Stallion soars over Agila in morning match-up

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By Ivan Saldajeno

MANILA--Stallion banked on its might to repulse Agila, 5-1, in their early Saturday UFL clash at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Balut Doctora and Nate Alquiros each scored a brace to help their club jump to provisional fifth place in the league table.

Doctora opened the scoring in the 11th minute after recovering the ball off a scramble inside the box.

Alquiros then joined the offensive barrage in the 34th minute by a follow-up to a Christian Nana attempt before dishing the assist for Doctora's second goal four minutes later.

Alquiros completed his own brace in the 40th minute after Ashley Flores found him inside off a cross.

Simone Rota scored Stallion's final goal of the game via a 75th minute penalty.

Jang Dong-Hee tallied the consolation goal for Agila in the 80th minute after drilling a free kick.

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