The Philippine Azkals are staying constructive about their probabilities forward of their face-off in opposition to Indonesia within the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
The nationwide males’s soccer staff fell brief, 2-0, to Vietnam on November 16 and for head coach Michael Weiss, the Azkals nonetheless had a passable efficiency.
“I think considering the pressure and the chances that we had in the second half, I thought maybe a draw would have been a fair result,” Weiss mentioned in a post-match convention after.
“Nevertheless, I am very, very satisfied with the performance. I think we can hold our heads high. We left everything on the pitch,” he added.
Going in opposition to Indonesia, nevertheless, Weiss is seeing extra openings for the nationwide staff.
“I think the Indonesia match will probably be a little bit more of an open match where we can risk a little more,” Weiss mentioned as he factored of their opponent’s journey time from the Middle East after their match in opposition to Iraq and the results of the mentioned match.
Indonesia misplaced to Iraq, 5-1, additionally final Thursday.
While that is the case, the staff mentioned they are going to nonetheless give every little thing as soon as they stand on the pitch on Tuesday.
“We might have small favors, but we shouldn’t also be too safe about it,” Weiss mentioned.
“At the end of the day, what is important is, Neil Etheridge said that before we went out of the pitch, no matter what the result, you have to give [it your] all and the people need to be sure that the team left everything on the ground and I think we did that.”
The match in opposition to Indonesia will likely be performed on Tuesday, 7 p.m., on the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
