CARMONA, Cavite – Bienvenido Marañon scored twice in the second half as the Ceres-Negros FC cruised to a 2-1 win over Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo in the 2019 Philippines Football League on Wednesday at the PFF National Training Center here.
Trailing 1-0 midway in the second half, Marañon went for the tie at the 68th minute from a pass by Stephan Schrock. The Busmen surged Ceres-Negros ahead four minutes later with a header from another feed by Schrock.
Prior to that, Ilonggo Jovin Bedic surged Kaya Iloilo ahead at the 52nd minute with a sensational strike from way out to draw first blood after the first half ended at scoreless draw.
The first meeting of the season between the two regional rivals was not short of action with Kaya Iloilo’s Jordan Mintah and Ceres-Negros’ Manuel Herrera given a yellow each at the 12th minute for verbal altercation.
Just before the halftime break, Kaya Iloilo’s Arnel Amita, who came in for the injured Eric Giganto early in the match, was send off with a red card for dragging Ceres-Negros’ Jose Elmer Porteria to the ground.
With the victory, the Busmen has climbed to first place with 16 points on five wins and a draw, while Kaya-Iloilo remained with 16 points on five victories, one deadlock and a defeat./PN
