Azkals on ANC, TV Patrol and GMA news!!!

NEVER in my wildest dreams did I ever expect the Philippine national football team to be a part of primetime news on TV.

It used to be that football gets included in the national TV telecast only if its about riots overseas, stampedes, stadium collapses or that requisite what-do-Pinoy-football-fans-do-during-the-World Cup.

Now, the Philippine team, the Azkals, are all over the news.

Heck, just a few hours ago, I watched them on ANC getting interviewed through a webcam.

Dan Palami, the architect of the team’s success, said it best after the game against Vietnam:

“This is the new era of Philippine football.”

Thanks to Dan Palami, Simon McMenemy, co-captains Ali Borromeo, Chieffy Caligdog, Phil and James Younghusband, brave Neil Etheridge and all the members of the RP team, the coaching staff, medical staff, drivers, practice players.

Thanks to everybody.

You made this all possible.

Comments

sidrow_c said…
salamat sa sports column mo, lalo na sa mga features mo sa flight of philippine football. salamat sa cebu FA cebu na naging masigasig sa pagpatalsik sa PFF pres. mabuhay kayo. more power.


Mga sana..
sana ang bagong pamunuan ng PFF at ang pangkasalukuyang tagumpay ng PHL team sa AFF Suzuki Cup ay simula na nga pagbabalik ng tagumpay ng Philippine football sa Asean region at buong Asya.

sana suportahan ng gobyerno ang PHL football at mag kakaroon ng seryosong programa at eventually mag kakaroon ng legitimate na National league kagaya ng PBA (basketball).

Sana magkakaroon ng mga pamunuan na magaling sa pag mamanage ng isang Association para maging madali makamit ang mga ninanais natin para sa PHL football.

sana mag shift ang conciousness ng Filipino sa sport from basketball to football, na ma realize na na sa larangan ng football at di basketball ang magdadala sa pilipinas sa pandaigdigang tagumpay.

sana di mapapako sa sana itong mga hinaing ko...
8:49 AM
Mike Limpag said…
You're welcome bay. I'm just a fan and I'm just doing the best thing that I can do to help the sport--and that is to write about it.

The boys in Vietnam gave us something to be proud about and I hope this will be the start of something new..
9:16 AM
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