Philippine Football: A whole new Pinoy Craze

Official Team Logo of Philippine AZKALS

Truly, basketball has been the Pinoys best game of all times. After the legendary sipa and tumbang preso, Filipinos are now more enthusiastic in playing games which we adopted from foreign land. First was basketball, who would never forget the NBA's legend Micheal Jordan of Chicago Bulls that soon we had also our own version of PBA. Second was billiard that made Efren "Bata" Reyes famous through his magic billiard tricks. Third was in bowling with Paeng Nepomuceno that gave winning strikes to our country and last was boxing by the pound-for-pound king Manny "PacMan" Paquiao, that gave unending knock-out recognition to our mother land. These were just some of the most achievements of our beloved Filipino athletes who conquered not just the records but the world.

According to the FIFA, Philippines ranked # 152 while Mongolia ranks # 182.

 But who would ever thought that football would be Filipinos' next favorite game. As recent events last year, Philippines has been recognized for being one of the best players of football in the recent AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. It made us believe that Filipinos are also best when it comes to football. And the time has come to witness and feel the Philippine AZKALS on the move since the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup will be held in Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City, Philippines.

The Philippine AZKALS

 FEBRUARY 9, 2011: 

The date is set to make the best goal of the night for Philippines vs. Mongolia in the 16,000 people capacity of Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City. A jam-packed number of people from different parts of the country flocked the stadium since early afternoon that some spectators weren't able to come in due to lack of tickets. 

The game started at 7:00 pm with the enormous crowd cheering for the Philippine team. Emilio Caligdong scored the first goal for the Philippines that tricked the goalie of the Blue Wolves on the 42nd minute. The second goal was from Phil Younghusband in the 92nd minute.

The game ended with a 2-0 score favored to the Philippine AZKALS. Once again Filipino pride has flourished the Panaad grounds with jubilation and once proved that Filipinos can do it.

MARCH 15, 2011: