Maroons: Diliman Victory Liner Booted Out of UFL Cup Contention

Stallions FC Booted Diliman Victory Liner Out of UFL Cup Contention, 2-1

Tough Luck in the First Half Snatched Win from Diliman

Note: I am writing this as a UP alumnus hence the bias. So apologies. On the other hand, I really love the pitch and stadium in University of Makati. Kudos to fellow alumnus Vice President Jejomar Binay for such a wonderful stadium. Just an unlucky event we lost.

Notes on the Games:Stallions FC 2-1Diliman FC

1.  Jinggoy Valmayor was completely marked by Stallions full backs (Gustillo and Cordova). 

Any feed balls that normally will lead to scoring chances for him was cleared. On the second half, his frustration will lead him to miss some free kicks and clear scoring chances. To Jinggoy, hope you come back from this game. In my opinion, you will be a marked man in the next UAAP tournament. Just keep on improving.

2. Diliman's attack is on the wings, Stallions on the counter-attack and set-pieces.

Tactically, the game is a pleasing one with both teams loving to run. The difference maybe is the approach of each team. Diliman capitalized on the Stallions weakness on the wings. We did made a lot of chances on the wing and the only goal courtesy of Jay Eusebio (No.29). Steph Permanes (No.9) and the player-coach Andres Crisanto "Anto"  Gonzales played and provided a lot of scoring opportunities. Its just that we failed to convert some of the shots. Tough luck.

As for Stallions, they rely more on the counter. Luckily for us, the defense holds. In fact the two goals from Stallions didn't came directly from the counter. It came from set pieces from those counters. First from the penalty shot due to a UP handball. The second from a free kick from Braga to a Stallion forward I can't recall (apologies to Stallions). 

3. A very physical game.

By my count, 4 players were booked in this game.There are some altercations especially from Jason Cordova and some players from UP. This got to show the importance of this game for both teams.

4. Missing Ariel Zerrudo on the wing.

The player that we miss greatly was Ariel Zerrudo (the team's leading scorer). He had a game in Men's Futsal in the SEA Games during that time. Probably, he might had provided the offense from the wing (he has a great attack from the wing) which we lack on this particular game.

     To the Stallions FC (who missed the service of their captain Doctora), good luck to your next game in the UFL Cup. Good luck. Thanks for the game.