Azkals see good showing vs Taipei

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine coach Michael Weiss expects a stronger performance from the Azkals as they face a tougher opponent in Chinese Taipei tonight in an international friendly at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

The Pinoy booters started the second era of Weiss with a 1-0 victory over Nepal last Thursday, overcoming issues on short preparation, injuries and match fitness coming off competition breaks to pull through behind Jarvey Gayoso’s second-half strike and Patrick Deyto’s solid goalkeeping.

“I’m positive we’ll be in better shape because we have recovered from the last match, coming from the holidays. We’ll have fresher legs and we can play faster,” Weiss said in yesterday’s pre-match presscon.