Azkals vs Kuwait Live Streaming Updates

The 1st leg of the Philippine Azkals vs Kuwait Al-Azraq game in Round 2 of 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification Stage is happening right now in Kuwait, and is being aired live on ABS-CBN Channel 2.

Azkals team captain Aly Borromeo and midfielder Stephan Schrock have been suspended by the FIFA Disciplinary Commitee and aren't playing for the team after they incurred 2 yellow cards during their last game vs Sri Lanka. Jason Sabio and Jason De Jong fill in.

Here's the starting 11 line-up for the Philippine Azkals in their match vs Kuwait Al-Azraq:

#10 Phil Younghusband
#13 Chieffy Caligdong
#12 Angel Aldeguer Guirado
#7 James Younghusband
#8 Manuel Ott
#21 Jason De Jong
#27 Ray Jonsson
#2 Rob Gier
#4 Anton Del Rosario
#3 Jason Sabio
#1 Neil Etheridge

The Azkals are in white, while Kuwait team wears blue.

Game has started...at 12:30 AM (Philippine Time) being aired live on ABS-CBN Channel 2.

Angel Guirado hurt badly at 5th minute. Kuwait's player #4 was booked with a yellow card.

Player #20 Yousef Nasser of Kuwait scored 1st goal, at 17th minute.

Half-time stats:
Goals Scored - Kuwait 1, Philippines 0
Goal Attempts - Kuwait 7, Philippines 5
Corner Kicks - Kuwait 5, Philippines 2
Yello Cards - Kuwait 1, Philippines 0

Player #13 Musaed Neda of Kuwait scored the 2nd goal, at 68th minute of the game. #13 later got a yellow card at 75th minute, the 2nd yellow card for Kuwait.

Another goal scored for Kuwait at 85th min., by Player #11 Fahed Al-Ibrahim.

Extra time of 4 minutes, #5 Simon Greatwich subs in for Chieffy Caligdong. Greatwich was later booked with a yellow card at 93rd minute.

Fil-Iranian Misagh Bahadoran, Player #14 of the Azkals, subs in for Angel Guirado.

Game ends...Kuwait 3-0 Philippines.

The Leg 2 of the Philippines vs Kuwait Match will be held this July 28, 2011 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Azkals vs Sri Lanka Live Updates

The Philippine Azkals faced Sri Lanka in its first qualifying playoff for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The Azkals (Philippines) vs Sri Lanka football match happened at the Colombo Sugathadasa Stadium with live coverage on Studio 23 which started at 5:20 PM and the game kicked off at 6:30PM.

LIVE SCORE UPDATE: Sri Lanka 1, Philippines 1
Sri Lanka's Chathura Gunarathna scores first goal 4 minutes before 2nd half of the game (41st minute)
Not giving his best performance, Phil Younghusband was replaced by Fil-Am Nate Burkey before halftime.
Burkey scored the first goal for the Philippine Azkals 4 minutes after the 2nd half (at 49th minute). He was later replaced by Ian Araneta.
Azkals' players who got 1 yellow card each were James Younghusband, Stephan Schrock and Aly Borromeo.
Sri Lanka also received 3 yellow cards. One each for Anton Nimal Fernando, Nadeeka Pushpakumara and Safraz Kaiz.
Game ends in a draw with 1 goal each for Sri Lanka and Philippines.

Here's the Philippine Azkals' line-up on today's match vs Sri Lanka:

Team Captain: Aly Borromeo
Goalkeeper: Neil Etheridge
Strikers: Phil Younghusband, Angel Aldeguer Guirado, Misagh Bahadoran, Ricardo Bicete
Midfielders: James Younghusband, Emilio "Chieffy" Caligdong, Manuel Ott, Jerry Lucena, Stephan Schrock, Nate Burkey
Defence: Aly Borromeo, Anton del Rosario, Rob Gier, Ray Jonsson, Roel Gener, Jason Sabio

The Azkals' starting 11 line-up included Etheridge, Borromeo, Gier, Phil and James Younghusband, Caligdong, Guirado, Mulders, Ott, Shrock and Del Rosario while Sabio, Bahadoran, Araneta and Burkey were subsitutes.

Other qualifying matches for Asian countries are also happening simultaneously with the Philippinez vs Sri Lanka June 29 match being held in different venues, such as Cambodia vs Laos, Nepal vs Timor-Leste, Afghanistan vs Palestine, Bangladesh vs Pakistan, Mongolia vs Myanmar, Vietnam vs Macau and Malaysia vs Taipei.

But the Philippines vs Sri Lanka playoff was predicted to end up as among the 3 most interesting from those 8 matches.

The 2nd leg of the Azkals vs Sri Lanka will be on July 3 to be held at the Rizal Memorial Football Field.

Azkals vs Bangladesh Results: Azkals wins, 3-0, advances to AFC Challenge Cup 2012

The Philippine Azkals have made us so proud when they won earlier vs Bangladesh with a score of 3-0, during their final match in the AFC Challenge Cup 2012 Qualifiers.

That's more than what we've expected right?

The Azkals vs Bangladesh match happened at Myanmar's Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, 3:30 PM, (5:00 PM Manila Time) and despite having no live TV coverage, the live updates from ABS-CBN's Dyan Castillejo and Inquirer's Cedelf Tupas were enough to keep us updated with the game. (Read live updates HERE).

And definitely, they're more than enough for us to celebrate with the victory of the Azkals, who now qualifies for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.

The Azkals indeed played amazingly, most especially Ian Araneta who scored the first goal and Angel Aldeguer Guirado who scored the next two goals. The deliveries of the goal were reportedly so much impressive!

Group A Final Team Standing:
1. Palestine (2 wins, 1 draw) 7 points
2. Philippines (1 win, 2 draws) 5 points
3. Bangladesh (1 win, 2 losses) 3 points
4. Myanmar (1 draw, 2 losses) 1 point

And so far, these are the teams who have already qualified for the 2012 AFC Challange Cup:

Group A: Palestine and Philippines
Group B: India and Turkmenistan
Group C: Maldives and Tajikistan
Group D: (still to be determined)

And what's more amazing is that, the Philippines is the only one so far from among the 8 lowest-ranked teams (those who went through the pre-qualifiers) who has already qualified for the final tournament.

A well-deserved "hero's welcome" awaits the Philippine Azkals as they come back to Manila this Sunday.

AZKALS' TWEETS AFTER THEIR HISTORIC WIN AGAINST BANGLADESH

@Jsabio3 (Jason Sabio) "What a feeling! Thank you to all the Azkal fans!! This win was for y'all and for us. Pinoy Pride! Let's celebrate this historic moment!! :)"

@anton_delro (Anton del Rosario) "Great win, good feeling, priceless!!! Thank you all for the support, couldn't have done it without you guys!"

@alybor11 (Aly Borromeo) "On to the final 8.. What a sweet victory! History in the books once more!! Thank you everyone for your undying support! :)"

@Neil38Etheridge (Neil Etheridge) "Heya all! Thank you for your support! Massive win! The team played well! Celebrations!"

Azkals vs Palestine Live Updates, Mar 23 Match, AFC Challenge Cup 2012

The Azkals vs Palestine match under Group A of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification Stage is happening right now, March 23, 2011, in Myanmar.

Read on for live updates from Twitter:

*The Philippine Azkals' Starting Line-Up:

Neil Etheridge
James Younghusband
Aly Borromeo
Ian Araneta
Ray Jonsson
Rob Gier
Anton Del Rosario
Chieffy Caligdong
Simon Greatwich
Angel Aldeguer
Jerry Lucena

*From Cedelf Tupas: [5:01 PM] Nat'l Anthem playing now. Azkals in new white kits. Neil wearing all-blue. Palestine in red.

*From Dyan Castillejo: [5:00] Game starts.

[5:01] Throw in Anton

[5:02] Long kick Palestine, Jerry heads it to Phil, now in possession and gives it to Anton

*From Cedelf Tupas [5:04] Azkals have most of the ball from 2 minutes, but Palestine earns 1st corner

[5:07] Pal's Ashraf wd dangerous run after dispossessing Angel, but striker Murad offside. 0-0, 7th minute.

*From Dyan Castillejo: [5:08] Foul by Aly

[5:09] Good catch by Neil after Palestine's free kick

[5:10] Foul by Simon

*From Cedelf Tupas: [5:11] PAL conservative style hoping to catch us on counter, following Azkals to play possession

[5:12] Angel still feeling effects of muscle strain, going down easily on soft tackles.

[5:13] PAL difficult to break down wd 5 man midfield. Azkals settling for long balls.

[5:14] 13th min first corner for Azkals cleared by Palestine

[5:18] First chance from PAL Ismael shot deflected side netting. Murad hits post on d ensuing corner. 18th min still 0-0.

[5:20] Neil struggling wd placement of his free kicks

[5:22] PAL wing play on right causing problems for Azkals

[5:23] PAL's Ismael has already beaten Jonsson twice on d right flank. Aly clears.

[5:25] Ian chests down Anton's long pass at the edge of area, plenty of space but no one is there to shoot

[5:32] Chieffy earns free kick left side. James wd delivery ball bounces on Ian and Rob's head and out for throw-in.

[5:33] Greatwich yellow card for simulation / diving inside the box. 0-0.

*From Dyan Castillejo:
[5:34] Another attempt by PAL way over goal post

[5:35] Foul by PAL first one, ball to PH. Neil kicks long to Angel.

[5:36] Oh my God! Long kick by PAL almost went in. Thank God it hit goal post, Neil leaped up to post and he is now down, oh no.

[5:37] Ok Neil is up. Long kick now.

[5:40] Corner kick for PAL.

[5:41] So many defenders, Chieffy down, got hit in bad spot

[5:42] Another attempt by PAL. Neil gets it. Yes!

[5:45] 45 mins gone, 2 mins extra now.

[5:46] Corner kick for PH

[5:47] Ok, it's half time. 15 min. break.

*From Cedelf Tupas: [6:02] 2nd half starts. No change for Azkals.

[6:04] Attempt: Angel wd back header too high after free kick from Ray. 46th min.

[6:11] Great defending Gier. Ashraf trying to cut inside from left but Rob gets a touch for a goal kick.

[6:13] Attempt: PAL stinging shot from 30 yard, Neil easily saves. 56th min.

[6:18] Sub Yannick Tuason for Greatwich. 61st min.

[6:19] Angel wd a header off Anton's free kick saved by PAL's Abdallah. 62nd min.

*From Dyan Castillejo: [6:23] Corner kick for PAL

[6:26] yellow card for player 41 of PAL

[6:35] yellow card for Anton

[6:39] 0-0 still. Lots of attempts so far by the Azkals

*From Cedelf Tupas: [6:40] The pacy swinger Ismail of PAL is substituted. Both teams just lack quality to finish.

[6:48] 3 min. injury time. Rob Gier's header from Anton free kick straight at Abdullah

[6:49] Palestine in no rush. Look like they'll be happy wd a draw.

FINAL SCORE: 0-0