La Salle FC, Green Stallions Seek Group Top Spots in LFL Round 3
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| Action in the Lipa Football League. |
La Salle FC, majority of whose players won the silver medal with the City of Lipa in the recently concluded Batangas Inter-Division Meet in Batangas City, tangle with opening round losers Coffee Millers FC at 3:45. The Millers are still without a point, having sat out the second round with a bye.
La Salle needs just a draw to nudge ahead of Mentors FC in the group standings. The youngsters will have to be at the top of their game against the Millers, however, who despite the 2-4 loss to the Mentors on opening day have among the league’s most experienced players.
Meanwhile, Green Stallions FC, who debuted with an 11-2 rout of Kings FC in Round 2, are just a point behind current leaders ACF Real Molinillo de Lipa with three points, ahead on goal difference of their opponents tomorrow, the youngsters of Lipa Emmanuel FC.
| GROUP A TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CLUB | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
Mentors FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
La Salle FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Legends FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
Coffee Millers FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
FC Reigning Kickers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
A draw will be enough to send the Green Stallions top of the Group B table ahead of Real Molinillo on goal difference. The match between the Green Stallions and Lipa Emmanuel commences at 2:45, with the latter also hoping to bounce back from a 1-7 mauling at the hands of Real Molinillo.
In the other 2:45 match, defending champions FC Reigning Kickers square off against Legends FC, both teams hoping to win their first points of the current season. The defending champions have had a wretched start to the season, losing heavily to La Salle FC and Mentors FC in their first two matches. Legends FC, meanwhile, debuted in Round 2 with a heartbreaking 3-4 loss to La Salle FC.
| GROUP B TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CLUB | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
ACF Real Molinillo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Green Stallions FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Lipa Emmanuel FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
Real Barako FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kings FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 0 |
In the final match of the afternoon, LFL guest team Real Barako FC tries to get its campaign back on track in the 3:45 encounter with pointless Kings FC. The Batangas City-based club was trailing Real Molinillo 1-2 in the first round but equalized with a late goal to earn a deserved draw.
Kings FC is anchored at the bottom of the table with two straight losses, its 2-11 defeat at the hands of the Green Stallions giving the young team a worrisome -10 goal difference.
The Lipa Football League is presented by ACF Real Molinillo de Lipa and The Outlets of Lipa, with sponsorship by El Abyador Garden Pool Resort.
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