Let's see how good I am at predictions
For the Aboitiz Festival this weekend, according to my RH crystal. Here are the champions.
P6 Pepito
P8 Springdale
P10 Springdale
B12 Don Bosco
B14 Don Bosco (Kung apil tikas, pildi ang DBC sa....)
B17 CIS
Mens Open CIS
36-above:team ni coach Mario
G12: San Roque
G17:CIS
Womens Open: La Niña
Media drinking contest:ako
Another thing, Mu-ulan pag 1:42, ug mu-undang ang ulan pag alas singko impunto. Usa ra kabuok reporter ang mutan-aw, apan kompleto ang photographer sa matag media outlet.
Na-ay parents mag-away. I-announce sa loudspeaker nga ang CCSC non-smoking zone, pero ang numero unong pasaway usa ka reporter.
Ang dako nga digital nga relo sa M. Lhuillier, dili gamitun.
Ang suga, pagkagabii, mapalya.
P6 Pepito
P8 Springdale
P10 Springdale
B12 Don Bosco
B14 Don Bosco (Kung apil tikas, pildi ang DBC sa....)
B17 CIS
Mens Open CIS
36-above:team ni coach Mario
G12: San Roque
G17:CIS
Womens Open: La Niña
Media drinking contest:ako
Another thing, Mu-ulan pag 1:42, ug mu-undang ang ulan pag alas singko impunto. Usa ra kabuok reporter ang mutan-aw, apan kompleto ang photographer sa matag media outlet.
Na-ay parents mag-away. I-announce sa loudspeaker nga ang CCSC non-smoking zone, pero ang numero unong pasaway usa ka reporter.
Ang dako nga digital nga relo sa M. Lhuillier, dili gamitun.
Ang suga, pagkagabii, mapalya.
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P6 - Pepito
P8 - Springdale
P10 - Don Bosco
P12 - Don Bosco
P14 - Tossup between Springdale (because of the 1992born players) and Don Bosco (because of the 2006 Palaro members born 1993)
P17 - Springdale
Men's Open - Hiroshi
36Above - Queen City
pass ko sa ladies events.
media drinking contest - get me a media pass and i'll give you a run for your money.
cigarette smoking contest - give me the trophy.
parents and supporters will be told that the pitch and track will be off limits except for coaches and players. nobody will listen.
the upper part of the grandstand will be filled with cigarette smoke. some water coolers will be loaded with beer.
there will be a rematch of Parents Trap 1 and 2. this will be the most awaited rematch of the year.
naay mag sinumbagay sa 36 above.
the PFF youth coaches will wonder why some of the more talented players weren't seen during the try-outs.
kung mag-uwan inig gabii, ma pawong ang suga. kung padayon ang duwa bisan kusog ang uwan, naay maigo og kilat.
naay referee nga hagdon og sinumbagay sa usa ka parent because of biased calls. the referee will say "wala moy mabuhat kay decision na nako". bahala nang sayop.
naay daghan mag-away nga parents sa grandstands kay ang uban dili makakita sa games kay ang uban magdala og payong nga pirteng dako-a.
naay mga japanese managers nga mag lakaw-lakaw as if the own the place.
naay jolibee and mcdonalds magsuroy suroy. halin kaayo na sila.
hugaw og puno sa basura ang grandstand.
daghan ang mo duol sa reporter nga solo mo cover sa event, mohangyo sila nga himo-an og report ang ilang team.
ang reporter dili mobalibad pero mag bagol-bol. "depende ra raba na sa sports editor, maam/sir".
mag-yawyaw ko afterwards because the expense for a seven a side festival should have been put to better use into organizing more and longer tournaments.
May ta mag owan or REDHORSE....
There are 37 entries in the Men's Division
another big blow was cis don bosco and springdale, none of them won a title. very ironic dont you think? the only game which did not come as a surprise was that cis won the g12 and g17 title.
honeslty, i dont think playing brackets really will determine the better team.they do not go agaisnt everyone. take what happened in the girls and boys u17 category...and mind you, the san roque Girls u17 lost too
the entry of out-of-town teams like cagayan de oro, dumaguete, negros occidental, naga will definitely improve the level of competition of the aboitiz festival. I hope they will be back next year. with this you can really see the mettle of the cebu teams-
COngratulations to the organizer.
Pepito (P6), Springdale (P8) and DBC (B12) winning their respective divisions were my predictions. a big disappointment though were DBC B14 and Springdale U17. both teams didn't even reached the quarterfinals. anyway, the festival should not be taken as a true measure of their worth. both are teams that has shown their mastery on full sided matches.
despite minor hitches in the scheduling, the festival was well prepared. having it played at the CCSC made night matches possible. i liked the way the matches were scheduled based on divisions. if possible, succeeding festivals should use this system as a standard. the weather even cooperated.
complaints - only very minor ones that has nothing to do with the matches. water and softdrink vendors participated in highway robbery in broad daylight. parking suddenly was by the hour instead of per entry. many ended up paying over 200pesos for parking. those tents that were setup at pitch 5 obscured the games played on that pitch.
i didn't stay to watch the men's open. hope no untoward incident occured.
Don Bosco alumni are part of the training staff of the Hearters. this team actually trained at DBC before, in field and futsal. as a matter of fact, some PaBol members started playing with the Hearters.
just a matter of sibling rivalry for both teams.
that was a good strike, hitting the net high at near post, the only open area where the ball can go thru since the wall was well positioned and the far post was covered.
the Hearters' defense contained the PaBol offense in the second half. using a back three plus a defensive midfielder after their goal made it a defensive game for them. there was no big hurry to score an insurance goal - after all, this was only a 15 minute game. what PaBol did wrong offensively was that they didn't adjust their game plan when they were down by a goal. they should have turned offensive minded. they didn't realize that the Hearters' weren't playing to score another. PaBol should have added another striker or put their goalie (who they claimed was their best goal scorer) into the offensive line. what happened in the 2nd half was that it was always 3 against 4 when PaBol attacked in favor of sacred heart. all the Hearters' had to do was cover a player. the Hearters' goalie also did a great job by making several great saves. PaBol had the penalty shot but failed miserably. they had their chances, they didn't capitalize on it.
players from both teams played their hearts out. that's what made the game fun to watch. Sacred Heart had a game plan, stuck to it, and adjusted when necessary. PaBol failed to make the necessary adjustments. they should blame themselves and not point fingers at the Hearters'.
end of story. hope to see similar matches in the future. hopefully in an 11 a side setting.
going back to PaBol's claim that the Hearter's goal was not a REAL goal, let me remind them that when these two teams met at the Mizuno Cup, the first PaBol goal entered thru the side of the goal. there was no net but everybody near the goal saw it and pointed it out to Andot, the ref. Andot called it in because it wasn't clear to him. talking about "REAL" goals, that obviously wasn't "REAL".
on that same game, several minutes later, Sacred Heart scored a clear goal, but Andot called it a no-goal because according to him it entered from the side. that happened right in front of the organizers' tent and even the refs at the sidelines said it should have counted. now that was a REAL goal, not a FAKE one given on a silver platter by a referee.
ladies and gentlemen, please define KARMA and use it in a blog topic.
what didn't go well with many readers here was the insults made against the Sacred Heart team. review my posts and look for any personal insult i made. what i posted was my assesment of the field tactics employed by PaBol and not an attack on the players.
PaBol supporters decided to insult the Sacred Heart players. others reacted the way they want to react, i reacted the way i usually do, make a personal assesment on the tactics of the team.
i didn't say Sacred Heart was better than PaBol. i said that Sacred Heart stuck with the game plan they prepared while PaBol didn't adjust to the situation they found themselves in. where is the insult in that ?
ref, you mentioned "fair play". you reacted to the reactions on the insults posted against the Sacred Heart team, that they didn't deserve the fruits of their hard work and efforts. yet you remain silent on what what PaBol supporters are posting. where is your version of "fair play" in that ? you say you are not taking sides yet you react only to comments made against PaBol. how about reacting to comments made against Sacred Heart so that you can prove your nuetrality.
other posters here reacted with more degrading terms. why single-out my assesment of the game plan of both teams ? why consider my posting of how the players made themselves better players such a threat to your version of "fair play". if i were you, go after the posters who used terms like "that wasn't a REAL goal", "boang" and "don't deserve it". again, i never used those terms.
the mizuno cup goals ? i listened to the other refs watching that one goal shouldn't have counted while the other should have. i simply quoted the refs. i didn't say PaBol cheated, again review my posts. i said that the ref got his decisions wrong, even the other refs said this but that was an irreversible decision that many understood and accepted. "fair play" was observed in that match because you didn't hear the Sacred Heart team making a protest nor insulting PaBol despite those two "goals", thus that KARMA comment. the team accepted the decision as part of the game. PaBol supporters should do the same.
this site was intended to hear all sides of cebufootball. a natural effect of this purpose would be to read criticisms meant to improve what needs to be improved.
i first posted that this was nothing more than sibling rivalry between both teams - human nature for sister squads. rivalries are always good for the sport, as long as it remains on the field. and one doesn't have to be a coach of a team to take that team's side. if the situation was reversed and PaBol got the wrong end of the stick then i would post here defending PaBol. it just so happened that i and many others felt that PaBol supporters posted unfair comments. i suggest that you review your stand and take a look at what PaBol supporters posted before you make your comment.
end of story right ? ref gives one a red card the other a yellow.
nope, didn't end that way. it happened at the end of the game and the ref didn't see it (common in festivals wherein no other official can help out). there was some pushing on the field then DB-Victorias went up to the grandstand to wait for the championship match.
that obviously should have been the end of the story right ? nope again.
the punched one wanted to confront the punchee and went up the grandstand. at least to his credit, he went by his lonesome and didn't ask anybody else to fight for him. his teammates and coaches had to bring him back. there was no rumble, just words flying. there was a lot of posturing but nothing really happened.
anyway, the proverbial cooler heads prevailed, and everything was settled. the punchee explained the events leading to his punch to the mom of the punched.
the DB-Victorias manager is a close personal friend of the punched-one's family so everything got cleared up.
some spectators though, with no connection whatsoever to both teams and with minds small as peanuts wanted something bloody to happen in order to intimidate the DB-Victorias team. yup, grown men intimidating a 15 year old player. so it was decided that the player be brought back to quarters escorted by bosconians from cebu.
finally, end of story.
wealth can't buy skill or talent. just because they got the cash doesn't mean they're all that.