The championship of the Philippine Peace Cup is one of the most highly-anticipated match-up in the former Long Teng Cup now known as the Philippine Football Peace Cup held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
The Philippines only needs a draw to capture the title while the visiting Taiwanese needs to score more than the goals that the Azkals can score so that they can make an upset in front of thousands of Filipino crowds right now at the stadium.
Here’s the starting XI of both squad:
Philippine Azkals: Sacapano, De Murga, De Jong, Christiaens, Omphroy, Uy, Caligdong, Gonzales, Porteria, Reichelt, Wolf
Chinese Taipei:
GOAL For the Philippine Azkals through Denis Wolf at around 12th minutes of the game.
Score: Phils. – 1 vs. Chinese Taipei – 0
Goal for Caligdong at 34th minutes
Score: Philippines – 2 vs. Chinese Taipei – 0
Goal for OJ Porteria at around 41st minutes
Score: Philippines – 3 vs. Chinese Taipei – 0
END OF FIRST HALF
A missed opportunity by Denis Wolf at the earlier stage of the second half
Chinese Taipei scored with a goal at 51st minutes
Score: Philippines – 3 vs. Chinese Taipei -1
Penalty Kick for Taiwan saved by Eduard Sacapano in an awesome display of talent by the Filipino goalkeeper.
END OF GAME:
Philippines won their first ever international title for the past 100 years. The match ended with the final score at 3-1 putting the Azkals, the only team undefeated in the competition with the total of 9 points in the tournament.
