RP team blanks Cebu squad, 5-0
The result came as expected by the 2,000 or so people who gathered at the
The national squad, which played for the first time in
RP team skipper Emilio Caligdong broke the ice in the game scoring on a follow-up on the 23rd minute.
Jovin Bedic came off the bench to score the second goal for the national side on the 38th then Phil Younghusband headed in a marker on the 42nd to give the RP team a 3-0 lead at the bend.
Early in the second half, James Younghusband knocked in a free kick to make it 4-0 on the 47th minute.
Chad Alesna Gould, whose mother is from
The national team showed some problems about blending as the Fil-foreign players have not yet spent much time with their local counterparts, but the result was still impressive.
Four former members of the national team from
Games for the 8th Cebu Inter-Club Football Cup will start today in three venues.
The USC-TC field will host the men’s open and men’s 38-above categories while the 15-under and ladies teams will play at the San Roque Parish Field in Subangdaku,
There are ten teams in the men’s open, four each for the 38-above and ladies, nine for 15-under, and eight for 12-under.
The participating teams come from various cities of the Visayas and
Richard Montayre, president of the CAFC and the CebuFA, welcomed the participants and guests to the event including Jose Mari Martinez, the president of the Philippine Football Federation.
Don Bosco’s Rikko de Guzman, skipper of the
The inter-club event will run until Sunday.
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