Limpag: Palaro football

DR. ALVIN Roxas, who is more known in the football circle as the father of gifted footballer Ethan Roxas, found himself in a situation more related to his job than passion while supporting his son in the Palarong Pambansa in Davao City.

After a teammate got an ugly gash that required stitches during the game, Doc Alvin went with the player to the Southern Philippines Medical Center. He was in a rush as he and his son and another player, Eugene Molleno, had to go to the airport so they could catch their flight and attend the Moving Up ceremonies of the school. Of course, Doc Alvin didn’t want to just leave the player and wanted to make sure he was taken care of. After a call, the senior resident of the SPMC was requested to attend to the player’s need immediately and to help things go quicker the transplant and vascular surgeon “assisted” the resident with the three stitches. That would be like having a University professor who handles doctorate students assisting a kinder teacher.

“Kurug iya kamot,” Doc Alvin shared, while he was waiting for the last game of the elementary division.

The elementary team, coached by Glen Ramos, had quite a preparation for this year’s tournament, playing a few tuneup games in Manila before the Palaro. They are currently undefeated and were set to play their final elimination round game at press time. Assured of a spot in the quarterfinals, the result of the April 30 game will only determine their rankings.

The team played its early matches on natural grass in the Palaro, while some of their foes played in the artificial turf. That gives the other teams a slight advantage since they’ll be more used to playing in such a surface. So for their last game, Coach Glen requested that the Cviraa team also play in the artificial turf.

There’s a big difference between the two surfaces, especially when it’s hot and humid, so getting used to such conditions will give you that edge.

On the other hand, the high school team, represented by the University of San Jose-Recoletos, lost to Calabarzon the other day and faced a must-win situation against Central Luzon. It’s been a while since we won a gold medal in secondary football and I hope this year’s team can end that drought.

So far, there has been no controversial officiating decision in the Palaro and I hope that continues until the end. I hate it when a team’s hard work over the past several months gets undone by a missed call.

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