Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Cebu annihilates CDO
By Glenn C. Michelena
Sun.Star Correspondent
The Cebu-Informatics Team did its part, and now it’s all up to fate to decide.
The Cebu squad thrashed the Cagayan de Oro team, 10-1, in Group C of the 2003 Adidas National Under-19 Championship at the La Paz Football Field in La Paz, Iloilo City. Cebu’s win improved its win-loss card to 2-1, and should be a big boost to the Cebuanos’ hopes of of entering the semis.
Landing a semis berth, however, won’t be easy for Cebu since its chances of entering the next round is already out of their hands.
The Laguna squad, which dealt Cebu its only loss in the tourney, will again be the thorn on the Cebu side, since the Cebuanos’ chances of entering the next round will depend on how Laguna fares today against Cagayan de Oro.
Since Laguna sports a 2-0 card, a win will automatically earn the team a slot in the semis but if it loses, it will tie Cebu at 2-1 and miss the semis bus and yield to Cebu, which has the better goal-difference tiebreak. Laguna, fresh off a dominating 11-0 win over Legazpi-Albay yesterday after the Cebu-CDO tussle, will no doubt go all out in today’s game against CDO and try to make its own destiny in the tournament.
Outright semis entry
Earlier, Negros Oriental raised its record to 3-0 and entered the semifinals outright by drubbing Rizal 8-2 at the Santa Barbara Football Field.
Aside of the fate-deciding Class C match between Laguna and CDO today, Class D will also have its version of a fortune-changing clash when Negros Occidental meets Dipolog at the Santa Barbara Football Field at 3:30 p.m.
The Cebu team, composed of players selected via an open tryout conducted by the Cebu Football Association steering committee, includes University of the Visayas’ Elizer Pacubas (team captain), Martin Bontia, Julius Acre, Ivan Dimco, Ronald Mahilum, Junard Aguilar, Vermonel Resuena, Melvin Culibra, Randel Cano and Josepat Sacil.
The others are University of Cebu’s Carlos Bolo, Arnie Pasinabo, Jack Reston, Glenn Quiriquitan, and Abellana National School’s Bryan Flores and Venjor Gamora. Heber Bout is the head coach, Frederik Alazas the trainer, Neil Montesclaros team manager and Maxi Maximo head of delegation.
(October 8, 2003 issue)
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