The Philippines' Azkals and the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
A day after PH drew with Singapore , 1 -1 , I came across this poll on this year's favorites to win the Cup.
See the poll from ESPN below :
Who will win the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup?
*5.7% Singapore-the Lions will add on to their three titles won in 1998, 2004
and 2007
*3.7% Thailand -the Thais will be out to avenge their Final loss to Vietnam in
2008
*35.16% Vietnam -the defending champions will successfully defend their title
*30.1% Indonesia-the Garuda have an excellent chance with the five Dutch
players they recently recruited.
*10.45% Malaysia -the Malaysians are capable of upsetting the favourites
*14.89% Myanmar -it's one of the strongest Myanmar team in recent years and they
can produce a major upset
Here's my take on the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup from the ESPN Daily Poll : note how the poll has excluded the Philippine NT together with Laos. Curiously , only the two teams were counted out from the 8 participating teams! What's this, our team didn't even deserved a spot in the survey?
The Azkals , BTW, are ranked 151 ( or 155?) by FIFA as of end of October 2010 , the best placing we've reached so far from 200 or so in recent years. Among our ASEAN neighbors , we have already outranked Cambodia (170) ,Laos(171) , Brunei Darussalam(197) and Timor Leste (201).
Of course , we are still way below Malaysia (150) ,Myanmar (148) ,Thailand(114) , Singapore (138), Indonesia(135) and emerging Vietnam(139)!
So sorry...but it's the game that proves itself! Go Philippines..
How far can we go in this year's Suzuki Cup ? If we can draw Vietnam on Sunday and beat Myanmar, then we're already good! To be in the Semis , then that's SOMETHING big!
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