Stephan Schrock will play his final sport as a member of the Philippine nationwide males’s soccer crew because the already eradicated Azkals will tackle Indonesia to wrap their marketing campaign within the 2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup.
Schrock, the captain of the Azkals, made the announcement in a pre-match press convention on Sunday.
“As you know in football, nothing is for sure but 99% this will be my last game for the nation,” the 35-year-old Schrock mentioned.
“I sacrificed a lot and there comes a time when you want to have it in your own hands, kind of like given I was not selected in the AFC Qualifiers, I think it’s a good time to step down,” he added.
Schrock first performed for the nationwide crew in June 2011 in a World Cup qualifier towards Sri Lanka in Colombo.
The Azkals captain additionally posted on his Instagram tales a video of his last coaching for the nationwide crew.
Wrapping the AFF Cup
The Azkals will play Indonesia on Monday to wrap its marketing campaign within the AFF Cup.
The nationwide crew was eradicated after the match between Indonesia and Thailand resulted in a 1-1 draw.
With this, each groups now have 7 factors, whereas the Philippines, previous to their upcoming match, solely has 3 factors. Only the highest two groups of Group A, which consists of the three nations plus Cambodia and Brunei, will advance to the knockout semifinals.
Despite this, Azkals head coach Josep Ferre mentioned it’s nonetheless an essential sport.
“Of course, it’s sad for us to arrive just until here but it is always an important game when you play for the national team,” Ferre mentioned.
“We have a superb crew in entrance of us (Indonesia), and it is a good second for us to rededicate ourselves, to show that we’re in a position to attain yet one more stage.”
In the event, the Azkals fell to Cambodia, 3-2, earlier than successful at residence towards Brunei, 5-1. The Philippines additionally misplaced to Thailand, 4-0.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
