AZKALS Football Team

For some fans out there, football is anything and everything. We should not forget that movies play a vital part in encouraging the sports spirit within them. Here are some movies we cannot underestimate when it comes to the subject football. These football movies are mostly about the real life personalities and their success and failure in their football career.

These fmovies on great football players will surely put a smile on your face. You can relish them in so many ways; one is by watching them on Showbox Android application or Cartoon HD. If you don’t want to get Showbox app, then watch them on Play Store or Netflix.

Movies on Football Players

Zidane- A 21st-century Portrait

It is a documentary film which portrays Zidane at the time when Spanish match La Liga was played between real Madrid and Villareal. It beautifully described the playing techniques of the much-acclaimed footballer Zidane. It shows how he developed his moves and built his strategy towards the game in order to be where he is at today. This film had a resemblance to another German movie about football.

• Here is a great game between Philippines and Palestine in AFC Challenge Cup.

The class of ‘92

This movie accounts the journey of 6 Manchester United footballers and their careers. It talks about the graduates who of united’s football academy who go on to become the best footballers the world has ever seen. It portrays the player’s friendship outside the field, and this was met with positive reviews all throughout the world. The film also showed the cultural changes in the great Britain at that time

Brian’s Song

Brian’s song is a movie of a footballer who becomes terminally ill after being a pro at his game. It talks about the love that blooms between 2 interracial players Brian and Sayer. His team much loved Piccolo and was presented with the match ball. The movie shows what a life Piccolo lived and how much he is remembered even after years.

Rudy

Rudy is an American film which deals with the life of football players and is directed by David Anspaugh. It covers the story of Daniel Ruetigger also called Rudy and his dream to play soccer at Notre Dame. He faces various obstacles trying to fulfill his dream. This movie was ranked as world’s best top 25 films about football by ESPN.

The Blind Side

Blind Side deals with the life of Micheal Oher and his impoverished upbringing throughout his life. He was homeless and traumatized. Despite all the challenges he went on to become an all-American footballer with the help of his lady love and family who supported him throughout his journey filled with ups and downs.

Conclusion

These are such movies on football players wherein you get the sports spirit as you watch it because the movies which are autobiographical shows real life incidents and drama that can make the audience feel more related to the player’s journey and hardships.

The Philippines kicked off their Middle East training camp with a surprising 0-0 draw against 115th ranked Bahrain Friday night at the Al Muharraq Stadium.

Come the second half, Bahrain pushed for the go ahead goal but the back four composed of Ray Jonsson, Gier, Juan Luis Guirado and Dennis Cagara denied every wave of Bahrain attack.

Bahrain almost took a shock lead in the 15th minute a shot by a Bahrain player have already beaten goalkeeper Roland Muller only to be cleared by Rob Gier.

Denis Wolf, who was the topscorer during the Peace Cup, then missed a golden chance in the 30th minute after successfully evading the offside trap only to denied by the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation.

Wolf again had another chance in the 72nd minute after substitute Misagh Bahadoran fed him the ball, however he mistimed his step and slipped inside the penalty area.

One last chance came begging from the Philippines coming from Bahadoran who fed the ball to OJ Porteria in the 90th minute only seeing his shot end up straight to the goalkeeper.

The draw was the first for the Philippines against a much higher ranked position, and set up a much interesting tie against World Cup Qualifiers conqueror Kuwait on Tuesday.

Despite the draw, the Philippines gave a very good showing as it prepares for the AFF Suzuki Cup this coming November.

The Philippine Football Federation has confirmed that the national team will be facing the Indonesia national team on August 14, 2013 in Indonesia.

The last time that the two sides face was in June 2012 at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila, where the Azkals came back from a 2-0 defecit to settle for a 2-2 draw.

“The PFF has considered the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI’s) invitation for a friendly mach between the A teams of Philippines and Indonesia on August 14, 2013 at Solo, Central Java, Indonesia,” according to PFF General Secretary Gastanes this morning confirming the friendly between the two sides.

Before that, they squared off in the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Semifinals where Indonesia advanced to the finals with a 2-0 aggregate victory.

Although not under the FIFA Friendly dates, this will be the fourth time since 2010 that the Philippines will face Indonesia, who are currently at 168 in the FIFA rankings.

The Philippines began the 2013 Peace Cup on a sour note after Chinese Taipei dealt the hosts with a 2-1 shock defeat, Friday night at Bacolod.

The Azkals were off and firing early in the first half with Angel Guirado almost scoring the opener inside the first ten minutes after breaking free from his defender, however the Taiwanese goalkeeper was able to deny the forward the chance.

James Younghusband’s equalizer in first half stoppage time gave the Azkals a glimmer of hope, but were ultimately defeated with a confident Chinese Taipei side.

Chinese Taipei then got the upper hand in the 14th minute as Li Mao was able to beat the Azkals defensive line before putting a chip shot over Neil Etheridge for the first goal of the match.

Younghusband also had an early chance in the eight minute but his header was saved.

Needing an extra man in midfield, Patrick Reichelt entered the match in the 35th minute, replacing OJ Porteria.

Despite the deficit, the Azkals continued to press on for the equalizer and almost came close in the 30th minute as Jerry Lucena’s backheel shot went wide.

Come first half stoppage time, the Azkals were able to break through after Stephan Schrock’s cross for Jeffrey Christiaens was deflected and instead found Younghusband who headed it home for the equalizer.

Not giving up, the hosts came close in scoring the much needed equalizer with substitute Emelio Caligdong almost scoring late on as his shot was easily saved by the goalkeeper.

The Azkals began the second half the same way they ended the first, pressing on goal in the hope of taking the lead over the Taiwanese.

However the Taiwanese went on the counter and were able to add a second goal midway the second half to retake the lead.

The next game of the Philippines against Pakistan is a do or die game on Tuesday, October 15.