As new head coach Tom Saintfiet is available in, the Philippine males’s nationwide soccer staff can even begin a brand new period as they ‘transfer on’ from the ‘Azkals’ identify.
Philippine Football Federation National Teams Director and males’s staff supervisor Freddy Gonzalez mentioned the ‘Azkals’ identify has served its goal and it’s time to transfer ahead.
“Right now, we’re not thinking about the moniker, we’re just thinking about the matches in Iraq,” Gonzalez informed the media on Monday as he was referring to the subsequent matches of the boys’s staff within the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
“While the Azkals name was great, it has served its purpose and we feel like we’re going to the next step of Philippine football. That’s (moniker) something that we’re not really thinking about but will eventually come into play either from us or from the fans,” Gonzalez added.
The Philippine males’s nationwide soccer staff “moves on” from the Azkals moniker.
Here’s National Teams Director Freddy Gonzalez on the mentioned transfer. @gmasportsph @gmanews pic.twitter.com/VOv6Y9yE8X
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For Gonzalez, the staff can even write a brand new chapter in its historical past, thus the necessity to “evolve” from the earlier moniker.
“It was just kind of decided that we felt that this is a new, next step, we need to move on. It made sense to call the team before, but because of the way we are organizing everything, with new management, it’s time to move on from that name and evolve to something else,” the boys’s staff supervisor mentioned.
“We’re ready for the next evolution of the team and just leave everything in the past.”
Gonzalez mentioned that it was not in regards to the trademark because the earlier administration was additionally prepared to show it over.
“I have a great relationship from the previous admin or management, it’s nothing against them or that, it’s just that it’s an evolution and we need to move on and move forward.”
Gonzalez additionally mentioned the staff would deviate from the ‘half-Filipinos’ idea.
“We’re all Filipinos so therefore the Azkals name has no relevance anymore in the team because we’re all Filipinos. No more half concept. We’re one Filipinos.”
The ‘Azkals’ turned a family identify because the nationwide staff had its resurgence within the 2010s, seeing memorable victories such because the ‘Miracle of Hanoi’ in 2010 and Asian Cup qualification in 2019.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
