DISQUALIFIED PLAYERS
Even before the semifinals started in Iloilo Sunday, the National Capital Region has filed a protest against two players of the host team � Mark Anthony Ferrer and Peter Sobredo � who were not registered during the National Final Rounds.
In a letter addressed to Ramon Manuel, Philippine Football Federation General Secretary, NCR Football Association president lawyer Roland Tulay pointed out that Ferrer and Sobredo were not officially registered with the U23 Iloilo Team or any other four provincial teams during the Visayas Regional Qualifying Rounds in Dumaguete on April 15-19.
Acting on the complaint filed by the NCR, tournament coordinator Red Avelino said the two players were declared not qualified to join the Iloilo team in the semifinals and the finals.
The results during the quarterfinals where the two players were fielded, including the 7-0 win of Iloilo over the NCR Team A, will remain as it is since the games were not under-protest, Avelino said.
In Sunday�s semifinal game between Iloilo and NCR Team B, the Ilonggos nipped the UAAP-loaded NCR Team B, 2-1, without Ferrer and Sobredo in the roster.
The two players will not also be allowed to play in the finals and Iloilo, instead, will be playing with the lineup it fielded in the Visayas regionals in Dumaguete, Avelino added.*NAB
Visayan Daily Star
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