The Philippine Azkals will face the national football team of Laos a few minutes from now on the Azkals’ second game in the hotly-contested Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup held in Maldives. During the first game the Azkals earned one points after a goalless draw against Afghanistan.
See Also: Azkals vs. Laos Highlights Video & Recap
Final Score: Full-time Philippines (Rota 40′, Reichelt 63′) 2-0 Laos
- Score Azkals – 2 vs. Laos – 1 Time 90+3
- Goal Reichelt 56th minutes Score Azkals – 2 vs. Laos – nil
- Score: Azkals – 1 vs. Laos – 0 Time: 55th
- Patrick Reichelt chance but failed to score
- Amani Aguinaldo No. 12 replaced Juani Guirado
Scores: End of First Half: Philippines – 1 vs. Laos – nil
- Simone Rota scored a goal for Azkals at 41st minutes
- Corner for the Azkals 37th
- Chance for the Laotians but failed to convert
- Laos shot on goal defended by Rob Gier at 35th
- Free Kick for Phil atime 32 minutes
- Score: nil-nil Time 28:25
- Azkals – 0 vs. Laos – 0 Time: 26:08 First Half
Line-up/Starting XI: Dennis Cagara, James Younghusband, Jason De Jong, Phil Younghusband, Rob Gier, Roland Muller, Stephan Schrock, Paul Mulders, Patrick Reichelt, Juan Luis Guirado, Simone Rota
The Philippine national football team needs a win against Laos to score a complete three points in the competition and moved closer to earn a semi-finals berth. Laos on the other hand is fighting for survival after they suffered a 1-5 setback at the hands of Turkmenistan.
On tonight’s game between the Philippine Azkals and Laos, Filipino-British goalkeeper Neil Etheridge will not be seeing action because of an injury. Phil Younghusband and Rob Gier on the other hand is now available for Coach Thomas Dooley and both players are ready to participate in the competition.
The Azkals also need to help Fil-German Stephan Schrock in creating more chances for the Philippines and eventually score a goal for the second-highest ranked team in the competition.
The Azkals vs. Laos game will kick-off at around 6:30 PM, Philippine Time, we will be having our live coverage and play by play scoring of the game. The game will be shown live also through the facilities of ABS-CBN’s Sports+ Action (Studio 23).
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