YOUNGHUSBANDS INVITED TO AZKALS BAHRAIN TRAINING CAMP
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 04 Oct 2012
Prolific striker Phil Younghusband and his brother James have been invited to the Azkals training camp in Bahrain.
PFF president Mariano ?Nonong? Araneta told the Manila Standard that following a meeting with team manager Dan Palami and Philippine national coach Michael Weiss it was decided to invite the Younghusbands to join the rest of the Azkals who will have an almost two-week training camp and play two matches against Bahrain and Kuwait.
The Azkals friendly match against Bahrain will take place on October 12 while its match against Kuwait is scheduled for October 16. The games are certain to be a tough test for the Azkals as they prepare for the Suzuki Cup from November 24 to December 1.
The Philippines is bracketed with powerhouse teams Thailand and Vietnam and the winner of the qualifying tournament in Myanmar which includes the host country, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos and Timor Leste.
The Younghusbands had been left out of the recent Peace Cup tournament after failing to reach agreement on training schedules and availability to play for the Azkals on a regular basis because of other commitments.
Araneta told us ?Now let?s see how committed they are.?
The Younghusbands had been criticized for allowing some of their commercial activities to interfere with their scheduled practices and Azkal matches and were reportedly dropped from the Peace Cup because they were not practicing with the team and it would have been unfair to the rest of the players who worked out hard for a chance to represent the country.
Coach Weiss said earlier ?I want to bring many players and I want to take the group that played in the Peace Cup and the professionals will come in and we hope we can mix it well together.?
Weiss said Angel Guirado who is now playing for a top club in India and his brother Juan, Dennis Cagara, Ray Jonsson, Jerry Lucena, hopefully Stephan Schrock will join the camp, adding ? It will be interesting to see how they mingle with the new players.?
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