Makati Looks to Kickoff Busy July with Win Over Cebu

Kaya FC–Makati is all set for a busy July, with seven games scheduled within four weeks. The packed month starts tomorrow against Global Cebu, in a match that will kickoff at 4pm, at the University of Makati.

“Going into the month of July, we’ll be having a very tight set of fixtures. We’ll be having two sets of three games in eight days, and our first game will be Global,” said head coach Noel Marcaida.

“It’s going to be a very, very hard month this July. But I think we are ready for it,” said Makati leading scorer Robert Mendy. “We have been working very hard for this. We are going to take on the challenge.”

Kaya is coming off of back-to-back losses, the last one coming against Ceres Negros in Bacolod — a four-goal thriller that ended seemingly more one-sided than how the game was contested. It was a similar situation against Cebu back in May.

“In the Ceres and Global game, we might have lost 3-1 against those two teams, but sometimes the scoreline doesn’t really reflect how the match is being played,” said Marcaida. “It’s just a matter of us not getting breaks in the games. Going into the Global match, we’re looking forward to welcoming them in front of our home crowd.”

“Of course, my motivation will never change. I always want to win, I always want to be my best. But I think, we need to work more than what we were doing, and that’s what we are doing right now,” said Mendy. “The team is improving very well. If you watch the last game against Ceres, actually, even if we lost 3-1, we played good. But it was not good enough. I think for this coming game, we are ready for the challenge, and to win again in our home,” added the Senegalese forward.

After seven games, Cebu sits in third in the standings with 13 points, while Makati is in fifth with 10. Global is coming from a bounce back win against Davao Aguilas, after losing to JPV Marikina in the match prior.

“For tomorrow we are 100% ready. We are hoping for good weather, so it will not affect the quality and intensity of the game, since we are playing on grass,” said Cebu head coach Marjo Allado.

“Of course tomorrow we are expecting a difficult game, but we are going to give our 100% as always, and we’re going to do everything we can to get a positive result tomorrow,” said Global goalkeeper Patrick Deyto.