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 Leg 2 video replay

Azkals vs Sri Lanka Leg 2 Results: 4-0

The Azkals scored not 2 or 3 but 4 goals during its home match vs a goal-less Sri Lanka held Sunday at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

It was the 2nd leg of the Azkals vs Sri Lanka was held 4 days after the 1st leg in Sri Lanka, which resulted to a draw (1-1).

Their aggregate scores were 5 for the Philippine Azkals and only 1 for Sri Lanka.
Watch a video replay of how the Azkals scored the 4 goals during its game vs Sri Lanka:

1st goal scored by Chieffy Caligdong at 18th minute


2nd goal by Phil Younghusband during the 42nd minute (with "gf" Angel Locsin being shown at the crowd cheering for Phil's 1st goal)


3rd goal made by Angel Aldeguer Guirado at 50th minute


4th goal by Phil Younghusband again at 56th min. (Angel is shown again after Phil scored his 2nd goal)

The Philippine Azkals will now face a tougher football team from Kuwait on July 23 and 28 for the 2nd Round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Video uploads courtesy of tagailaya

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!"