Please vote for Ceres Negros player and Philippine Azkals mainstay Iain Ramsay's goal as the Goal of the Tournament. The goal was made during Ceres Negros' game against Singapore's Tampines Rovers. You can see this goal in this video posted in the AFC Hub YouTube channel :
Filipino sports fans was in for a treat tonight - with not one, not two but three great wins tonight from 3 different Philippine teams in 3 different sports.
The first win was scored by the Philippine National Women's Volleyball team when they sweep their first group match versus Hong Kong in the AVC Senior Women's Volleyball Championship at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. The Filipinas had a tentative start but never looked back once they got the momentum. They beat the HK ladies via a 25-21, 25-16, 25-17 tally.
The team was led by Alyssa Valdez with 14 points and Jaja Santiago with 13 points. The next assignment of the girls will be Kazakhstan on Friday.
The next win was from Gilas Pilipinas who also opened their campaign in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Beirut, Lebanon. In their first group stage match, they were able to get an upset win over defending champion China, 96-87.
The Philippines 🇵🇠fight off a big comeback from China 🇨🇳 to open their #FIBAAsiaCup2017 campaign
Gilas led most of the game, with China almost pulling off their come from behind surge in the fourth quarter, even getting the lead in the last quarter. But Gilas was able to hold on and was able to clinch the win. Terrence Romeo topscorred with 26 points, Japeth Aguilar has 5 blocked shots and Gabe Norwood coming up with 3 steals and 3 blocks. Here are the highlights of the game from FIBA's official YouTube channel:
Next game will be against WABA dark horse Iraq on Friday night.
To cap off this streak, PFL's Ceres Negros FC was declared as the ASEAN Zone Champion at the 2017 AFC Cup in front of their home crowd in Bacolod City. Ceres Negros won over Home United FC at Bacolod with a score of 2-0 and a 3-2 win on aggregate. OJ Porteria started with an early goal at 2' time. The second goal was from a penalty kick from Manny Ott.
Ceres Negros FC will be battling for the Southeast Asia Zonal Championship of the 2017 AFC Cup against Home United FC of Singapore. This is the first time that a Filipino Club reached this stage of the competition and will have a chance to even go further and compete for the cup.
The Filipino side will again rely on Bienvenido Maranon, Iain Ramsay, Manny Ott and captain Martin Steuble to score goals, Luke Woodland and Junior Munoz for their defense and Roland Muller's goalkeeping. They will also be fielding their new mainstay, Stephan Shrock for the first time in the competition.
The first game (the Away game for Ceres Negros FC) will be tomorrow, August 2 in Singapore. The 2nd game (the Home game for Ceres Negros FC) will be on August 9 in Bacolod. Both games will be broadcasted live by Fox Sports.
Philippine side Global Cebu FC has revenged their first round loss to Malaysian side and 2015 AFC Cup champion Johor Darul Ta'zim FC. The Filipino team won with the slightest of margin, 3 - 2 last night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.
Global FC took the lead in the first half, scoring all their 3 goals in a span of 8 minutes courtesy of midfielders Dennis Villanueva and Shu Sasaki and defender Amani Aguinaldo. The Malaysian side came out aggressive in the second half. They were able to get 2 goals from Gabriel Guerra at the 49th and 83rd minute. But time was not on their side and the lead by the hometeam was enough to give them the win.
