I had
this discussion with my friend a few days back. It all started when Jessica Soho made a topic out of the
recent success of our Philippine
Football Team on her weekly magazine program, Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho. The
Azkals’ current standing made our country realize that we can excel in team
games other than basketball.
Here the highlights of the Philippines versus Vietnam match.
Against
Indonesia, we carried ourselves well. Sure, Christian “El Loco” Gonzales is a phenomenal striker and admittedly
we have to work on our offense but it’s not as if he dominated. He was the only player who scored in the series but he could have scored more. Except for those goals, the Azkals challenged every possession. Now that the
government and the private sectors, as well as the international teams like
Germany and some Middle Eastern countries are taking care of the team’s
welfare, we could be looking at the era where the Philippines become an Asian
football power especially with all the tournaments lined up to help us get the
international feel of things.
Here are highlights from their AFF Suzuki Cup Game 1 match of their semifinal series against Indonesia.
Here are highlights from their AFF Suzuki Cup Game 1 match of their semifinal series against Indonesia.
Have
you noticed that no one is calling football soccer now?
Yes,
we have evolved.
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... and not Phil Younghusband the... uhh... what on earth should I call this? (by the way, got this from Supreme. Sorry!) |
Back to my friend – he said that the Philippine team are a bunch of Fil-foreigners who come here because they are getting benched in Europe. He also said that football is just a way to make people think you are cool.
It’s merely a part of social standing...
... Just like owning a cool ride, an expensive gadget, and a flock of hot chicks you bang simultaneously.
What... the... fuck.
I can’t say I don’t believe him. Before finding fame The Brothers Younghusband are nothing more than Team B members of English club Chelsea and Neil Etheridge was a no-namer from some Dutch club... but come on! These guys helped the team gain recognition!
This
is downright crab mentality for our
part!
This
scenario flashbacked me to the late 90’s when Fil-Am basketball players are being charged of falsifying their
citizenship! And when they are proven Filipino, we rant on how the PBA is
foreigner-dominated! They have our blood and they have the documents to back it
up so who are we to say that they can’t play for their country?
I know
all nations are racists but in this
scenario, our racism is at an all-time high.
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Gatorade also supports the Azkals! |
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This logo should remind me to buy their merchandise BECAUSE THIS LOOKS AWESOME! |
Maybe one day we’ll have a football league to rival the PBA!
Maybe
we can discover an abundant field of homegrown talents from the grassroots
areas that we can snub all the Fil-foreigners altogether!
Hell,
perhaps there can be a time when a Pinoy footballer will strut his wares and
eventually become the poster boy of teams like AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Arsenal,
Juventus, and yeah... Real F’N Madrid!
What
the Azkals and Philippine football in general are experiencing right now are
baby steps to conquer bigger things!
While
my friend has gotten the point of supporting and not criticizing, as for those
racists, crab mentality people, and mindless peons who want nothing less than
to see the Pinoys lose...
DON’T
JINX THEM BY HANDING OUT WRONG SENTIMENTS!
Game
over.
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