By Ashley Hammond, Staff Reporter
Published: 15:13 February 8, 2012

Dubai: Any success for the Philippines national team at next month’s AFC Challenge Cup will be against all odds, according to their coach Michael Weiss, who blames ‘internal politics’ for the team’s far from ideal preparations.

The Azkals (Street Dogs) are in Dubai for a training camp until February 17 and will play in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the Asian Cup equivalent for emerging nations from March 8 to 19. Their group consists of three past champions, Tajikistan, India and North Korea - a pooling co-captain James Younghusband has dubbed “The Group of Death”.

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