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UST vs Ateneo in UAAP Season 86 boys' football

Action between the UST Tiger Cubs and the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP Season 86 boys' football tournament, February 4, 2024 at the UP Diliman Football Stadium.

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- University of Santo Tomas remains on top of the table in the UAAP Season 86 boys&#x27; football tournament after a hard-earned draw against Ateneo de Manila University, Sunday at the UP Diliman Football Stadium.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dwight Pancho scored the equalizer deep into stoppage time for a 1-1 draw. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The grade 11 midfielder from Santa Ana, Manila, found the breakthrough after a barrage of attempts from UST throughout the game. The likes of Solidum, Rodrigo Mariñas III, John Mark Visitacion, and Daniel Isaac Cagaanan all tried their luck to no avail until Pancho’s equalizer.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Napakaganda ng corner kicks and then na-convert ni Dwight Pancho nung last minute of the game,&quot; said coach Marjo Allado of Pancho&#x27;s strike, which came in the 97th minute. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Ateneo almost won the match pero, yun nga, dramatic siya pero madaming lesson kami makukuha dito sa game na to, especially for some players,&quot; he added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/UAAP 86 HSFB - UST v ADMU - Dwight Pancho, Kent Dela Peña.JPG" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Action between UST and Ateneo in the UAAP Season 86 boys football tournament, February 4, 2024 at the UP Diliman Football Stadium.<em> UAAP Media.</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UST ended the first round in first place with seven points on the back of two wins and one draw. The Junior Golden Booters also have a goal difference of plus-5.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ateneo, seeking its first win in the UAAP juniors since January 2020, went ahead in the 68th minute thanks to defender Xian Renzo Tumang only to get their hearts broken in the closing seconds. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the evening match, Far Eastern University-Diliman got back on the winning track with a 4-3 triumph over De La Salle Zobel in a rematch of last season&#x27;s finals. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Baby Tamaraws surged to a 4-0 advantage, with Theo Jico Libarnes opening the scoring just seven minutes into the game before Czam Acuesta gave them a two-goal cushion in the 34th minute. Klian Terrence Niu grabbed a brace in the 46th and 54th minutes to give FEU-Diliman what seemed like an unassailable lead.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Junior Archers pulled a goal back in the 72nd minute off a Miguel Bengson penalty, before Viggo Louis Herce and Julio Antonio Yoldi found the back of the net in the 80th and 85th minutes.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fortunately for FEU-Diliman, they managed to hold on in the dying minutes for all three points.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I think when we were up already by 4-0, we were a bit overconfident,&quot; admitted FEU-D coach Albert Besa. &quot;There were a few errors with our defense.&quot;</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEU-D finished the first round in second place with six points on the back of two wins and one loss. La Salle is in third place with three points while Ateneo is last with one point.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>UST remains on top of the table in the UAAP Season 86 boys' football tournament after a hard-earned draw against Ateneo, Sunday at the UP Diliman Football Stadium.</p>

UST remains on top of the table in the UAAP Season 86 boys' football tournament after a hard-earned draw against Ateneo, Sunday at the UP Diliman Football Stadium.

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Published Feb 05, 2024 03:15 PM PHT

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