Courtesy: Asean Football Web Site


LAOS THE SURPRISE PACKAGE; INDONESIA BREEZE THROUGH

BANGKOK (28 August 2008) – Newcomers Laos provided the surprise on the second day of the AFF Futsal Championship 2008 when they beat tournament regular Vietnam 5-2 as Indonesia thumped Philippines 7-0 here at the Nimibutr Stadium.

Laos, who almost scored an upset against Malaysia yesterday, were quicker off the block as they scored their first goal off captain Valasine Dalaphone in the seventh minute for Vietnam to reply two minutes later from Truong Quoc Tuan.

As Laos added their second goal on 14th minute from Anakone Sayakone, they did not look back after the break when they add further goals from Phetsamay Thongmany (23rd minute), Etdy Douangmatphon (35th) and Phonepaseuth Sysoutham (39th) for their first three points of the competition.

Vietnam’s second goal of the match came off Nguyen Quang Minh in the 38th minute.

“It was a good team effort and we have made significant progress from the match yesterday. We now look forward to playing against Brunei tomorrow,” said Viengkeo Phommakaxay, the head coach for Laos.

In the meantime, Indonesia breezed through Philippines 7-0 in the second match of Group A.

The Philippines were a bit off colour as compared to their first game against Thailand yesterday when they conceded an own goal off Ariel Zerrudo in the fourth minute before Indonesia added their second of the afternoon Deny Handoyo two minutes later.

Indonesia then turned on the charm after the break to slam home five more goals from Sukma Nagara in the 25th minute, Fachry Assegaf (28th minute), Topas Pamungkas (29th) and Achmad Syaibani (33rd and 35th).

“We made some mistakes in the first where the players were a little tense. But we showed today that we can play good Futsal,” added Justinus Lhaksana, the head coach for Indonesia.




Courtesy: Asean Football Web Site


MALAYSIA PICK UP SECOND WIN; THAILAND HIT SEVEN PAST MYANMAR

BANGKOK (28 August 2008) – Malaysia picked up their second win with a 7-1 demolition of Brunei in Group B of the AFF Futsal Championship 2008 as hosts Thailand blasted Myanmar 7-2 in Group A here at the Nimibutr Stadium.

But Malaysia were again a little slow to settle down when they allowed Brunei to score the first goal in the ninth minute off Ranozakhran Tajuddin.

However, the Malaysian made full use of their experience to slam in the goals from Mohd Ruzaley in the 11th minute, Muhammad Fadhil Yusof (16th) and Muizzuddin Mohd Haris (20th) for a 3-1 at the half.

They then added further goals after the break off Addie Azwan Zainal (24th minute), Fadhil (25th), Ruzaley (31st) and Ahmad Hanif Sarmin (36th).

“We got what we wanted from this game. Now it is important to look to winning our last group game tomorrow (against Vietnam) to top the group,” added P. Balakrishnan, the head coach for Malaysia.

Thailand on the other hand, suffered no such jitters when they started strongly to take a 3-2 lead at the break with goals off Kritsada Wongkaeo (in the second minute), Thanakorn Penpakul (6th) and Jadet Punpoem (8th).

Myanmar scored their goals only in the first half of the match through Aung Moe (5th minute) and Soe Min Oo (14th).

The second-half was all Thailand as they romped in four more goals from Nuttapun Namboonmee (23rd minute), Jadet (24th), Nattawut Kongnimit (25th) and Kritsada (31st).

But both teams ended the match on a low note when they each had a man sent-off with Thailand losing Suphahut for a second yellow card while Myanmar had Kyaw Dunn being given the marching orders for a red card offence.

“We are on our way to a place in the semi-finals,” added Kraiserm Tohtubtiang, the team manager of Thailand.


AFF FUTSAL LEAGUE 2008 RESULTS and FIXTURES

27 AUGUST
MALAYSIA 4 LAOS 2
INDONESIA 4 MYANMAR 2
VIETNAM 5 BRUNEI 4
THAILAND 5 PHILIPPINES 4

28 AUGUST
LAOS 5 VIETNAM 2
PHILIPPINES 0 INDONESIA 7
BRUNEI 1 MALAYSIA 7
MYANMAR 2 THAILAND 7

29 AUGUST
Vietnam vs Malaysia
Myanmar vs Philippines
Thailand vs Indonesia
Brunei vs Laos






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