Philippine Football

[TrueBluePinoy]

Governor offers Azkals home field
By Bill Velasco (The Philippine Star) Updated December 13, 2010 12:00 AM

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Philippines – In the wake of the home field debacle affecting the Philippine participation in the AFF Suzuki Cup, the provincial government of Lanao del Norte is offering sports complex to be the new home field of the Azkals.

At the press conference launching the Lanao del Norte International Motocross Invitational, provincial Governor Khalid Dimaporo announced his offer to the Philippine football team and other athletes seeking a home. “I’ve always loved sports since I was in high school, the second-term governor revealed. “Soccer has always been very close to my heart.

It’s just that nobody played it here in the province. I would like to invite our football team to make the Mindanao Civic Center their home for competitions and training.” After the Philippines qualified for the Suzuki Cup semifinals, it was announced that the country would not be able to play at home because none of the football fields inspected passed international standards.

Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) Sports Complex has been home to PBA games, concerts, motocross races and last month, a national bodybuilding competition. Dimaporo says the 64-hectare facility would be a perfect place for athletes to train because it is far away from distractions.

“Without meaning offense to anyone, as a sportsman I am saddened that politics has ruined the passion of many athletes,” adds Dimaporo. “Here, I am just happy when people from all over the country – even just from all over Mindanao – are united in sports.”

Dimaporo has successfully staged many sporting events and festivals in the province. This weekend’s motocross event is the first time riders from other countries have come to the Philippines to participate.

MCC has a new football field and grandstand, a ten-thousand seat multi-purpose gym, complete weight training equipment, two swimming pools, a hotel, and a three-hectare permanent motocross track.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=69

[TrueBluePinoy]

Amazing Pinoy XI meets P-Noy
By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star) Updated December 13, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines – The chances of this over-achieving Philippine football team playing in the country are slim and none.

But this doesn’t mean that the team, a mixture of homegrown and Fil-foreign players, will lower their guard against Indonesia in the semifinals of the AFF Suzuki Cup.

“This could be the start of bigger things to come,” said team skipper Aly Borromeo.

Barring any last-minute changes in the schedule, the Pinoy booters will have a meeting with President Aquino in Malacanang today, on the eve of their departure for Indonesia.

Before that, they will be at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex before noon to call on Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia.

The semis matchup against Indonesia is set Dec. 16 and 19 at the 80,000-seat Gelora Bung Kamo Stadium in Jakarta.

The Filipinos, who became an instant sensation following a historic win over Vietnam and a couple of draws against Singapore and Myanmar in the group stage, are eyeing for more.

“The morale is very high,” said Borromeo.

As a semifinalist, the Philippines has the right to host one of the two semis matches against Indonesia, but the absence of a venue that suits international standards has kept the game away from the Filipino soccer fans.

As it is, only the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod is close to hosting an international soccer match, the way it did during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.

But the AFF (Asian Football Federation) standards are way higher than those of the SEA Games Federation, and the chances of holding one of two semis matches in the country was shut down even before it took off.

Jose Mari Martinez, the embattled president of the Philippine Football Federation, because his position is being contested by another group headed by Mariano Araneta, said he’s still trying to push for a Dec. 19 semis match in the country.

He is scheduled to fly to Jakarta tomorrow, and ask AFF officials to take a second look at the Panaad Stadium.

Araneta said it would be better for Martinez to forget about hosting the semis match, and instead make sure that if the Philippines makes it to the finals, there would be a local venue fit to host the game.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=69

[pachador]

Well, unless emotions and feelings have changed, I dont think those mixed indonesians will like to play for indonesia except if tons of money is offered, then maybe.

The indonesian expatriate community in holland and the USA are composed of mixed dutch-indonesian who fled from indonesia because they were considered collaborators of the dutch during indonesia's fight for independense. the second group are mollucans who are refugees from their seccesionist war with indonesia. A third more recent immigrant group are the usual mainstream indonesians- this group would be more open-minded to the idea IMHO.

its possible that indonesian expatriates who are more recent immigrants to other countries would not mind at all but descendants of those hard-core mixed dutch-indonesians from the 1940s and earlier will probably pass it up unless theres lots of money involved. I could be wrong though.

There is a potential untapped community of a conservative estimate of at least 300,000 plus spaniards of filipino descent in Spain. in particular the ones who returned to spain after the 1898 war and after world war 2 in the late 1940s could not be distinguished from the usual spaniards because they are also spaniards - the only difference is that they were born in the Philippines(they were called insulares) so you can imagine their football or basketball playing descendants. BTW, one of the Filipino posters here is called "insulares" .

Indonesia could be a powerhouse in Asia, if they also use players of part-Indonesian descent from their large expatriate community in Holland. Please take note, four members of the Holland's 2010 World Cup runner-up team are of part Indonesian descent. They are Robin Van Persie of Arsenal, John Heitinga of Everton, captain Giovanni von Bronckhorst of Feyenoord and Demy De Zeeuw of Ajax.

links :

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-643035.html

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/471/n...from-indonesia

[b3lowzro]

Limpag: Remove the disease in Philippine football
By Mike T. Limpag

FOR THOSE who were surprised why Mari Martinez’s name was never mentioned in my first column after the Azkals made the AFF Suzuki Cup semis, wonder not.

No, I have not forgotten the guy. Besides he’s irrelevant when it comes to the senior team and I thought it was blasphemous to put his name next to those of the RP team manager, coach and players.

Those players worked their butt off to get where they are. Martinez lied his way into his spot. Haven’t you forgotten? This is the same guy who promised to resign in six months if he couldn’t make football the no. 2 most popular sport in the country?
He didn’t of course. That’s why he’s still there. Clinging desperately.

And in Philippine football’s biggest hour he played the Grinch.


He stole our Christmas.


Don’t, for a moment, believe that crap that no Philippine stadium passed the AFF standards for hosting a match. Don’t for a minute believe that the lights in the Panaad aren’t broadcast-tv friendly.


In 2005, we hosted the Southeast Asian Games, an AFF-managed affair, in Panaad. The games were aired live.


Ditto with the 2006 AFF Championships qualifiers. An AFF-managed affair that was also
aired live.


The reason is money and the PFF doesn’t have any left, that’s why 26 of the 33 FAs (Dan Palami’s Leyte Football Association included) voted to have Martinez removed from office.


Martinez said it would have cost $100,000 to host the semifinal game, money that is impossible to raise.


Well he didn’t have to raise it if the PFF has money.


He didn’t have to raise it if the Fifa largesse given during the World Cup--
$200,000—was still available.


He didn’t have to raise it if the annual Fifa aid—$250,000—is in the PFF coffers.


He didn’t have to raise it if he’d graciously left the office when an overwhelming majority said they didn’t want him, anymore.


As to the fairy tale he concocted that he gave up our hosting rights for our players? So they could get 50 percent of the gate receipts in Indonesia’s games? And that he could do that by playing hard-to-get?


Who is he fooling?


How could he play hard to get if he gave Indonesia our home game? Will he threaten, “OK, we’ll just play our game in our home soil.”


That won’t fly. He already gave up his trump card.


By the way, the Jakarta Globe already reported the Indonesia Football Federation will
keep all gate earnings thank-you-very-much. But I’d love to know though, who gets a cut of the advertising and broadcast rights?


Martinez should stop legitimizing his stay in office by bragging that he’s the one recognized by Fifa, something Ronnie Nathanielsz pointed out.


Oh Ronnie, who gets recognized by the international body is rarely a factor, isn’t it?
Remember BAP and PB? It’s about right and wrong and Mari is wrong!


What Mari keeps forgetting to mention is that while his ouster wasn’t recognized by Fifa, the international body, in turn, ordered him to form a new Congress in 90 days and ask the members whether they’d want to kick him again or not.


When I heard that news last Dec. 3, I thought, heck, Mari could do no worse in 90 days, right?


Then along comes this away-and-away semifinals.


Graeme Mackinnon, who was about to pay for his airfare to Bacolod before Mari did a Mari, said it best: Dan Palami (Sorry for mentioning your name with Martinez) is so successful with the national team because he isolated the team from Martinez. Perhaps it’s time to adopt the formula for all? Isolate Philippine football from Martinez.

Let’s get rid of this man once and for all.

But this time, let’s wait for the right time. In 80 days and counting.

I wonder what kind of brilliant plans the future ex-president will cook.

P.S. The answer came too soon a day after I wrote this. Martinez is threatening to fire Palami, coach Simon McMenemey and the whole team. Don’t you just love a desperate man doing desperate things?

(www.football.cebunetwork.com)

[donmar]

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=69

No offence to Dimaporo... LDN is my home province and if we want to avoid international embarrassment such as kidnapping of half-bred Filipinos or even their foreign opponents.. then his offer should be turn down... in my opinion, the safest places to host an international football game in Mindanao are Cagayan de Oro, Davao and Zamboanga City (where huge military divisions can provide security)

Anyway, lets just stick to Panaad or the Rizal Memorial Coliseum for now...

[Silent Killer]

MVP to support the azkals? say Hello to PHL FOOTBALL Team

[paolylo]

hopefully the exposed mess won't lead to FIFA suspending the PFF like FIBA did to the old BAP.

who will the people believe? one man sitting behind a desk or an entire team with its staff who have indeed used money from their own pockets just so that they can have a chance to play?

[b3lowzro]

i've noticed, the singaporeans are also having the same problem with their stadiums. Their National Stadium about to be torn down to be built into better stadium, their other stadiums are sub standard or to little to accommodate a large crowd.

[dxjayrock2008]

i've noticed, the singaporeans are also having the same problem with their stadiums. Their National Stadium about to be torn down to be built into better stadium, their other stadiums are sub standard or to little to accommodate a large crowd.

They have the necessary funds for renovating, remaking and building stadiums. How I wish we have enough funds for that. Sniff, sniff.

[satria_muda]

Another Southeast Asian eleven that makes use of players of foreign descent is Indonesia. Their national squad has four Dutch-born players in defender Tobias Waisapy, midfielders Raphael Maitimo and Jeffrey de Visccher and striker Jhon van Beukering.

This article so wrong about that, YES they wanna play for Indonesia but they aren't member of Indonesia NT, infact Im not sure if they can get Indonesia pasport to play for NT, the same case like them is javanese descent,Sergio Van Dijk, one of the top scorer in Australia league.

afterall all of them although have dutch names but they are still Indonesian descent, the same case like Foreign born in Philippine team.

[weward]

this post by sergio23 is in the Philippines NT 2010 thread of the philippine section. brought it here to lessen the OT-ness.
hope you dont mind it sergio23.

OT:

The Azkals will be revamp according to Mister Martinez. So its not only in Basketball, even in Football the bad spirits are also trying to distract the team. in the first place why revamp when the team is doing good Internationally right?
We are on the right track but some Abnoy disguise as Pinoy are now closely working for our national teams destruction.

who the f*ck is martinez? is he a Filipino?
correct me if im wrong guys, but the Philippines receives money support from FIFA right? maybe that's what alarms that martinez guy. there will be lesser time to enjoy the funds coming from fifa. his pocket doesnt want to reduce.


btw,how do refs rule an off-side? it always ends the excitement(atleast for someone as ignorant as me )..hehe
nakakahiya.when friends asks me what happened in a certain play, i cant answer them..i was a football player pa naman when i was in elementary.and i dont even know the rules or anything. up until now i didnt know how i survived those days. lol

[bognut]

you must not be ahead of the defender upon receiving the ball inside the box... or so i think...

btw,how do refs rule an off-side? it always ends the excitement(atleast for someone as ignorant as me )..hehe
nakakahiya.when friends asks me what happened in a certain play, i cant answer them..i was a football player pa naman when i was in elementary.and i dont even know the rules or anything. up until now i didnt know how i survived those days. lol

be the goal keeper then!!

[than11]

btw,how do refs rule an off-side? it always ends the excitement(atleast for someone as ignorant as me )..hehe
nakakahiya.when friends asks me what happened in a certain play, i cant answer them..i was a football player pa naman when i was in elementary.and i dont even know the rules or anything. up until now i didnt know how i survived those days. lol

I'm not sure if I can articulately put it into words but here's how I understand it, the recipient of the pass should be behind the last defender(excluding the GK) when the pass is made..It doesn't matter if the recipient is outside or inside the box..He can be ahead of the defender when he actually receives it but should always be behind until the ball leaves the foot of the passer.

[eindhow]

Here's how to explain it better..



That's why it is kind of hard to score a goal in football..

If you put it in basketball sense, you're cutting away the breakaway fastbreak.. It's kind of easy actually..

than11 made an effort to explain it.. But I made the same one to the people that ask me and they still don't understand it..

[b3lowzro]

looks like Indonesian Striker Irfan Bachdim made Reidl a bit mad

check out this article

Alfred Riedl admonished Irfan Bachdim
Riedl demanded his players to fully concentrate on the semi-finals ahead of the party.



VIVAnews - Concentration full. This is what is demanded Alfred Riedl on his troops before the AFF Cup semi-final against Philippines on Thursday, 16 December 2010.

The players no longer allowed to conduct interviews in the hotel area. Especially if you have to come to the studio in particular.

Public and media attention to the national team's success soared after they won Group A with a record one hundred percent. Now not only bona fide soccer enthusiast who cared for them. Impromptu too many pop fans especially after learning there is a handsome nimble players named Irfan Bachdim.

Bachdim already felt the reprimand Riedl. After practice on Saturday (11/12), bloody Dutch striker was 'mugged' television reporters to pronounce a sentence which is specified in front of the camera.

"Come Irfan, do not let them mengaturmu," said Riedl.

Bachdim looked confused by the warning. But the pace was still detained by reporters earlier. Seeing the situation, Riedl looks pissed and wiped his face with his hands.

This makes Riedl judge was time he has implemented strict rules on his players for not berintreaksi with things other than football affairs. If there is a breach, Austrian coach did not hesitate to punish by not playing in the match.

like whats happening to Irfan, the azkals are getting too much media attention, their assignment ain't over. people flock anywhere they go, I do hope this won't do damage to the Azkals focus.