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HISTORIC WIN!Azkals crushed
Indonesia, 4-0, to
make semis ofAFF Suzuki Cup2014
For the third straight time, the
Philippine Azkals are in the
semifinals of the AFF(ASEAN
Football Federation) Suzuki
Cup. And they did it by ending an 80-year drought.
The Azkals essayed an astonishing 4-0 victory over regional
powerhouse Indonesia, their first
over the Merah Putih since 1934, on Tuesday night at the My Dinh
National Stadium in Hanoi,
Vietnam to clinch another return ticket to the semifinals of the
regions most prestigious football
tournament.
Riding high on an equally impressive 4-1 win over Laos last
Saturday, the PH side rode high on a
relentless offensive attack and solid defensive schemes to get
back at the surprisingly outclassedIndonesian side.
The masterful victory enabled the Azkals to claim six points in
Group A and clinch the first
semifinal ticket of the eight-nation tournament.
Aside from pushing the Merah Putih on the brink of elimination
following the latters 2-2 draw
with host Vietnam in the opener last Saturday, the Azkals also
gained some measure of revenge
on a pair of 0-1 defeats to Indonesia in the semifinal round of
the AFF Suzuki Cup in 2010.
The victory is expected to go down as one of the best for the
Azkals, who went into the match out
to play above their 1-19-2 (win-loss-draw) record against the
Merah Putih, who even scored a
staggering 13-1 victory over the Philippines in 2002.
