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MANILA, Philippines – Patrick Reichelt’s 81st minute winner was golden.
The Philippines ran away with a 1-0 victory thanks to the late goal against Guam Tuesday, September 25, to kickoff their campaign in the Philippine Football Peace Cup.
This is the second win for the Philippines against Guam after a 3-0 win last June in Bacolod.
The victory also gave Reichelt his first ever international goal for the Philippines, coming off from the bench to cap a memorable goal.
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It also served as the full international debut of midfielders Demit Omphroy and Marvin Angeles, and defender Matthew Uy, who were also part of the United States training camp last August.
Without the Younghusband brothers and eight new faces in the lineup, the Philippines dominated possession for much in the first half with several chances on goal for the team.
Strikers Denis Wolf and Ian Araneta, who returned to the starting eleven, had a couple of attempts, which sent the Guam defense panicking as both strikers struck on the goal only to be blocked. Guam was fortunate not to concede a goal thanks to the heroics of their goalkeeper Douglas Herrick.
Changes came for the Philippines in half-time as Jason Sabio and Uy replaced Anto Gonzales and Misagh Bahadoran.
The changes in the second half allowed Guam to pester the Philippine defense for several minutes, with Philippine custodian Eduard Sacapano remaining firm on the posts denying each Guam attack.
With the match looking to be a scoreless draw, Reichelt nodded in the winner in the 81st minute coming from a Jeffrey Christiaens corner.
The win for the Philippines allowed them to take the lead in the tournament with three points while Guam notched their their first loss of the tournament.
In the earlier match, Chinese Taipei had to rely on a late equalizer from the penalty spot to share the points with Macau in a 1-1 draw. Macau grabbed the lead in the 45th minute followed by a Chinese Taipei goal in the 48th minute. Macau again grabbed the lead in the 57th minute and almost looked to get the win before Chinese Taipei scored the equalizer in the 90th minute. – Rappler.com
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