FOLLOWING two heart-breaking losses in its first two games in the Philippine Football Federation Men�s National U19 Championship Visayas Qualifiers, the Cebu 19-Under Men�s squad bounced back nicely with 9-1 win over Leyte at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City.
Paref-Springdale�s Cedric Ang and University of San Carlos� Dan Villarico led the offensive onslaught of the Cebuanos with three goals each. University of Southern Philippines Foundation�s Carlos Saballero, University of Cebu�s Miko Limalima and Moli Neri added a goal apiece.
Cebu 19-Under Men�s team coach Eleazar Toledo said that the win could boost the team�s morale going into its last match with Iloilo today. He believes that the first two matches could have gone either way but the opposing teams found loopholes in his team�s defense.
Cebu had two similar 2-1 unfortunate losses to home team Bacolod City and Dumaguete in its first two matches.
�The team is composed more of offensive players and not defensive players,� Toledo told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday. �We really had no preparation because I just saw the
team a day before we left.�
Toledo replaced Glenn Ramos for the coaching job because of the latter�s unavailability.
Toledo is optimistic of Cebu�s chances of landing the second place finish but it will depend on its crucial game with Iloilo today.
�We still have a chance to enter the top two if we beat Iloilo,� he said.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on April 29, 2011.
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