The Philippine Team Azkals is expected to be in Nepal on April Next Year for the 2012 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) cup for which they have high hopes of breaking through the Finals as they are pictured by many teams in Asia today as on of the Powerful Teams today next to the best Asian team which they just fought for the FIFA World Cup - The Kuwait National Football Team.
They lost to those games but they are still the winners in the sense that they gained experience over the mighty Kuwait players. and not only that, they managed to score a goal against them and made stops and defensive filtration in-spite their international ranking disparity of about 60+. "Its a good preparation for us and a motivation to improve and practise more" said Team Captain Ali Boromeo.
Nepal gained the bid for a right to host over Maldives and Palestine's bid. The tournament is likely to take place at the Dasharath Stadium which is the biggest stadium in Nepal that has a seating capacity of around 5,000 and can hold up to 25,000 spectators.
The teams that will join the Cup with Philippines and Nepal are finalists Palestine, India, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Tajikistan and defending champion North Korea. The Azkals qualified for the Final 8 of the Challenge Cup by beating the Bangladesh Bengal Tigers last March.That's what we have for now and winning in this League will elevate their international rankings. Goodluck and Godbless Philippine Team Azkals!
