FOOTBRAWL!!! Again!!!


FOR the second time in just 11 months, Hiroshi FC found themselves in another ugly free-for-all, marring an otherwise festive 3rd Thirsty Cup at the Sacred Heart School Jesuit.

In a heated match against Crazy Horse, whom they fought to a 2-2 draw to claim the Aboitiz League Div. A crown last month, the defending champion Hiroshi found themselves down 1-0 after a perfectly taken grounder by Joshua Fegidero.

That raised the intensity of the match, forcing ref Kurt Acre to ask for another ref to man the sidelines after Fegidero and Ariel Cahilig got into a heated exchange.

Cahilig was replaced by Harold Buot and in the second half, with Crazy Horse ahead 2-0, all hell broke loose. Buot got into an argument with Albert Nangkil and when Nangkil turned away, Buot slapped Nangkil at the back of the neck.

"I was about to give him (Buot) the red card but there was already a commotion in the side," Acre said.

A Hiroshi and Crazy Horse player got tangled near the Crazy Horse bench just after Buot slapped Nangkil, and then a few of the Hiroshi players, and worse some spectators, swarmed their opponents.

"I was telling them to stop and I got punched in the face," said Fegidero.

Aside from Fegidero, Gary Espinosa also got the brunt of the attack and was already down when goalkeeper Francis Parampan rushed to his aid.

"I got punched in the back by a spectator when I run to help Gary," Parampan said.

Because of the free-for-all, tournament organizers were forced to call it an abandoned match and ruled that the other semis between Airforce and Don Bosco Alumni FC be replayed as the finals.

Since they lost to Airforce in the semis, DBAFC conceded the title to them.

Meanwhile in the Ladies Open, which also had the crowd heckling some of the players, San Roque FC defeated Foundation University, 3-2 on penalties with striker turned keeper Rhodora Toledo coming up with the winning save.

Elaine Macasero, Georgia Guidecelli and Carmel Colina all scored for their thrilling win. Toledo was named the MVP.

In the 12 Under finals, Aiken Ong scored the long goal for their 1-0 win over Don Bosco College. Karl Arcenas also got the MVP award. Springdale made it two for two with a 1-0 win in the U14 with Carlos Veloso earning the MVP honors

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