Solido back with a vengeance, takes Croc League 2nd leg

Solido FC came back with a vengeful night and all of a sudden found themselves perched on top of the
standings in the 2011 Davao Crocodile Park Croctoberfest Night Football League.

Solido’s youthful three-headed offensive line of Jed Diamante, Javi Romero-Salas and Miko Arrieta
proved to be the difference as the Orangemen took home the second leg title at the expense of surprise
finalist Belisario FC 2-0 at the DCP Field.

Romero-Salas opened up the scoring in the first half with a blast from 10 yards after a nifty pass from
fellow Little Azkal Diamante. In the second, Romero-Salas returned the favour and Diamante booted
home another marker for the final score line.

Everyone was expecting another Metro TMS-Solido finale after the bitter rivals which disputed the title
in the first leg last week once again topped their respective groups. First leg champion Metro TMS easily
topped Group A with wins against a loss while Solido finished on top of Group B with 3 wins, 2 draws
and 1 loss. FC Soriente (4-1-1) and Belisario (3-1-2) completed the semis cast.

But in a surprise twist, Metro TMS gave up two successive goals late in the match to bow down to
Belisario. Solido meantime beat Soriente to advance to their second straight finals appearance.

“Hard work paid off for us. I hope we can sustain our momentum for the third and final leg,” said Buboy
Arrieta, Solido FC team captain.

Thus, after two legs Solido overtook Metro TMS on top of the standings with 85 points in this football
trilogy organized by the Davao Crocodile Park and Bravetower Events Promotions. Metro TMS dropped
to second overall with 75. Belisario climbed to third overall with 35 followed by Black Knights-KMPPC
with 35, Phl Rabies and Soriente (30).

Club 34, Kingfisher, UIC, DMMA, UM CAE, Alia Orange, and Central United are tied with 20 points while Fil-Chi has 10.

A total of 14 squads are entered in the tournament sanctioned by the Davao Football Association and
supported by the Davao Football Community. The final leg will be on Friday night with the overall
champion receiving the rare Crocodile Cup made up of real crocodile head.(pr)