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Little Azkals Under-13 impress German coach

27 October, 2011 RP Under 13 (U13) No comments

By Marsante Alison (Cebu Daily News)

THE PHILIPPINE Under-13 national team tagged the Little Azkals got some needed lessons from German Football expert Eckhard Krautzun.

The team  went under the scrutiny of Krautzun at the Aboitiz Sportsfield in Subangdaku, Mandaue City and he described the team to have good spirit and lots of enthusiasm.

He said that he sees potential in some of them to become really good in the sport.

During the team’s training with head coach Oliver “BingBing” Colina, Krautzun said he sees the same problem he’s seen since he came here to the Philippines—the team lacked in individual and group tactics.

“They have to keep the ball on the ground, improve their passing and learn to play various positions,” Krautzun said.

He said that these kids should learn that football is played in the head, so they have to learn to think fast while they are playing.

“Right now they think slow, make the wrong decisions but even the best players do that. A good player on the field is the one who make the right decisions,” Krautzun added.

Krautzun emphasized that the team must also have good guidance and coaching.

The German coach told Colina to come up with a program for each player outlining their weakness so they could improve on this and continue training on their own at home.

The Little Azkals who made it for the workshop were Moiselle Angelo Alforque, Jeremiah Borlongan, Lawrence Colina, Darius Joseph Diamante, JHenry Omar Hamdan, Dimitri Lionel Limbo, Vincent Erik Lovitos, Josh Albert Miller, Kintaro Miyagi, Javier Romero-Salas, Sebastian Rafael Patangan, Mason Trent Vergara, Jose Anton Yared, Harel Dayan, Marco Alessandro Casambre, Mario Lorenzo Ceniza, Palmero Ivan, Caraballe, Kristoper Malaga, Johne Michael ,Ploteña, Keith Wenceslao, Jed Delariarte, Sherwin Merindad, James Cyrus Sambalod, Kent Stuart Gastador, Joven Marfiga, Lemark Unabia, Rexon Cyruz Capellan, and Ray Sanciangco.

Philippine Little Azkals Under 13

Philippine Little Azkals Under 13

Those who missed the workshop were Ian Danielle Eumague, Major Dean Ebarle, Khairyll Parao and Lorenzo Genco.

In an exhibition match, the boys from the Mandaue Technical Institute (MTI) were able to draw the Little Azkals, 1-1.

The Little Azkals will have an early practice today at the San Roque football field then after they will proceed to Sarrosa International Hotel and Residential Suites for a lecture with Krautzun.

“They have a lot of space for improvement. They must also watch good games like international matches such as in the Southeast Asian Games ,” said Krautzun.

DBTC booters top Little Azkals in Treadtel Cup

27 July, 2011 Philippine Football Tournament, RP Under 13 (U13), Visayas No comments

By Mars G. Alison (Cebu Daily News)

The Little Azkals, also known as the Philippine National Boys Under-13 team, had a similar fate with their big brothers after losing to the booters from the Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC) via a penalty shootout, 6-5, for the Boys-14 title at the Aboitiz Sportsfield in Subangdaku, Mandaue, last weekend.

Both teams were forced into a shootout after the match ended at 1-all in regulation.

In the distaff side, Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) claimed the Girls-14 title with a 1-0 edging of St. Theresa’s College (STC).

The abandoned boys-17 title went to the University of San Carlos (USC), which redeemed itself after blanking Giuseppe FC, 3-0.

Philippine Football Federation PFF logoUSC was denied the same title last year by the Abellana National School -Pomeroy, which opted not to defend its title due to budgetary constraints.

In the distaff side, STC’s older girls team compensated for their younger team’s loss with a 2-1 edging over USC via a penalty shootout after their championship match for the girls-17 title ended at 1-all in regulation.

The boys-12 title went to DBTC 1 with a 2-0 outsmarting of Canduman FC.

In the players-10, DBTC 3 frustrated its sister team DBTC 1 for the title with a 4-0 routing, while the players-8 title went to SHS-AdC, which beat Canduman FC, 2-0.

The players-6 title was notched by Giuseppe FC after trouncing Bright Minds.

Philippine Under13 routs Don Bosco in Treadtel Cup

24 July, 2011 RP Under 13 (U13) One comment

By Cheska D. Geli (Sun Star Cebu)

SANS any practice, the Philippine national 13-Under football team put on a show and routed the Don Bosco Technological Center 2, 6-0, in the Boys 14 division of the 2nd Treadtel Cup at the Aboitiz Sportsfield in Subangdaku, Mandaue City yesterday (July 23).

The Little Azkals, whose practice last Friday was called off by coach Oliver Colina due to the rain, banked on goals of JB Borlongan (two), Anton Yarid, Jhenry Hamdam, Sean Patangan and Xavi Romero-Salas.

Most of the members of the team, which has seven Cebuanos, arrived last Friday just in time for the Treadtel Cup, which was its first tournament since the AFC Festival of Football.

Borlongan is from Cagayan de Oro, Yarid and Jhenry Hamdam are from Dumaguete, Sean Patangan is from Dipolog and Romero-Salas is from Davao.

Little Azkals Darios Diamante and Javier Romero-Salas of Davao Football Association

Little Azkals Darios Diamante and Javier Romero-Salas of Davao Football Association

“It was quite an impressive game for the team even when I cancelled last Friday’s training because of the heavy rains,” said Colina.

Despite missing five players from its lineup, the performance of the Little Azkals yesterday was consistent with its performance in the AFC Festival of Football last, where they got three wins, three draws and four losses.

Lorenzo Ceniza is playing for his club Paref Springdale, while Mosielle Alforque and Vincent Lovitos are playing for Don Bosco.

The team is joining year-round to help prepare for its next task, the AFC U14 tournament next year. After the Treadtel Cup, the team will play in the Acer Cup in Davao next month.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu

Philippines Little Azkals finish AFC stint with 3-2 win over Laos

7 June, 2011 Asian Football Confederation, RP Under 13 (U13) No comments

THE PHILIPPINE Under 13 team ended their campaign in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia with three wins, three draws and four losses.

After suffering a 0-4 shutout against host team Malaysia yesterday morning, the Little Azkals returned to the pitch in the afternoon, edging Laos, 3-2, in their final match of the festival.

The Little Azkals waxed hot from the start with Jeremiah Borlongan of the Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental FA finding the back of the net with a goal made 30 yards from the center just four minutes into the match.

Two minutes into the second half, Laos scored the equalizer and the score remained at 1-all until Davao’s Javier Romero Salas received the ball inside the penalty box and kicked it in with his left foot to pull the Philippines a point ahead.

"AFC Festival U-13 of FootballIn the 52nd minute, Anton Yared of the Negros Oriental Football Association (NORFA) put the Philippines far ahead after heading in a corner kick with just eight minutes left in the match.

Laos did not give up by staving the Philippines lead to one with a goal just two minutes later. However, the Little Azkals tightened their defense and the match eventually ended in their favour.

Philippine coach Oliver Colina explained that the participating teams were not ranked because the festival was developmental and not a qualifier tournament./CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON

Source: Inquirer.net

Philippine Under-13 Little Azkals rout Cambodia, 4-0

6 June, 2011 Asian Football Confederation, RP Under 13 (U13) No comments

The Philippine Under-13 team tagged the Little Azkals added another win to their tally in yesterday’s resumption of matches of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia.

The Little Azkals once again shutout Cambodia, 4-0, yesterday morning with its first goal scored just three minutes into the match courtesy of Jeremiah Borlongan of the Cagayan de Oro Misamis oriental Football Association.

The Filipino booters continued their attack with Davao’s Darios Jed Diamante adding a goal in the 15th minute of the game. Springdale’s Lorenzo Ceniza completed a hat-trick for the Little Azkals 11 minutes before the second half.

The Little Azkals did not let up in the second half and wrapped up the match with another goal courtesy of Javier Romero Salas of Davao in the 46th minute.

AFC Festival U-13 of FootballHead coach Oliver Colina attributed the win to the fact that team has now adjusted and is starting to pick up their game. However, Colina said the Little Azkals have not yet shown their full potential.

He said this might be because the team is not comfortable playing under the scorching heat of the sun. It was a different story in the afternoon, as the Little Azkals match against Singapore was abandoned with the score pegged at 0-all due to heavy rain and lightning.

All coaches are having a meeting as of presstime to decide on whether or not to continue the match.

Today, the Philippines will go up against Malaysia in the morning and Laos in the afternoon.

Source: Inquirer.net

Little Azkals open bid in AFC U-13 today

2 June, 2011 Asian Football Confederation, RP Under 13 (U13) One comment

THE Philippine Under 13 (RP U13) tagged as the “Little Azkals” will open their campaign in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U13 Festival of Football today.

The team is composed of Major Dean Ebarle of the Abellana National School (ANS); Mario Lorenzo Ceniza of Springdale; Moiselle Angelo Alforque and Vincent Lobitos of Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC); Kintaro Miyagi of Bright Academy; Lawrence Colina of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF); Lorenzo Genco; Yared Anton, Ian Daniel Eamague, Kyric Parao and Henry Hamdam of the Negros Oriental Football Association (NORFA); Mason Trent Vergara of Dumaguete City; Darios Diamante and Javier Romero-Salas of Davao FA; Sebastian Patangan of Dipolog FA; Jeremaih Borlongan and Dimitri Lionel Limbo of Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental FA; Harel Dayan, Josh Albert Miller, John William Abraham, Ray Vincent Sanciangco and Marco Alessandro Casambre of the Rizal Football Association (RIFA).

PFF U13 TEAM

Photo by Oliver Colina

First up for the Little Azkals will be Laos and Singapore this morning and Indonesia in the afternoon.

Team manager Richard Montayre explained that teams will play a total of 40 minutes with the first 11 of each team playing in the first 20 and the second 11 playing in the remaining 20 minutes.

On June 4 will be a skills test and matches will resume on Sunday and Monday.

The Little Azkals coaching staff is made up of Oliver Colina as head coach, Eleazar Toledo as assistant coach, Noel Marcaida as goalkeeping coach and Eliezer Fabroada as coach instruct.

Marcaida said the target for the Little Azkals is to better the winless performance last year’s RP U14.

CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON

Source: Inquirer.net