Another day of routs

WHAT was supposed to be the closest match of the season turned into a blowout as Paref-Springdale routed Cebu International School, 8-1, in the Aboitiz 15-Under Cup at the San Roque football grounds yesterday.

"Natsambahan lang (It was just luck)," Springdale coach Mario Ceniza said of their easy win.

Previously, CIS defeated FC Inter Cebu, 5-2, while Springdale blasted Don Bosco Youth Center, 7-1.

Yesterday’s second game was just as lopsided, with Don Bosco College scoring a 10-0 walkover on San Roque FC with Michael Pato scoring six goals.

Springdale and CIS played evenly in the first half with Springdale taking the lead in the 19th courtesy of Carlos Miguel Veloso before defender Timothy James Mateo added another from a penalty in the 44th.

Prodigy Michael Sharpe of CIS got one for his team with a strike two minutes into the second half but seemed to run out of steam in the later stages.

"Actually, it was Sharpe who did most of the work for CIS, and after he slowed down, that was when we were able to control the midfield," Ceniza. Sharpe at 14 played and scored two goals for Cebu in the Philippine Football Federation's National Under-19 championships.

With the midfield open, Bryan Liu struck thrice, while Dominic Paul Garcia added two and Veloso scored again in the 81st to complete their win.

Meanwhile, Pato was a one-man offensive show as he scored twice in the first half then added four more in the second. Other DBC goals were scored by Anthony Clark Maderaz, Samuel Damole and Sean Gacayan, who had two.

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