Young Azkals get PH SEA Games campaign going with rout of Timor Leste

Philippine Azkals U23. ZING SPORTS PHOTO

The Philippines opened its marketing campaign within the thirty first Southeast Asian (SEA) Video games on the fitting foot, flaunting a fearless attacking show in a 4-0 rout of Timor Leste in males’s soccer on Friday at Viet Tri Stadium in Phu Tho, Vietnam.

It’ll solely get more durable from hereon for the Below-23 Azkals, who’re grouped with defending champion Vietnam, 2019 runner-up Indonesia and Myanmar.

“We sleep, eat and we go once more,” stated captain Stephan Schrock, one among two veterans allowed in SEA Video games soccer.

The Filipinos battle Vietnam on Sunday and can go into that match with a minimum of some momentum after Christian Rontini, Dennis Chung, Jovin Bedic and Oskari Kekkonen supplied the objectives that gave coach Norman Fegidero his first win on this yr’s occasion.

Rontini cashed in on Schrock’s cross and knocked in a header within the eleventh minute, earlier than the Filipinos used a robust second half to finish the hopes of the Timorese.

“It’s at all times going to be troublesome going into the event as a result of we don’t know precisely the place we’re as a group, however everybody confirmed a whole lot of dedication and self-discipline,” stated Schrock. “The boys did very properly.”

The Filipinos have a one-day break earlier than taking up the Vietnamese on Sunday in a match that might decide their possibilities of advancing to the semifinals.

Chung obtained on the scoresheet within the 56th minute on one other setup from Schrock earlier than Bedic made it 3-0 within the 78th minute. Kekkonen scored 9 minutes from time.

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