The Philippines’ bid to the World Cup ended when the Philippine Azkals lost to Kuwait the other night to a convincing 2-0 win by the latter.
The Azkaleros was a young team alright but hopes were high that they could somehow make it.
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The Filipino nation went gaga over the young players showing their support may it be outside the country or within our territory. Some even had some football paraphernalias personalized to show their strong support for the team. I am not too sure how different is that to personalized baseball bats because I have always been a basketball fanatic 
Personally, I was hopeful that the Azkals can make it but when you analyze the young team’s capacity versus the top 50 team in the over-all standing of the World Cup which is Kuwait, there was no way the team could ever make it. The Azkaleros played valiantly though and it showed their heart playing for the Philippine flag. The effort was fantastic but just wasn’t enough to advance their bid to the World Cup.
However, Azkals is the first team in Philippine sports history to have gone past the first round of qualifiers.
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