Azkals submit 0-4 to 2nd division Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt 04

Playing without some key booters, the Philippines’ men’s national football team, also known as the Azkals, succumbed 0–4 to the superior forces of the second division Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt 04. All of the German team’s goals were made in the first half. Absent from the Azkals line-up due to their European club commitments were Stephan Schrock, Ray Jonsson and Jerry Lucena. Coach Michael Weiss fielded Neil Etheridge, Aly Borromeo, Chieffy Caligdong, Anton Del Rosario, Paul Mulders, Manny Ott, Angel Guirado, Rob Gier, Nate Burkey, Roel Gener, Misagh Bahadoran, James Younghusband and Phil Younghusband. Team captain Aly Borromeo said in a tweet, “We can only gain from the loss and look to get better!" He also said, “The loss was good for us I say...They were a decent side with a ton of experience." According to the Ingolstadt website, coach Benno Mohlmann fielded the "first team" of FC 04. Fourteen minutes into the match, midfielder Andreas Buchner teamed up with striker Moritz Hartmann to make Schanzer’s first goal. Hartmann is one of the FC 04 team's top scorers. Just five minutes later, midfielder Fabian Gerber shot a header to move Ingolstadt, also known as Schanzer, ahead 2-0. The match had to be stopped for about 10 minutes because of heavy rain. Play resumed when the rain stopped. At the 31st minute, goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, struggling with the soggy soil, conceded a goal, "steering the ball into his own net" thereby raising the score to 3-0. At the 40th minute, Marvin Matip and Leonard Haas conspired to shoot in the fourth Schanzer goal. In the second half, coach Mohlmann sent in some of his reserve players, but kept Matip, Gerber, Sascha Kirschstein and Moise Bambara. The Schanzer team made several more attempts to score but Etheridge was able to stop their shots from going in. -- OMG, GMA News
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