BANGKOK (22 April 2012) – Seven-time AFF Futsal champions Thailand and Malaysia were among the first two teams to secure their places in the semifinals of the AFF Futsal Championship after recording victories over Timor Leste and Myanmar at the Bangkok Thonburi Stadium today.
Thailand, the hot favourites again this year, whipped Timor Leste 19-1 to take their total bounty of goals after three matches to 67. In the first two games, the hosts reeled in 48 goals.
In the earlier match today, Mohd Asmie Amir Zahari and Ahmad Fawzul Hadzir Mohamad scored two goals each to steer Malaysia to a 5-0 win over Myanmar.
Against Timor Leste today, Thailand were without their star player Suphawut Thueanklan but still proved to be too strong for their opponents. Jetsada Chudech opened the floodgates in the second minute and by the fifth minute Thailand were already up by three goals.
Jetsada went on to add two more goals while Kritsada Wongkaeo and Nattawut Madyalan also struck twice each to provide Thailand with a comfortable 11-0 lead at the break.
Thailand’s top scorers today were Kristada and Jetsada with four goals each.
In the first match of the day, Malaysia went ahead through Mohd Asmie after five minutes. That fired up the Malaysians and they slowly but surely began to break down their opponents. Mohd Asmie added a second while Ahmad Fawzul made it 3-0 at halftime.
Just when it looked like Ahmad Fawzul’s fourth goal was the last for the Malaysians, Muhammad Fariq stepped up and blasted a last minute penalty.
It was Malaysia’s third win in a row after earlier victories over Cambodia and the Philippines. With nine points in the bag, Malaysia are through despite having one more group match against Vietnam tomorrow.
Vietnam, which play bottom-placed Cambodia later this evening, are likely to land the other semis slot from Group A. The last group match between Malaysia and Vietnam tomorrow will determine the top two positions.
PIX: Refereee Ray Ritaga of the Philippines (in all black kit) during the coin toss up before the Timor Leste- Thailand game in Group B of the AFF Futsal Championship
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 4 – 3 |
|
| 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 | 3 – 0
26 – 2 4 – 1 9 – 2 |
|
| 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 | 0 – 5
1 – 19 – – |
|
| 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 | ||
