Coach Wynton Rufer has named an 18-man Papua New Guinea squad to play the Philippines in Manila on Sunday.
Rufer named nine new players with an eye on next year’s Pacific Games in Port Moresby.
Papua New Guinea played Singapore in a friendly international last month and lost 2-1.
Assistant coach Milan Miric said it will be a perfect stepping stone for the players to prove themselves and provide a solid platform to evaluate the squad’s tactical and technical improvements.
“The team will be in Philippines for five days to give chances to the boys who were not part of the Singapore trip. This is an experience to be part of the team to hopefully gel better and achieve our final objectives as a team,” said Miric.
“It will be good exposure for the squad in playing in East Asia while we’re also looking forward to play more friendlies in October and December before the National Soccer League kicks off.”
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Match Details
Friendly International
Sunday 12 October, 2014
Philippines v Papua New Guinea
Manila
Philippines
Papua New Guinea Squad:
- 1. Albert Mesulam
- 2. John Bai
- 3. Koriak Upaiga
- 4. Jeremy Yasasa
- 5. Valentine Nelson
- 6. Agi Moses
- 7. Daniel Joe
- 8. Brendan Joe
- 9. Eliud Fugre
- 10. Michael Foster
- 11. David Muta
- 12. Niel Hans
- 13. Nigel Dabinyaba
- 14. Tommy Semmy
- 15. Joshua Talau
- 16. Nathaniel Lepani
- 17. Gary Moka
- 18. Patrick Aisa