AS the senior team of Philippine Football is down to its last week of preparations for the World Cup first round match, the Southeast Asian Games bound team will start preparing for the biennial games today.
The under-23 coaching staff will work on finalizing a 23-man team out of the 47 hopefuls. The coaching staff will be led by team manager Dan Palami, coaches Norman Fegidero and Rolando Pinero and goalkeeper coach Michael Casas.
The team has yet to finalize the venue for the practices but they are looking at Alabang Country Club to host their training every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Palami, who will arrive today from Germany after being with the senior team, will meet with the players and staff to sort out plans for the SEA games preparation.
However, the training pool will not yet be complete as those who are based in the province and outside the country will be missing the first day of training. The team is expected to be completed within the week.
Among the familiar names in the 47-man team are Simon Greatwich, Christopher Camcam, Yannick Tuason, Jerry Barbosa and Paolo Pascual.
“I expect a lot of new faces and a lot of competition,” said Cebuano goalkeeper Pascual.
Fil-Belgian Jacques Van Bossche and Fil Austrian Robert Rixter are set to arrive today to be reunited with the team. Some overseas players joining the team are Jason de Jong, Ahmad Islam, Patrick Hinrichsen, Mark Drinkuth, James Rochlitz and OJ Porteria.
By Cheska D. Geli
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper
Philippine U23 Team starts training today
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Anonymous
An askal is a Filipino term for any dog with no pedigree, no breed, no class. The askal is usually astray, unsupported and survives by feeding on whatever provision it can find. The Filipino national football team can relate to this mongrel, they have almost no support from a government thats suppose to support them, they are underdogs not just only to the world but even in their own region, South East Asia.
Name: Angel Guirado Aldeguer
Stephan Schröck - nicknamed "Schröcky", is a German–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a right back for 2nd Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
