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MANILA - Stallion Laguna clinched the third-place finish in the Copa Paulino Alcantara after beating Cebu Football Club on penalties, 5-4, during their bronze medal match at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite on Friday night. With both clubs failing to score during regulation, the match quickly went to penalties to decide the outcome, and Daniel Gadia, who played for Stallion Laguna last year in the Philippines Football League (PFL), sort of earned the distinction of being the first player to score for Cebu in a PFL-sanctioned event after drilling the first spot-kick of the shootout. Gabriel Silva, however, quickly equalized after sending the ball to the right side of the goal. Ricki Sendra put Cebu back up with a strong shot that Kenneth James could not stop, but Abe Placito, who came in as a substitute in regulation, responded with his own power shot, also to the left side to tie the shootout again. Charles Davao put Cebu back up with a finesse shot to the left only ....