father died, returned to Duren and reunited with the team before they all traveled to Gerolfingen in Bavaria for their match against FC Ingolstadt.
There are three German-Filipinos in the Azkals line-up who are also active players in Germany. Midfielder Manuel Ott, is a member of FC Ingolstadt, but plays on its second team. Another midfielder, Stephan Schrock, is with second division German club SpVgg Greuther Furth. Patrick Hinrichsen is from SC Eintracht Oberusel.
The first three test matches of the Azkals during the two-week training camp in Germany were against an Aachen-Duren selection, FC Niederau, and Bonner SC. Aachen and Duren are neighboring towns in western Germany's Cologne region. The Duren selection, the Azkals met on the pitch, were all local players. FC Niederau is a local amateur club, while Bonner SC had its under-19 team engage the Azkals.
Azkals vs Bundesliga teams
The first three friendly games were warm-ups for this week when the Azkals meet tougher foes on the pitch.
In the Bundesliga, Germany’s federal football league, the top divisions are the first four levels. FC Ingolstadt 04's current ranking is 14th among the second division's 18 clubs, with nine wins, 10 draws, 15 losses in 34 matches last season.
"If Stephan Schrock will play in midfield defense maybe Ingolstadt will have some problems there and if Manuel Ott will perform better as before," said Paul Weiler, a German coach who has been watching the Azkals' tune-up games in Germany, to GMA News Online via Facebook interview.
Midfielder Stefan Leitl and strikers Caiuby from Brazil, Sebastian Hofmann and Moritz Hartmann are FC Ingolstadt’s top goal scorers, according to the Bundesliga website. Leitl was responsible for 13 goals in the club’s past 34 matches, Caiuby made 5, while Hofmann and Hartmann shot 3 each.
Ingolstadt defenders with the most time on the pitch are Tobias Fink and Marvin Matip. Their defenders with the most number of yellow cards last season are Malte Metzelder, Marino Bilskov, and Andreas Gorlitz. Midfielder Markus Karl has 6 while striker Marko Futacs has 5.
The Azkals will meet the first team of SV Darmstadt 98 on June 25 at 12am Manila time. The Darmstadt 98, also known as SV 98, ranked no. 1 in the Regionalliga last season and got automatically promoted to the third division where there are 20 clubs.
SV 98’s top goal scorers are Oliver Heil, Uwe Hesse, Sven Sokler, and Yannick Stark. Its players who stay longest on the pitch are Markus Brudigam, Fouad Brighache and Jonas Gruter. The ones who give the most assists are Sven Sokler, Yannick Stark and Sascha Amstatter.
The men’s national football team, popularly known as the Azkals, will pit their skills and game strategy against those of FC Ingolstadt 04, a second division Bundesliga football club on June 23 at around 12am Manila time.
"The tune-up games in Germany will help them bond and learn about each teammate's game so they can complement each other and work better together," Stephen Permanes said to GMA News Online via Facebook interview.
Permanes is a member of the Philippines' under-23 national team training pool. As midfielder for the University of the Philippines' football team, he was named the UAAP Season 73 most valuable player.
FC Ingolstadt announced on its website the test match against the Azkals. That fixture was supposed to have taken place two days prior but was reset, allowing the Philippine team two extra days to rest and train further for the friendly.
Dutch-Filipino Paul Mulders, who had to cut short his participation in coach Michael Weiss’ training camp because his father died, returned to Duren and reunited with the team before they all traveled to Gerolfingen in Bavaria for their match against FC Ingolstadt.
There are three German-Filipinos in the Azkals line-up who are also active players in Germany. Midfielder Manuel Ott, is a member of FC Ingolstadt, but plays on its second team. Another midfielder, Stephan Schrock, is with second division German club SpVgg Greuther Furth. Patrick Hinrichsen is from SC Eintracht Oberusel.
The first three test matches of the Azkals during the two-week training camp in Germany were against an Aachen-Duren selection, FC Niederau, and Bonner SC. Aachen and Duren are neighboring towns in western Germany's Cologne region. The Duren selection, the Azkals met on the pitch, were all local players. FC Niederau is a local amateur club, while Bonner SC had its under-19 team engage the Azkals.
Azkals vs Bundesliga teams
The first three friendly games were warm-ups for this week when the Azkals meet tougher foes on the pitch.
In the Bundesliga, Germany’s federal football league, the top divisions are the first four levels. FC Ingolstadt 04's current ranking is 14th among the second division's 18 clubs, with nine wins, 10 draws, 15 losses in 34 matches last season.
"If Stephan Schrock will play in midfield defense maybe Ingolstadt will have some problems there and if Manuel Ott will perform better as before," said Paul Weiler, a German coach who has been watching the Azkals' tune-up games in Germany, to GMA News Online via Facebook interview.
Midfielder Stefan Leitl and strikers Caiuby from Brazil, Sebastian Hofmann and Moritz Hartmann are FC Ingolstadt’s top goal scorers, according to the Bundesliga website. Leitl was responsible for 13 goals in the club’s past 34 matches, Caiuby made 5, while Hofmann and Hartmann shot 3 each.
Ingolstadt defenders with the most time on the pitch are Tobias Fink and Marvin Matip. Their defenders with the most number of yellow cards last season are Malte Metzelder, Marino Bilskov, and Andreas Gorlitz. Midfielder Markus Karl has 6 while striker Marko Futacs has 5.
The Azkals will meet the first team of SV Darmstadt 98 on June 25 at 12am Manila time. The Darmstadt 98, also known as SV 98, ranked no. 1 in the Regionalliga last season and got automatically promoted to the third division where there are 20 clubs.
SV 98’s top goal scorers are Oliver Heil, Uwe Hesse, Sven Sokler, and Yannick Stark. Its players who stay longest on the pitch are Markus Brudigam, Fouad Brighache and Jonas Gruter. The ones who give the most assists are Sven Sokler, Yannick Stark and Sascha Amstatter.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Azkals post 2nd tune-up win in Germany, 4-1 vs teen-age team
EARL VICTOR ROSERO, GMA News
The Philippines men's national football team, popularly known as the Azkals, notched a second win in their two-week training camp in Germany. Saturday's early morning test match ended 4-1 against the SC Bonner Under-19 team.
Scoring one goal each for the Azkals were Ian Araneta, Phil Younghusband, Chieffy Caligdong, and Stephan Shrock. "Great game today," Caligdong said in a tweet to fans.
Elated, team manager Dan Palami thanked (through Twitter) the Filipino community in Germany "for the overwhelming support shown when they came in droves to cheer for the Azkals! Salamat po!"
Tonight, the Azkals have some down time. They split into three teams for a competition on who sings best the Lupang Hinirang, the Philippine national anthem. For incentive, Palami put up a prize pot of 1,500 euros.
For their third test match, the Azkals will face Ingolstadt I, a Bundesliga 2nd division team, in Gerolfingen, Bavaria in southern Germany Monday evening (Manila time.)
The last test match before heading off to Sri Lanka will be on June 24 against 2010-11 regional champions, Darmstadt 98, a 3rd division squad at the Bollenfalltor stadium in the Hesse region’s Darmstadt City.
The Philippines men's national football team, popularly known as the Azkals, notched a second win in their two-week training camp in Germany. Saturday's early morning test match ended 4-1 against the SC Bonner Under-19 team.
Scoring one goal each for the Azkals were Ian Araneta, Phil Younghusband, Chieffy Caligdong, and Stephan Shrock. "Great game today," Caligdong said in a tweet to fans.
Elated, team manager Dan Palami thanked (through Twitter) the Filipino community in Germany "for the overwhelming support shown when they came in droves to cheer for the Azkals! Salamat po!"
Tonight, the Azkals have some down time. They split into three teams for a competition on who sings best the Lupang Hinirang, the Philippine national anthem. For incentive, Palami put up a prize pot of 1,500 euros.
For their third test match, the Azkals will face Ingolstadt I, a Bundesliga 2nd division team, in Gerolfingen, Bavaria in southern Germany Monday evening (Manila time.)
The last test match before heading off to Sri Lanka will be on June 24 against 2010-11 regional champions, Darmstadt 98, a 3rd division squad at the Bollenfalltor stadium in the Hesse region’s Darmstadt City.
Azkals trim Achen-Duren
By Olmin Leyba - (The Philippine Star)
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Azkals hacked out a 4-1 victory over the Achen-Duren Selection Wednesday night in Duren, Germany as they stepped up their training for their upcoming 2014 Fifa World Cup Asian Qualifiers duel with Sri Lanka.
Phil Younghusband, playing in only his second outing for the Azkals since sitting out the AFC Challenge Cup group stages due to hamstring injury, knocked in two goals to lead the charge for the Phl side holding a two-week training camp in Germany.
His brother James and homegrown star Chieffy Caligdong also scored as the Azkals hurdled the first of their four scheduled test matches in Germany before departing for Sri Lanka on June 26 for the first leg set in Colombo June 29.
Internet reports said the Azkals utilized a 4-2-3-1 formation that stymied the opposition and maximized the skills of Angel Aldeguer Guirado and Younghusband.
“The team is slowly getting its act together. Good win against Duren selection,” Azkals team manager Dan Palami said on his Twitter account.
Coach Michael Weiss had the luxury of fielding in a more complete team against Achen-Duren than the crew that dropped a 3-4 loss to the United Football League All Stars in a previous test match in Manila.
He started off with Neil Etheridge, Anton Del Rosario, Aly Borromeo, Oliver Potschke, Manny Ott, James and Phil Younghusband, Ray Jonnson, Aldeguer Guirado, Stephan Shrock, and Caligdong. Missing the game were Fil-Dutch midfielder Paul Mulders, who left camp following his father’s death and Fil-German prospect Patrik Reichelt, who suffered an ACL injury.
“I’m happy with the result. Things are starting to fall into place,” co-skipper Borromeo posted on Twitter.
“Well done, boys! This is the first step. Now to the next step,” Phil said for his part.
The Azkals will next play the Bonner Selection at the Bonner-SC Stadium on Friday, then face second division team Ingolstadt on June 20 in Grundelfingen, and Darmstadt 98 on June 24.
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Azkals hacked out a 4-1 victory over the Achen-Duren Selection Wednesday night in Duren, Germany as they stepped up their training for their upcoming 2014 Fifa World Cup Asian Qualifiers duel with Sri Lanka.
Phil Younghusband, playing in only his second outing for the Azkals since sitting out the AFC Challenge Cup group stages due to hamstring injury, knocked in two goals to lead the charge for the Phl side holding a two-week training camp in Germany.
His brother James and homegrown star Chieffy Caligdong also scored as the Azkals hurdled the first of their four scheduled test matches in Germany before departing for Sri Lanka on June 26 for the first leg set in Colombo June 29.
Internet reports said the Azkals utilized a 4-2-3-1 formation that stymied the opposition and maximized the skills of Angel Aldeguer Guirado and Younghusband.
“The team is slowly getting its act together. Good win against Duren selection,” Azkals team manager Dan Palami said on his Twitter account.
Coach Michael Weiss had the luxury of fielding in a more complete team against Achen-Duren than the crew that dropped a 3-4 loss to the United Football League All Stars in a previous test match in Manila.
He started off with Neil Etheridge, Anton Del Rosario, Aly Borromeo, Oliver Potschke, Manny Ott, James and Phil Younghusband, Ray Jonnson, Aldeguer Guirado, Stephan Shrock, and Caligdong. Missing the game were Fil-Dutch midfielder Paul Mulders, who left camp following his father’s death and Fil-German prospect Patrik Reichelt, who suffered an ACL injury.
“I’m happy with the result. Things are starting to fall into place,” co-skipper Borromeo posted on Twitter.
“Well done, boys! This is the first step. Now to the next step,” Phil said for his part.
The Azkals will next play the Bonner Selection at the Bonner-SC Stadium on Friday, then face second division team Ingolstadt on June 20 in Grundelfingen, and Darmstadt 98 on June 24.
6 Germany-based PH Azkals begin training with team
Peter Atencio - Manila Standard Today
SIX Germany-based Filipino players, led by prized find Stephan Schrock, have started training with the Philippine Azkals, who are currently in Duren, Germany for a series of tune-up matches against German football clubs as part of their preparation for the 2014 World Cup Qualifying matches against Sri Lanka.
Already recovered from his injury, the 25-year-old Schrock has started scrimmaging with the Azkals, who will play their first tune-up game against Juni Association, a team based in Duren on June 15, Wednesday.
Coach Hans Michael Michael Weiss said Schrock’s presence will be a big boost to the Azkals.
“He is a fantastic player,” said Weiss of Schrock, who plays right back for 2nd Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[
Schrock, a former mainstay for Germany’s national squads in the under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels, expressed his desire to play for the Azkals, while he was in Manila last March to fix his passport.
The Azkals also welcomed five other Fil-Germans in Mark Drinkuth, Patrick Hindrichsen, Manny Ott, Patrick Reichelt and Oliver Potschke.
Meanwhile, all is not well in Sri Lankan football, following reports that the Football Federation of Sri Lanka is set to make major changes in the line-up of the Brave Reds. The planned revamp stemmed from the recent news that three members of the team remained suspended over allegations of game-fixing since May.
In an online article of Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror, the football federation said that veteran forward Kasun Jayasuriya and another club player have been suspended over their involvement in the alleged match fixing within their Premier League.
SIX Germany-based Filipino players, led by prized find Stephan Schrock, have started training with the Philippine Azkals, who are currently in Duren, Germany for a series of tune-up matches against German football clubs as part of their preparation for the 2014 World Cup Qualifying matches against Sri Lanka.
Already recovered from his injury, the 25-year-old Schrock has started scrimmaging with the Azkals, who will play their first tune-up game against Juni Association, a team based in Duren on June 15, Wednesday.
Coach Hans Michael Michael Weiss said Schrock’s presence will be a big boost to the Azkals.
“He is a fantastic player,” said Weiss of Schrock, who plays right back for 2nd Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[
Schrock, a former mainstay for Germany’s national squads in the under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels, expressed his desire to play for the Azkals, while he was in Manila last March to fix his passport.
The Azkals also welcomed five other Fil-Germans in Mark Drinkuth, Patrick Hindrichsen, Manny Ott, Patrick Reichelt and Oliver Potschke.
Meanwhile, all is not well in Sri Lankan football, following reports that the Football Federation of Sri Lanka is set to make major changes in the line-up of the Brave Reds. The planned revamp stemmed from the recent news that three members of the team remained suspended over allegations of game-fixing since May.
In an online article of Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror, the football federation said that veteran forward Kasun Jayasuriya and another club player have been suspended over their involvement in the alleged match fixing within their Premier League.
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