{"id":192798,"date":"2018-12-06T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=192798"},"modified":"2018-12-06T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:54:18","slug":"azkals-lose-shot-at-suzuki-cup-title-after-second-loss-to-vietnam-in-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/06\/azkals-lose-shot-at-suzuki-cup-title-after-second-loss-to-vietnam-in-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Azkals lose shot at Suzuki Cup title after second loss to Vietnam in semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_192799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192799\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-192799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47400467_2114827001894174_2048754955593973760_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t to be for our boys. We bow out of the Suzuki Cup, 4-2 on aggregate.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineAzkals\/photos\/a.677622868947935\/2114826998560841\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilippineAzkals\/?tn-str=k*F\">Azkals (Philippine National Football Team)<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was an unsuccessful night for the Philippine Azkals as they exit out of the running into the AFF Suzuki Cup finals after surrendering to Team Vietnam last Thursday, December 6 at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The score ended at 2-1 with the game goalless in the first 82 minutes. However, on the 83rd minute, Quang Hai fired with an easy goal that excited their Vietnamese home crowd. Soon after, \u201cVietnam\u2019s Messi\u201d Nguyen Cong Phuong, decided he was not going to disappoint The Golden Dragons\u2019 supporters and came out with his own shot at the 86th-minute mark. The Philippines tried to answer back, with substitute James Younghusband converting a corner kick into a penalty shot success, but it was not enough for them to receive that \u201cmiracle in Hanoi\u201d that the Azkals had been hoping for, referring to the last time the team beat Vietnam in 2010. For Team Philippines it was difficult from the beginning as their 18-man lineup was down by two with midfielder Manny Ott and keeper Michael Falkesgaard both injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team captain Phil Younghusband shared, \u201cIt\u2019s not easy for everyone and I think that everyone showed how hard they\u2019ll fight for the team, fight for the Philippines,\u201d when referring to the fourth time the Philippine representatives missed their chance at a finals appearance. The official Azkals Facebook page added, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be for our boys. We bow out of the Suzuki Cup, 4-2 on aggregate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides winning their 14th game in a row on their home court, Team Vietnam is now preparing themselves to compete against Malaysia for the tournament\u2019s finale. The first game is happening on December 11 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Team Philippines, coach Sven-Goran Erikkson officially closes his first run with Azkals as head of the coaching staff.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an unsuccessful night for the Philippine Azkals as they exit out of the running into the AFF Suzuki &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":192799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}