Nag iba na din naman yung panahon, marami nang Pilipino na nangibang bansa at doon nakapag-asawa at nagkaroon ng anak na banyaga ang ama o ina pero dahil ang isang magulang nila ay Pilipino ay karapatdapat na ituring silang Pilipino kahit na ba ang nanay o tatay lang nila ang may dugong Pilipino.
We are still one of the best in SEA basketball if not currently the best. Kahit saang baranggay ay may basketball court, pero wala kang makikitang football o futsal area man lang sa baranggay level. Yan yung isang dahilan kung bakit hindi naglalaro ng football ang mga pinoy, walang area na mapaglalaruan, hindi accessible sa masa. Yan yung problema.
Magpagawa muna ng football area sa bawat baranggay kahit futsal area lang na kumpleto with goal posts and ball, para makapaglaro ng 3 vs 3 o 5 vs 5 ang mga bata, dyan magkakaroon ng daan para yung mga Pilipino na andito sa Pilipinas ay madevelop yung basic skills sa football, yan yung nangyari sa basketball sa bansa natin, sa kanto nagsimula yung mga nasa college basketball and pro basketball ng bansa, sa baranggay level dapat magsimula yung development.
Paano ka gagaling sa football kung wala kang area na mapaglalaruan? Paano magkakaroon ng homegrown talents kung walang skill na nadevelop yung mga batang nasa Pilipinas? Yan yung pinakabasic grassroots program na dapat gawin ng PFF. Don't expect Filipino kids without football experience to immediately go to Ateneo or FEU or Mckinley or other places where there are football pitches(pwera lang kung may football clinics), these kids need to start from their own baranggay, from their own local area.
Malapit nang malampasan ni Messi yung record ni Alcantara(but this Filipino is still considered a legend in FCB)...
"Leo Messi is still on unstoppable course to become the highest goalscorer FC Barcelona has ever had. His goal at San Mamés was number 333 in his personal account. That is the same figure achieved by Josep Samitier in all games for Barça, placing Messi joint second and only bettered by the legendary Paulino Alcántara (369).
Born in the Philippines in 1896, Alcántara played for Barça from 1912 to 1927. Known as the ‘net-breaker’, in those pre-Liga days he scored most of his goals in friendlies, the Copa Catalunya and the Spanish Cup.
Messi’s record
25 year old Leo Messi is already the club’s top scorer if only counting official matches. Of course, Messi belongs to a very different era to Alcántara, in which exhibition and challenge matches are a rarity outside of the preseason, and only 22 of his 333 goals have been scored in friendlies. The Argentinian is the only currently active player to be among the top ten FCB scorers of all time. In fact, Xavi, the next currently active player on the list, is way down in 48th with 90 goals."http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/season/2012-2013/messi-equals-samitier-and-now-only-trails-alcantara