GLOBAL Cebu seeks to get its winning ways back when it visits Ilocos United in the Philippines Football League tonight at the Quirino Stadium in Vigan City.
The Cebuanos tangle with the Ilocanos at 7 p.m. Cellar dwellers Stallion Laguna and Davao Aguilas, meanwhile, square off in a battle of winless teams at a 4 p.m. in Biñan City.
Global Coach Marjo Allado had to go back to the drawing board during the week-long international break, trying to figure out how his team could bounce back from a 0-1 loss to Ceres Negros during the Visayas Clasico at the Pana-ad Football Stadium in Bacolod City.
The Cebu team also kissed its Asean Zone Semifinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup campaign good-bye after yielding to Singaporean club, Home United, 2-3, at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore.
Leading Global’s charge are skipper Misagh Bahadoran, defender Amani Aguinaldo, goalkeeper Patrick Deyto, Dennis Villanueva and Nicholas O’Donnel, all members of the men’s national team that scored a convincing 4-3 win over Tajikistan in the AFC Asian Cup Jordan 2019 Qualifiers. Global is running fourth with seven points on two wins against a loss and a draw.
Ilocos United, Stallion Laguna and Davao Aguilas each has one point after three losses and a draw.