Philippine football team coach Michael Weiss lavished praises on his players whom he described as fully focused on the job in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Barely nine days before his boys meet Sri Lanka in the first-round qualifying match at the 25,000-seater Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, the 46-year-old German mentor said the training in Duren, Germany has been effective and with no disturbances.
The return match will be played at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium on July 3, with the series winner facing Kuwait in the second round.
So far, the Azkals have beaten a Duren selection, composed of third and fourth division players, and an Under-19 side of Bonner SC.
Two more test matches are still lined up for the team, one against Ingolstadt I, a Bundesliga second division team.
