March 25, 2014,
Tuesday,
5:30 p.m.,
Media Center,
Rizal Memorial Coliseum,
Vito Cruz,
Manila
Not one, but three spectators were slapped with heavier penalties than those involved.
Being adults, three were given one-year bans for taking part in the melee which marred the football game between Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu and Alcoy FC two weeks ago.
For their part in ruining a game in the ongoing 16th Aboitiz Cup Under -18 tournament in Mandaue City, not just Enrico Mongaya as sanctioned, but two others also.
(concerned individuals break up a fight involving the two teams, Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu and Alcoy FC two weeks ago, photo sourced from Sunstar-Cebu Facebook page, and as taken by Allan Cuizon, Sunstar-Cebu).
The two, identified as Paul Costin and JR Pepito, were also banned from going to venues and watching football tournaments for one year.
A twitter message from Cebu-based sportswriter Mike Limpag alerted me to the Cebu Football Association’s decision.
Philippine Football Federation president Mariano “Nonong” Araneta confirmed this when I called him this afternoon.
He said he has been informed Cebu Football Association president Pericles Dacay of their decision to impose sanctions on a certain Enrico Mongaya.
Mongaya, a Bureau of Customs (BOC) police officer caught apparently “stabbing” the neck of Alcoy FC goalie Rodenel Binolirao with a key during the melee.
But, since there are also two others involved, Costin and Pepito, they were also included in the ban.
Initially, Araneta is seeking clarification from the CFA if the ban for Cebu-based tournaments only, or if it nationwide in nature.
But, CFA officials made it clear that the ban is only limited to the locale of Cebu.
On the other hand, the two teams involved were disqualified from tournament following the incident.
The coaches, Ateneo de Cebu’s Hayato Ayabe and Alcoy’s Chris delos Santos, were both suspended for six months.
It happened three days after the brawl.
That was time when the CFA released its decision to impose sanctions on the two teams and coaches involved.
On March, 2018, 2014, a dispatch from Sunstar-Cebu’s Edri Aznar said that five players from Alcoy FC and four from Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) have already been slapped with a six-month suspension from playing in any CFA-sanctioned tournaments.
This means that the spectators were accorded heavier penalties.
Also, Alcoy FC and SHS-AdC have been expelled from the tournament.
According to CFA in its decision (quoting reports from Sunstar-Cebu), “coaches must encourage their players to treat their opponents with due respect.
The CFA felt that the coaches must accept responsibility of the conduct of their players and discourage inappropriate behavior in training, competition and away from the sporting arena.
The suspended players were identified as Mark Manlosa, Rodnel Benolivao, Jake delos Santos, Mon Ferdinand and Mon Carel Osorio of Alcoy and Miguel Kwan, Mark Veloso, Karlo Villamor and Thirdy Pepito of SHS-Ateneo.
CFA Disciplinary Committee member, Atty Julius Entise, said that the incident hurts because football in Cebu is growing.
“ It is an isolated incident and we will work hard so that it will remain isolated and never happen again,” remarked Entise during press conference at Casino Español.
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