Sunday, November 23, 2014

azkals wins first assignment in the 2014 aff suzuki cup

the philippine azkals convincingly won its first assignment versus the laos side in its first assignment in the 2014 aff suzuki cup.

it was actually laos who drew first blood, with a great free kick finding its way to the back of the net at the 20th minute. but it was azkals game all the way after that. simone rota provided the equalizer with a header at the 40th minute, followed by phil younghusband's goal at the 45th minute for the lead after the first half.

in the second half, laos cannot answer back and patrick reichelt added 2 more goals, both from assists from phil younghusband.

here are the highlights of the match from the aff suzuki cup youtube channel:


with this win, the azkals secured the number 1 spot in group a after indonesia and vietnam settled for a draw in their match. the azkals will face indonesia on tuesday and vietnam on friday. the top 2 teams in the 2 groups will advance to the knockout stage.

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