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Vietnam 1-2 Indonesia. (aet)

Saturday, 25 February 2012

Bangkok: Indonesia will join Thailand at the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship following a 2-1 extra-time win overVietnam on Saturday’s semi-final of the ASEAN Zone qualifiers.

Qualifying hosts Thailand had earlier booked their place in the tournament proper, which will be held in the UAE in May after demolishing Australia 7-0, but the second ASEAN Zone semi-final played at Krungthep Thonburi Indoor Stadium was an altogether tighter affair with the regulation 40 minutes ending all square in the match that would also determine who would meet the Thais in Sunday's final and who would take on Australia to become ASEAN's third representatives in the UAE

Afif Tamimy maintained his record of scoring in every match of the tournament when he fired Indonesia to a 1-0 lead with one minute of the first period of extra-time and and while Vietnam pegged one back two minutes after the interval through Luu Quynh Toan, Caisar Oktavianus Silitonga also scored in the 47th minute as Indonesia held their nerves in final three minutes of the match to advance into the final.




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Thailand 7-0 Australia

Saturday, 25 February 2012

Bangkok: Thailand demolished Australia 7-0 to enter into the final of the ongoing ASEAN Zone qualifiers and book a berth in the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship which will be held in the UAE in May.

In a one-sided semi-final played at Krungthep Thonburi Indoor Stadium Bangkok, the hosts’ Suphawut Thueanklang scored a hat-trick of which the first goal came in the 4th minute. The goal was ninth of the tournament for in-form Suphawut.

Chalaemkhet Keattiyot made it 2-0 in the 9th minute as the host had firm control of the match. Thailand added one more goal in the first half thanks to Nattavut Madyalan who made it 3-0 in the 20th minute.

The hosts’ dominance continued in the second half as the favorites made it 4-0 in the 27th minute through a Thananchai Chaemcharoen strike.

Suphawut grabbed his second of the game in the 37th minute and completed his hat-trick three minutes later taking his individual tally for the tournament to 11 before Kritsada Wongkaeo wrapped up the 7-0 win when he also scored in the 40th minute.

Thailand will meet the winner of the second semi-final between Vietnam and Indonesia at the Krungthep Thonburi Indoor Stadium on Sunday while Australia could still seal a place in the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship if they can win the third-place play-off on the same day.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com