Philippine men’s national football team head coach Albert Capellas has instilled unwavering belief in the Filipino boosters just three months since his appointment at the helm.The 57-year-old Spaniard has overseen the Nationals in the Merdeka Cup in September followed by their return to the King’s Cup in October before leading the squad to an ongoing semifinal stint in the 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Cup ASEAN Championship.
There, the Philippines is currently making its fifth semifinal appearance count after winning the first of its two-leg series against Thailand, 2-1, to taste sweet victory over the latter for the first time in 52 years since 1972 on Friday night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.With the job considered half done, Capellas believes that sustained form and newly found morale of the Filipinos will be key in making it all the way to their first championship appearance potentially against Vietnam, which is leading its semifinal showdown against Singapore.“These players, they really want it. They want to make it to the finals. Now, they are starting to believe in themselves that they can beat any team. And that is very important, that is normal playing against Vietnam in a very close game, you play against Indonesia and Thailand. Now we’ve already proven three games in a row that we can stay in the same level, that means now everything can happen. Football, you never know. But I only know that my team has the belief that we can make it,” Capellas said in a scrum interview.The Pinoy booters are flying to Bangkok on Sunday to tie up loose ends in their semifinal pairing with the Thais where they look to finish even stronger the following day.However, Capellas understands that the uphill climb remains just as steep and hard as the Thais will have something to avenge and score to settle in the second leg.“I know this was a very important game for everyone, for the fans. But in our way of thinking, we’ve only done half of the jo
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