The Philippine national football team, Azkals failed to secured their first win against Thailand War Elephants since the year 1971 as the semi-finals match of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 ended in a goalless draw. The Philippines vs. Thailand game highlight video is now available online, the match was held at the historic Rizal Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.
Here’s the Highlights Video of the Azkals vs. Thailand:
The Philippine Azkals had several scoring chances at the Thailand’s goal but failed to convert on their missed opportunites as the War Elephants backline hold off with their super backline defenders.
The Azkals were aggressive during the first half of the game as the Filipinos tried to match Thailand’s fast-paced game in the leg one of the AFF Suzuki Cup Semi-finals.
Azkals Paul Mulders, had a chance to score after Jerry Lucena set up the ball to him, but the Thais were quick on their defense and deflected the ball in favor of them. Manny Ott also made a superb transition play in the next three minutes and fed Phil Younghusband with a pass, but the marked man Fil-British footballer fired from outside the box and was caught by the keeper.
Thailand got the best chance at around 32nd minute, as Thailand got a scary look at the goal when Adisak Kraisorn received a cross but fortunately for the Azkals, his shot just sailed over the crossbar.
The Suzuki Cup 2014 semi-finals will return to action this coming December 10, 2014, when the second leg of the semis will take place in Thailand’s homecourt, which will surely challenged the Filipinos tough games.
