Azkals fans meet every Friday at Safa Park in Dubai to hone their football skills. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00The organization started just last year.
00:11There were groups of people who posted it on Facebook, inviting all Filipinos who are
00:17interested and who are into football to join the organization at Sapa Park every 3 p.m.
00:23on Fridays.
00:24The group has started from as little as 20.
00:27As of now, we already have almost 200 members and we have more than 50 active members.
00:33It is all over UAE.
00:34We have some members at Abu Dhabi, some are in Sharjah, the rest are mostly in Dubai.
00:40We do have free training as of now.
00:43We have coaches ranging from beginners to youths, adult players also.
00:48The training that we've been before is a part of training when I was still in the Philippine
00:53Ascals.
00:54That's why I introduced them to them so that they could learn something as well for their
00:58stamina and endurance.
00:59More Filipinos are now coming to our club because they know that Philippine football
01:04is now rising because of the Philippine Ascals.
01:07Ascals is a good example.
01:09We are bringing pride in football, pride in the Philippines for football.
01:15Before, when we were playing in the Philippines, we cannot please people to watch us.
01:20They don't know about the game.
01:22And now the people in the Philippines, I know, they're trying and starting to know
01:26the game and the support is there already.
01:29We can see that even the beginners, even the youngs from Filipino schools in Dubai, they
01:34want to learn football also because they know we are existing in the country.
01:40In football, you can learn a lot and we have chances in football.
01:43Filipinos have chances in football because we are not calculating the height, but Filipinos
01:50have a speed and a built of being a football player.
01:54I think football is catching up with basketball in terms of popularity in the Philippines.
02:00But as of now, it is still growing.
02:04In five to ten years from now, maybe we could get a good place in the World Cup.
02:08I joined the FINO AFC last January.
02:10I joined this club because it's my passion.
02:13I really want to play football since I was in high school.
02:18It's fun playing with guys, men, and especially every time they mock you.
02:23I want to join this so I can join the national football team when I grow up.
02:27Ball skills, so I control the ball so it's easy right now when I join.
02:32This club is very good.
02:33They are founded here in the Middle East where the football is very good.
02:37Being a good player, you must train hard, no pain, no gain, of course, respect and also
02:42have discipline in yourself.
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