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The Philippine football team Azkals nailed Guam team at 3-0 score in their friendly game held 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City.

Azkals scored the first goal during the first seven-minute of the game, courtesy of Angel Guirado.

Four minutes later, the Philippines scored another goal via a right kick of Carli de Murga in the 11th minute of the play that was realized thru an assist made by James Younghusband who served as the team captain in Tuesday night's faceoff with Guam.

The home team displayed their aggressive stance at the start of the game giving no chance for the visiting team to launch offensives.

But before the first half ended, the home team scored another goal in the 46th minute of the game, courtesy of Guirado who succeeded in converting the free kick made by Dennis Cagara via a header third goal for the Azkals.

According to the game plan earlier laid by Azkals coach Hans Michael Weiss for the host team to score in the early stage of the game, putting pressure on the rival team was indeed proven effective.

During the second half, the Philippine team made several attempts for more goals only to be frustrated by Guam's strong defense.

The Panaad stadium jampacked with audience composed of avid fans, football aficionados and even foreign figures as well as local officials in the sugarlandia city and province of Negros Occidental cheered for Azkals’ good performance during the friendly match.

It was learned this was the five wins on the part of Azkals out of the six games they competed since they set foot at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City in the past several years.

Azkals players which saw action with Guam were Neil Etheridge, Rob Gier, Jason Sabio, Phil Younghusband, Dennis Cagara, Angel Guirado, James, Younghusband, Carli de Murga, Dennis Wolf, Gerry Lucena, Marwin Angeles, Misagh Bahadoran, Jason de Jong, Anto Gonzales at Jeffrey Christians.

Three Azkals players Dennis Wolf, Misagh Bahadoran and Rob Gier who were injured after a head collision with Guam players during the first half were given the yellow card.

Ilonggo and Azkals co-captain Chieffy Caligdong and Manny Ott missed the game in the showdown with the Guam after they were given the red card during their recent game with Indonesia.

The friendly game with Guam is FIFA-sanctioned that could help Azkals improve its world ranking in football.

Team Azkals’ striker Phil Younghusband earlier said they were happy to be back in Bacolod City and felt grateful for Negrenses' all-out support extended to the home team giving them strength to win the game.

Meanwhile, German coach Hanz Michael Weiss said team Azkals has improved a lot compared to earlier days prior to his stewardship, though he admitted there’s still a room to further hone up the team for future international games.

The showdown with Guam was the third friendly match of team Azkals early this month as part of its preparation for the forthcoming 2012 Suzuki Cup scheduled in November, also this year.

Early this month, Azkals battled with Malaysia to settle for a draw at 0-0 score and Indonesia on June 5 where both teams also draw at 2-all score.

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