Written by Akari Sports Staff | Photo from The UAAP
La Salle-Zobel kicked off its second round campaign with a 3-1 win over Adamson on Saturday in the UAAP high school football tournament at the UP Football Stadium.
After a two-match slump, the Junior Green Booters relied on Andre Tongson’s two-goal performance to bounce back against the tournament debutants.
The rookie out of La Salle Green Hills opened the scoring in the 24th minute, calmly skipping past goalkeeper Cody Saavedra before slotting the ball into an open net. He then completed his brace in the 48th minute with a simple tap-in after a slick dribble from teammate Renz Partosa.
After the Baby Falcons pulled one back for Adamson in the 34th minute, substitute Jayden Gayoso sealed the victory in stoppage time for the Junior Green Booters.
“Siyempre masaya kasi nakuha namin yung objective namin, which was the three points,” said coach Arvin Soliman. “Sabi ko sa kanila during the huddle, kailangan natin manalo against them na convincing kasi yung first game namin was only 1-0 (last February 11). At least ngayon, naka-score kami ng tatlo. From there, I can say na we’re improving in terms of finishing kasi yun talaga naging problema namin sa previous games namin.”
Solidifying its hold of third spot, Nxled-backed La Salle-Zobel moved to 13 points, three clear of Ateneo 10.
