Ilo-ilo whips Cebu FA 7-0

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SHOCKED: The 7-0 beating from Ilo-ilo was shock to veteran mentor, Glen Ramos.
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A day after embarrassing host Dumaguete, the Cebu Football Association selection got its own dose of humiliation in the second playdate of the Philippine Football Federation Boys U-17 Regional Champion-ships at the Silliman University ball field in Dumaguete City.

The Cebuano booters were at the receiving end of Iloilo City’s fury, 0-7, a defeat that has left them with a lot of things to ponder.

The CebuFA players now hope and pray that Dumaguete will lose to Iloilo City this morrning so that they will clinch the second and last berth into the national finals scheduled to be held in Visayas either in August or October.

“This is the first time in my career that the team I am coaching was dumped without scoring a goal. Admittedly, the Iloilo players are more experienced compared to my boys, but the outcome really caught me by surprise to the point that I want to quit from coaching.,” said CebuFA mentor Glenn Ramos.

One key factors of the rout was the Ilongo booters’ cohesiveness gleaned on their experience playing together since they were still campaigning in 12-under competitions.

The Ilongos were trained under one roof at the Iloilo Football Center for a couple of years now and that strategy worked effectively as they now rose into a formidable football power in the country.

Testament to that, Iloilo City topped the football competition in the recently-concluded 2005 Palarong Pambansa held at its turf via a clean sweep.
(story by Sona Mae Povadora of The Freeman)

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