MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-British Azkals player Rob Gier left the team currently in Myanmar on Thursday to be with his pregnant wife.
The 31-year-old Gier, one of the Azkals’ best defenders, had to rush back to England to be with his wife who is having a delicate pregnancy.
Other team members will have to step up for their game against the Bengal Tigers.
The team practiced for about an hour-and-a-half on Thursday. They badly need the win to qualify for the Challenge Cup tournament proper in 2012.
James, Simon free to play
Filipino-British strikers James Younghusband and Simon Greatwich are still free to play against Bangladesh despite incurring yellow cards in the group stage.
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) assured Filipino fans that Younghusband and Greatwich will suit up for Friday’s game despite being penalized with yellow cards both in the playoffs and group stage.
The two got yellow cards each in the Azkals’ qualifying series against Mongolia. Younghusband and Greatwich agains incurred yellow cards, this time in the group stage.
The PFF cited that based on Challenge Cup rules and regulations, the yellow cards received by the players in the qualifiers will not be carried over to the group stage.
"So don't worry because @JYH53 and @SimonGreatwich (Younghusband and Greatwich's Twitter usernames respectively) can play on Friday v Bangladesh," PFF stressed through its Twitter account. – With a report from Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News
The 31-year-old Gier, one of the Azkals’ best defenders, had to rush back to England to be with his wife who is having a delicate pregnancy.
Other team members will have to step up for their game against the Bengal Tigers.
The team practiced for about an hour-and-a-half on Thursday. They badly need the win to qualify for the Challenge Cup tournament proper in 2012.
James, Simon free to play
Filipino-British strikers James Younghusband and Simon Greatwich are still free to play against Bangladesh despite incurring yellow cards in the group stage.
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) assured Filipino fans that Younghusband and Greatwich will suit up for Friday’s game despite being penalized with yellow cards both in the playoffs and group stage.
The two got yellow cards each in the Azkals’ qualifying series against Mongolia. Younghusband and Greatwich agains incurred yellow cards, this time in the group stage.
The PFF cited that based on Challenge Cup rules and regulations, the yellow cards received by the players in the qualifiers will not be carried over to the group stage.
"So don't worry because @JYH53 and @SimonGreatwich (Younghusband and Greatwich's Twitter usernames respectively) can play on Friday v Bangladesh," PFF stressed through its Twitter account. – With a report from Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News
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