Cortal SQR Continues Support for Philippine Football

Last Wednesday, two football teams under the Philippine flag were present in a press conference as Cortal SQR continued to show their support for Philippine football. The teams were the Philippines' national football team, the Azkals and the Homeless World Cup football team who will be competing in the Long Teng Cup in Taiwan this September and the Homeless World Cup in Paris, France.

Pharma-Rex, Inc., Cortal SQR's official marketer, turned over PHP 500,000 to the Azkals as continued support for the team's upcoming games, whose main focus is next year's South Eeast Asian Games in Indonesia. PHP 200,000 was also turned over to the Philippine team for the Homeless World Cup who are being managed by Urban Opportunities for Change Foundation, an organization that depend on sponsors and donors as they finance the team's training and operations.

Cortal SQR was also launched as the official pain reliever of the two Philippine football teams. With its advance formulation, a combination of Ibuprofen and Paracetamol, Cortal SQR provides the safest and quickest pain relief at only PHP 6.50 per tablet. The recommended dosage is 1 tablet every 6 hours as prescribed by a Physician.

With Nate Burkey

With Chieffy Caligdong

With Ian Araneta

With Azkals Coach Hans Michael Weiss

It was exciting to finally meet my favorite team, the Azkals and have photos taken with my football heroes, but what was more inspiring was to seeing the participation of private organizations like Cortal SQR in supporting the popular Philippines Azkals and the rising stars of the Homeless World Cup Philipine football team.

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My Take on Philippines 0-1 Indonesia First Leg Semi-finals Match

In tonight's first leg of the semi-finals match between Philippines and Indonesia, the latter scored one goal and will enter Sunday's second leg of their semi-finals with a one goal lead. The Philippines needs to lead by two goals on Sunday or lead by one goal to cause a draw and outscore the Indonesians in the penalty kicks. Indonesia held possession of the ball most of the time and I would admit that they played better football than our countrymen in this match.

Nevertheless, the Philippine Football Team still did a great job considering they conceded only one goal against the top scoring team in the group stage - Indonesia scored 5 goals against Malaysia, six agains Laos and two against Thailand. Plus, the Azkals held the Vietnamese, who scored seven goals against Myanmar, goalless in their encounter in the group stage. So, right now, the RP booters' strength is their defense.

With these in mind, I am not writing them off. If they scored 2-0 agains Vietnam then that just shows that they've got scoring capability and they made the goals on counter-attacks. If they remain solid in their defense and aggressive in the counter-attack, they may be able to make it past Indonesia, into the finals. Remember, the Philippine Footbal Team needs to lead by two goals - they've done that against Vietnam, the defending champion. Let's just keep on cheering and hoping for the best - Go Azkals!

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