AZKALS lost its final match against Australia Olyroos U23 with final score of 0-1 held in Al Nasr Stadium, Dubai.
The second half lineup has Balut Doctora substituting Araneta. Doctora's presence proved to be an improvement to the team as he showed more power in ball steals. This made the Azkals spend more ball time on the opponents field.
Other powerhouses on the 2nd half were Denis Wolf and Angel Guirado who had most time handling the ball and near goal attempts.
Misagh Bahadoran was subbed by Beloya who had the most near chance goal but converted it into an airball.
Jason de Jong and Angel Guirado both had their yellow cards.
It was expected that Australia U23 which had more experience to win the game. Having a 0-1 score in favor of the powerhouse Aussies showed that indeed we have improved defense. Jasion Sabio's presence replacing Aly Borromeo's line of defense was applaudable assisting the GK most of the time in saving the ball.
All in all, the 3-day matches gives a hindsight for Coach Weiss who the better players are and what strategies need to be improved.
We'll see the new and improved team against the Malaysian Tigers this coming February 29 at Rizal Coliseum.
hmmmp Australia is very good at their defense,,hmmmp not to mention they are experts..
ReplyDeleteThat's true. Having them only score once is already an improvement.
ReplyDeleteLet's see how their gameplay improves with the Malaysian Tigers this February 29th.