Barotac Nuevo and Santa Barbara played a very close and exciting championship match in the 2026 Developmental League Football Tournament.
The first half ended 0–0, with both teams creating chances but unable to score. Barotac Nuevo had several attempts, but Santa Barbara defended well. Santa Barbara also tried to attack and earned free kicks, but Barotac Nuevo’s defense stayed strong.
In the second half, Barotac Nuevo scored first through No. 13 Nathan Howard Caligdong, who converted a free kick into a goal, making it 1–0.
Santa Barbara quickly responded in the 57th minute when No. 15 Stello Siloterio scored to level the game at 1–1.
The match went into extra time after both teams continued to fight hard. In extra time, Santa Barbara took the lead again with another goal from Siloterio using a chip shot, making it 2–1.
But Barotac Nuevo fought back once more, with Caligdong scoring again to tie the game at 2–2.
Since the match was still tied after extra time, it went to a penalty shootout. Barotac Nuevo eventually won the shootout, ending Santa Barbara’s four-year championship streak.
After the match, Barotac Nuevo head coach Ian Bayona Araneta shared his thoughts:
“𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢 2𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘣-𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘺, 𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 4 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘣-𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 5 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘥.”
It was a hard-fought match, but Barotac Nuevo showed composure in penalties to finally claim the championship.
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