There was some minor hubbub during the last PHL-Sri Lanka football game which was held at the Rizal Memorial Football Field. The Azkals won, and whatever happened that day has been moved aside and the team (and supporters) are now looking forward to the next game. Definitely, Kuwait is more a tough team, and all the focus is on that game.
The minor bump was when Ronnie Nathanielz mentioned that it was impossible for the Azkals to win. The issue was that he was on the TV panel and was supposed to be impartial (or at least pro-Philippines). Instead he showed that he was pro-Sri Lanka for this game.
I thought that there shouldn't have been anything wrong with his opinion. In fact, this should have been expected of him. He is a natural-born Sri Lankan. That's what he is.
He may be more Pinoy than some of the Azkals, if only because he's been a Philippine citizen since the early 1970's. His citizenship was courtesy of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos issued a Presidential decree proclaiming Ronnie's citizenship.
Ronnie is a very loyal person. He has time and again shown his loyalty to Marcos, without being tagged as a Marcos Loyalist. He has always shown his loyalty to Danding Cojuangco, whom he calls "Ambassador." I do not see that he would change his preferences or loyalties, even to Sri Lanka football.
Expecting this from Ronnie, there should have been no problem with him on the coverage panel. It doesn't matter what his football loyalties are. In hindsight, he should really be the one on the panel. It's not any different from putting an Ateneo alum with a DLSU alum on the coverage panel of an Ateneo-La Salle game. It just makes sense.
Am looking forward to the next Azkals game. That should be fun.
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