Wazzup Pilipinas!
Learning experience.
This was how Azkals coach Thomas Dooley assessed the defeat of the Philippine national football team against Uzbekistan Tuesday night in a 2018 World Cup qualifying game at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan.
“We had a bad day, they (Uzbeks) had a good day,” Dooley said.
He said the defeat in the hands of the 76th ranked Uzbekistan is not a reason for the Azkals to feel down and give up.
“We need to go on and play. We don’t have to give up. We should be fine,” he added.
Dooley said they will analyze the game where they allowed the Uzbeks to score five goals, determine what went wrong “and then move forward.”
“There is something we have to learn and develop (after this defeat) and next we have to step up. We need to learn from this and take the lessons to the next game,” he pointed out.
The Azkals, now with two wins and one loss, will face North Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 8. and Bahrain in Manama on Oct. 13.
“We had a bad day, they (Uzbeks) had a good day,” Dooley said.
He said the defeat in the hands of the 76th ranked Uzbekistan is not a reason for the Azkals to feel down and give up.
“We need to go on and play. We don’t have to give up. We should be fine,” he added.
Dooley said they will analyze the game where they allowed the Uzbeks to score five goals, determine what went wrong “and then move forward.”
“There is something we have to learn and develop (after this defeat) and next we have to step up. We need to learn from this and take the lessons to the next game,” he pointed out.
The Azkals, now with two wins and one loss, will face North Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 8. and Bahrain in Manama on Oct. 13.