BANGKOK (20 April 2012) – It was a cracking opener from tournament favourites Thailand when they swept past Brunei 22-0 in a Group B match of the AFF Futsal Championship at the Bangkok Thonburi Stadium today.
Led by playmaker Suphawut Thuean, who was a standout with his superior skills and amazing control, Thailand completely outplayed their opponents to collect full points but more importantly, they also sent out the message that they were the ones to beat here.
Thailand’s classy display would surely have sent shivers down the spines of their other opponents who watched them in action today. This was the biggest win of the tournament so far following Indonesia’s 16-1 win over Timor Leste yesterday evening.
In the second Group B tie here later in the evening, Timor got over their heavy loss the previous day to score a hard-fought 4-3 win over Laos tonight.
Soon after a simple but colourful official opening ceremony today, Thailand, playing their first match of the tournament, exploded on court and scored within 20 seconds of the kick-off. As it turned out, the opening goal scorer Suphawut was the star of the team. He doubled the score within two minutes and added two more in the first half. By the break, Thailand were 9-0 up.
Suphawut was simply unstoppable and continued to harass the Brunei defence throughout. He eventually scored five goals today but he also played a crucial role in the team’s rout today by setting up his teammates.
Thailand’s other goals were netted by Kritsada Wongkaeo (five goals), Jirawat Sornwichia (three), Aref Ahamah (three), Jetsada Chudech (two) and numbers Nattawut Madlaya, Thanakorn Penpa and Apiwat Chaemcha one goal each.
In his haste to clear the ball, Brunei defender Ulfi Aminuddin blasted into his own net. Brunei had a chance to break the duck two minutes from the end but Muhammad Safwan Safri sent his shot to the right of the post.
In the other game tonight, Laos shot ahead through Saysana Inthavong but Timor Leste soon levelled the score through Manuel Varela Pereira. Moments later, Jose Vong intercepted a pass and coolly ran in to fire his team ahead.
Timor added a third from Jose but Laos replied with two more strikes from Kita Souksabai and Alounpadeth Phouangphet to put the score at 3-3. Jose charged back with the winner just under five minutes from time.
PIX: (From left) Kuang Lobkhop, consultant of BangkokThonburi University; Dr. Bang-orn Benjathikul, president of BangkokThonburi University ; Chanchai Chairungruang, Chairman of BangkokThonburi University and Ong-Arj Kosinkar, the general secretary of the FA of Thailand at the official opening of the AFF Futsal Championship 2012.
AFF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 FIXTURES and RESULTS
| Date | Match
No. |
Group | Match | Time | Venue | SCORE | |
| 19-
Apr-12 |
1
2 3 4 |
A
A B B |
Cambodia vs Malaysia
Myanmar vs Philippines Timor Leste vs Indonesia Laos vs Brunei DS |
1130
1400 1630 1900 |
Bangkok Thonburi Stadium | 0 – 8
4 – 5 1 – 16 8 – 6 |
|
| 20-
Apr-12 |
5
6 7 8 |
A
A B B |
Philippines vs Vietnam
Myanmar vs Cambodia Brunei DS vs Thailand Laos vs Timor Leste |
1130
1400 1700 1930 |
Bangkok Thonburi Stadium | 1 – 6
7 – 6 0 – 22 3 – 4 |
|
| 21-
Apr-12 |
9
10 11 12 |
A
B A B |
Vietnam vs Myanmar
Thailand vs Laos Malaysia vs Philippines Indonesia vs Brunei DS |
1130
1400 1630 1900 |
Bangkok Thonburi Stadium | ||
| 22-
Apr-12 |
13
14 15 16 |
A
B A B |
Myanmar vs Malaysia
Timor Leste vs Thailand Cambodia vs Vietnam Laos vs Indonesia |
1130
1400 1630 1900 |
Bangkok Thonburi Stadium | ||
| 23-
Apr-12 |
17
18 19 20 |
A
A B B |
Philippines vs Cambodia
Malaysia vs Vietnam Indonesia vs Thailand Brunei DS vs Timor Leste |
1130
1400 1630 1900 |
Bangkok Thonburi Stadium | ||
| 24-Apr | Rest Day | ||||||
| 25-
Apr-12 |
21
22 |
SF1
SF2 |
Winner A vs Runner-up B
Winner B vs Runner-up A |
1400
1700 |
Bangkok Thonburi | ||
| 26-Apr | Rest Day | ||||||
| 27-
Apr-12 |
23
24 |
3rd/4th
Final |
Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2
Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 |
1400
1700 |
Bangkok Thonburi | ||
