Countdown: Mongolia - Azkals 15 March
Here I found some interesting news of the last days of the Philippine newspapers together and translated for you.
Azkals fly to Japan on Monday for training
03/06/2011 After preparation in a height-Camp in Baguio City, it is now set so far in a facility outside of Tokyo the Japanese Football Association, the Training in the winter conditions in Ulan Bator, for the return match against Mongolia set.
The team is Rob Gier and Chris Greatwich and the goalkeeper Neil Etheridge for miss the game next week. But far more than in their absence, people are afraid of the cold weather in Mongolia.
Source: http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110306-323843/Azkals-leave-for-Japan-training-Monday
congressmen want a new football stadium
07/03/2011 In the absence of larger and better training opportunities Azkals have now authorized the provision of P300 million required to build a world-class football stadium in the Philippines. Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro) and Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao) are looking for a way to build a football stadium with a seating capacity of 75,000.
"It is high time that we bring the glory days of Philippine football of the '70s and '80s, when the Philippine team was among the strongest in Asia. While the country still basketball is crazy, we need the facts eye can see that we have better opportunities in football. If you think that Filipino football players are relatively better educated and have more talent than players from neighboring countries. " Rodriguez said in the filing of the application recently.
Currently, there are five football stadiums across the country. The largest is the Panadium Stadium in Bacolod City with a capacity of 20,000 seats. But the requirements for the stadium were enough of the AFF (ASEAN Football Federation) is not why the Azkals were forced to have to play their home match against Indonesia at the opponent in front of more than 80,000 Indonesians. The Azkals lost last year to Indonesia and therefore did not reach the final round. "While there is no guarantee that the Azkals, because if they had played in the Philippines have also won. But the home advantage would have definitely helped, as thousands of Filipinos had supported the players, instead of thousands of Indonesians she mocked, "said the representatives
Source:.. http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/307992/congressmen-push-worldclass-football-stadiumwas
newcomers to Azkals
07.03.2011 According to an interview with leaders of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) "should, three newly recruited players Azkals in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup in Yangon (Myanmar) on 21, 23 and March 25 increase. prerequisite is, however, that the Philippines ended around Mongolia in the qualifiers in the return match on March 15 (first leg 2-0 for the Azkals prevail).
The new players will be led by the English-born Aldeguer Guirado, a Filipino-English striker, who plays for the English third division team Deportivo Ronda in Malaga. He is 6'2 "(188 cm), relatively large. Guirado has trained with the Azkals already, but is not yet eligible to play for the return match against Mongolia in Ulan Bator, because he was not registered in the squad list to the AFC. Guirado, the only English speaking, already has a Philippine passport
Other possible future debutants were the Toronto-born De Guzman brothers, whose father Bobby was a Filipino and whose mother Pauline Jamaican. Midfielder Jonathan (23) currently plays for English club Real Mallorca, after a stopover in the Dutch league. His older brother Julian (29) played for English club Deportivo La Coruna and then moved into the Canadian Football League. De Guzman had as yet shown no interest in playing for the Philippine national team. Julian has already played for the Canadian national team. However, FIFA will allow players to play for another team, provided they have legitimate passports. The other two are
Azkal newcomers: the Philippine-German Stefan Schröck and the Philippine-Danish Jerry Lucena. Schroeck (24) plays for the German second division club SpVgg Greuther Fürth. His mother is a Filipina and his father German. Lucena (30) was born in Esbjerg, Denmark, his father is Filipino and his mother Danish. He plays for the Danish first division club AGF Aarhus. Schroeck is due to injury, at present dependent on crutches and uses the time to apply for his Philippine passport. The goalkeeper Neil Etheridge
has received from his English club Fulham is not enabled for the Mongolia game next week and can not play in Ulan Bator. Unless the Philippines beat Mongolia, they expect in Group A of the Challenge Cup, the host Myanmar, Bangladesh and Palestine.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=663846&publicationSubCategoryId=69
Azkals will play on Wednesday against Japanese team
03/08/2011 The Azkals the first play of two preparatory matches against two university teams. They test on Wednesday to deal with the winter weather conditions, the fitness and the ability of the team with the harsh conditions.
The team practiced on Tuesday on an artificial turf at the J-Village in Gotemba City. Some players freeze, because they played the first time around freezing.
Although a number of foreigners in the squad with Frost would be familiar to some of the players especially as Chieffy Caligdong and Ian Araneta never played in temperatures below zero degrees.
But the German coach Hans Michael Weiss is confident that the foreigners in the team, the team will go along by the cold. "I'm happy with the news that will come and we Rey Jonnson Phil and James Younghusband, Greatwich and Jason De Jong have in the squad." said Weiss.
Jonnson The defender will join together with De Jong due to other commitments, but only in the Ulan Bator Azkals.
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/308169/azkals-play-japan-team-wednesday
Fulham to Charlton Etheridge borrows from
08/03/2011 The goalkeeper Neil Etheridge the Azkals, who plays for Fulham, was on loan at Charlton Athletic Football Club. Etheridge confirmed the report on his official Twitter account. "Signed on loan at Charlton." he said, where he will play for a month.
Etheridge is one of the largest Filipino-British players who have been recommended for the Azkals. He will not be able to Azkals in the Challenge Cup qualifying match against Mongolia on 15 support to March, against Fulham because of his commitments. Therefore, to Edward Sacapaño take his place in the next game, which will be held in Ulan Bator.
Schröck is to assist in June Azkals
From June, the Philippine-German Stephan Schroeck Azkal strengthen the team. The 24-year-old Schröck plays as right back for Greuther Fuerth in Germany in the second Bundesliga. He is currently recovering from knee surgery and said he was very excited to be playing for the team.
Schröck played for the German U-18, U-19 and U-20 youth teams. "We have a lot of good quality and good guys. I hope we can . So that we develop further, "he said of the team Azkal
source. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/03/08/11/uks-fulham-loans-etheridge-charlton-club
Azkals train in Japan in a mountain resort near freezing temperatures
03/09/2011 "It's cold, but amazing: a friendly place, a large soccer complex and good food, but no WiFi," said the 28 -year-old defender Anton del Rosario from California. Also missing captain Aly Borromeo WiFi in training camp at the foot of Mt Fuji. "We are four hours away from Tokyo. As one would have thought in a country like Japan, it would WiFi everywhere. Although we have zero degrees in the early training. But the guys seem not to identify the cold too much. "
The Azkals arrived at Narita and drove 174 km further to Gotemba, where they remain until March 13 and train and then from here to fly to Mongolia. For most of them it is the first time to experience such wintry weather in general. But in Mongolia, Ulan Bator, were the day before even -11 degrees. The play of the Mongols is played by 1 clock in the afternoon, where temperatures around the freezing point. This was the main reason why the Azkals the trip to Gotemba, took more than a week before the match in Mongolia, to himself.
The Azkals defeated the Mongols on 9 2-0 February in Bacolod, but at 25 degrees. To the helm still turn things around, the Mongols would win by a margin of at least three goals. Otherwise, go to the Azkals AFC Challenge Cup group stage.
Chieffy Caligdong, who scored the opening goal against the Mongols in Bacolod, said the thermal clothing for the team help. "We use it. The team is okay, but we are still trying to get used to the temperatures, with a little cough of mine. It's just too cold outside. New climate." he said.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=664449&publicationSubCategoryId=69
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