There’s Angel Guirado to save lots of the day.
Back within the comforts of football-mad crowd at the Panaad stadium, Guirado, 27, delivered a brace because the Azkals regained their fangs offensively with a convincing 3-0 win over lowly Guam Tuesday night in their FIFA-sanctioned friendly match in Bacolod town.
After drawing with Southeast Asian powerhouses Malaysia (0-0) and Indonesia (2-2), the Azkals leaned on the clinical outing from Guirado, who came up massive this point to earn Man of the Match honors.
Inspired by the rocking hometown fans, Guirado quickly showcased his goal-scoring prowess as he found information superhighway with a curling kick within the eighth minute over the outstretched arms of Guamanian goalie Dallas Jaye.
Four minutes later, Carli de Murga got a nifty pass from James Younghusband and slotted home another goal from the correct flank that slipped past Jaye and into the way corner.
Standing at 6-foot-3, Guirado used his height advantage to the hilt, drilling during a header off a Dennis Cagara free kick simply before the time whistle that capped the Azkals’ full domination within the 1st half.
The Azkals didn't get on the board within the second within the face of a resolute Guam defense, though striker Denis Wolf had a minimum of 3 sensible possibilities to attain from shut vary. The Guamanians came out a lot of aggressive within the last forty five minutes in search of a goal to form the scoreline a lot of respectable, and though they became a lot of inventive in their attack, they couldn’t get too several clear shots on goal.
Coach Hans Michael Weiss used a lot of substitutes during this match, sending in Misagh Bahadoran, Jason De Jong, Anto Gonzales and Jeff Christaens within the second. It absolutely was the primary international cap in six years for Gonzales, the coach of the back-to-back UAAP champion UP Men’s soccer Team.
The one-sided result's expected to augur well for the Azkals, ranked 149th within the world, forty five rungs more than the Guamanians, as they gear up for the AFF Suzuki Cup slated this November.
After incurring a red card every in last Thursday’s match against the Indonesians, Caligdong and Ott were forced to sit down out against the Guam.
