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Let's do all things possible to make the Philippines great again. <3 CoachFabioMenta already provided the stepping stone. Now it is time for Coach NdR to give a big leap towards success. <3

Newly elected U21 NT coach announced today his roster list for this season's Asia U21 Championship Tournament hosted by Taiwan. He is fielding a squad of 12 players including 4 guards, 3 forwards and 5 centers, most of which are first time members of the junior national team. Coach NdR619 is the first Italian manager to handle the reigns of the Pilipinas national team and both fans and pundits alike will be interested to see what sort of tactical approach the new coach will bring to the table. The opening match will be against Macau's U21 squad on the 23rd of April. Stay tuned for updates!

Thanks to all of you guys for the support!
Just to track the progress, I scouted and contacted many players, rather 400 Filipinos.
If you're not been contacted and you want to show me your player, feel free to contact me via BB Mail and I'll be very pleased to provide you an answer.

Now it's time to fight, it won't be easy this Asia Championship, we're behind some teams, but I hope that in some weeks with the right trainings we can make the gap closer and closer.

Today it's time for our debut, follow us on Discord!

UPs and DOWNs in these two quarters.
What matters is coming up next!
At Halftime we're up by 17, with 16 points by Lagare and a huge performance by Pepe Macalincag.

Congrats Coach NdR 36pt win not bad 😊😊😊

#LabanPilipinas
#PUSO <3

We won! Let's wait for Pro_Shot press conference in order to elect the first MVP of this season!
I've been 4 times in a Final, 2 in Euro 2 in World championship and today I was so thrilled as it was one of that finals.
I followed the whole game in chat together with coach fabio and his/our proud staff, it was a pleasure

Something was fine, something clearly not. We still need to improve since we're behind some teams and if we want to clinch good goals we need to get better in some areas, but we're confident about it.

Let me say I care so much this U21 coaching role, to me Philippines are the same as Italy as enthusiasm, passion and dedication, and I hope to fill the community with a bit of it. That's why every week's MVP will make his manager earn an interview done by our great Press man

Will follow update on this!

GO GILAS!

Idiot.

You will lose without me.

Last edited by NdR619 - Pilipinas U21 at 04/23/2018 08:46:27

Adding to my goals:

...kick some italian's asses during the World Championship.

And yes, that means we will reach the World Championship. Maybe not this time, but I will try my best to do it.
And then you, YOU ITALIANS will face the real fear.

Big man tandem gives Pilipinas U21 a boost against Macau U21.



Pilipinas opened their tournament with a resounding 129 - 93 win over Macau.
Pepe Macalinag showed up at the right place at the right time pouring in an efficient 20 points together with Benedict Lagare's 27 markers.

Both big men took advantage of great ball movement around the defense as they often found themselves open for layups and dunks. Lagare lead all scorers as he poured 11 points in the first quarter and doing additional damage in the 3rd before he sat out the rest of the game.

Victor Gotardo facilitated the offense early dishing 8 of his 14 assists right after tip off as the Filipinos finished the 1st quarter ahead, 33 - 17. Meanwhile, Miguel Guardia came off the bench to record a double-double, 12 points 12 rebounds, and the only one with double digit rebounds as Pilipinas struggled to control the boards against Macau's big men.

Despite the huge win, newly elected Pilipinas coach NdR619 wasn't happy about everything.

"Well, we came, we played, we won. Nice threes, nice assists, nice everything but... F*CK, REBOUND GUYS!... rebounding output really bothers me, we need to improve... Gotardo was amazing in the first half, 12 assist at halftime, 8 1st quarter."

Macau was lead by J. Changjia who had 22 points and 16 boards, and Cen Qingyi emphasized their dominance in rebounding with 21 points and 13 rebounds including 7 in the offensive end. Hua Ruxuan scored 11 points and also had a feasting on the boards tonight with 4 offensive rebounds and 9 total for the game.

Pilipinas U21 will now be looking forward to their game against Kazakhstan U21 next week and the coach will be hoping to make adjustments to avoid another problematic showing on the boards.

The Scores:

PILIPINAS U21 - 129
Lagare 27, Macalinag 20, Montemayor 16, Salinas 16, Ocampo 12, Guardia 12, Rios 11, Valerio 8, Gayoles 4, Gotardo 3, Rojo 0, Carbon 0

MACAU U21 - 93
Changjia 22, Qingyi 21, Ruxuan 11, Baokang 11, Can 8, Runliang 8, Guangkai 6, Pingkang 4, Chongying 2, Beigou 1


Last edited by Pro_Shot 🇵🇭 at 04/23/2018 23:57:36