The Philippine Azkals successfully defended their current rankings and avenged their previous lost against the Singaporean National Football Team with the final score at 2-nil.
Philippine skipper Chieffy Caligdong scored the first goal of the match, an early goal at around 8 minutes of the match when he was able to score a goal from a brilliant p(–foul word(s) removed–) made by Stephan Schrock and with a brilliant ball handling and a lucky bounce he scored a goal to take the lead at 1-nil.
The Singaporean controlled most of the ball possessions but they were not able to capitalized on their possessions although the Philippines have a total of 5 shots on target compared to the 4 shots on target made by Singapore.
The next ball came after another brilliant p(–foul word(s) removed–) from midfielder Stephan Schrock at the early start of the second half with 49th minutes in the clock. Schrock made a slide from midfield and eluded his defender and p(–foul word(s) removed–)ed the ball to the waiting Phil Younghusband who managed also to control the ball against two defenders and made the shot.
The Philippine Azkals defeated the Singapore Lions in a well-attended game at the West Jurong Stadium in Singapore, next stop for the Philippines is a friendly match with Laos this coming Monday.
Here’s the highlights of the Philippines vs. Singapore FIFA International Friendly Sept. 7, 2012:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gqrxIFz8c
