The Philippine Azkals made a series of goals to take the lead earlier in the game when Denis Wolf scored the first goal for the Azkals at around 12th minutes of the game against Chinese Taipei for the championship title-match of the Philippine Peace Cup.
The Taiwanese were dominated by the Filipinos in the earlier part of the first half. The Filipino-German Wolf made his fourth goals of the tournament with the total of 4 goals after he made a hat trick during their last match against Macau.
The next goal came from team captain Chieffy Calidong at around 34th minutes of the game. Chieffy Caligdong scored from error p(–foul word(s) removed–) made by the Chinese Taipei squad.
OJ Porteria added with another goal for the Philippine Azkals to put the score at 3-nil in favor of the Philippines. Porteria scored a goal at around 41st minutes.
End of First Half: Score Philippines – 3 vs. Chinese Taipei – 0
