AFC Challenge Cup: Bangladesh vs Philippines

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Bangladesh vs Philippines

In the crucial game which decides if the Azkals will advance to the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup, Philippines came out strong and won a resounding victory with 3 goals.  First goal came from Ian Araneta in the 41^st minute, ending his international goal drought (of 9 games).  Angel Aldeguer Guirado scored the last two goals in the 55^th and 80^th minute.

I can’t really comment more on this as I didn’t get to watch the game.  But reading it from the tweets of @craigburrows, @roymondous, @cedelfpt and @DYANCASTILLEJO, it seemed like it would have been a very exciting game to watch.

Anyway, with all games played in the Group A, here’s the updated table:

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Palestine	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
Philippines	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
Bangladesh	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

Match Scores
Myanmar vs Philippines	1-1
Palestine vs Bangladesh	2-0
Philippines vs Palestine	0-0
Bangladesh vs Philippines	3-0
Myanmar vs Palestine	1-3
Bangladesh vs Myanmar	2-0

Palestine and Philippines tops the group and will qualify for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.  They will be joining India, Turkmenistan, Maldives and Tajikistan.  We’ll know by April 12 who will be taking last two slots for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.

I heard that Studio 23 will be air the delayed telecast of the Philippines vs Palestine game on March 29 @ 4PM (but I dunno yet if this is true, I’ll let you know).  But there’s definitely no schedule yet for the delayed telecast of Philippines vs Bangladesh game as ABS-CBN is still trying to get a copy of the video.  We’ll keep you updated.