League

Ban Faek
Spectators: 10877 (Terracing: 8160, Seating: 2500, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Samuel Etoo made the kick off which started today's match. The ŦƗǤ€ŘŞ fans' excitement grew in the 3rd match minute when ŦƗǤ€ŘŞ's Huang Xiong looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 6thth minute of the game Huang Xiong who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ban Faek's Kittisak Netisophakul was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Ban Faek's Samuel Etoo got a free kick in the 8th minute. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Huang Xiong put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Kittisak Netisophakul. In the 16th minute, Huang Xiong got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pakin Kityapoke during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 21st match minute, Ban Faek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pakin Kityapoke to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Ban Faek's zone, Huang Xiong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kittisak Netisophakul came out of the goal and Huang Xiong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 27th minute, Ignazio Becerro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes in the game Phuttaphan Meesang did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Pakin Kityapoke. An unexpectedly hard shot by Huang Xiong in the 35th minute of play forced Ban Faek's goalkeeper Kittisak Netisophakul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hamed Velidović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Etoo in the 39th minute of play. Kittisak Netisophakul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huang Xiong in the 40th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Huang Xiong stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kittisak Netisophakul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huang Xiong in the 54th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, C.J. Curie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maxim Curăreanu hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Huang Xiong in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kittisak Netisophakul saved Ban Faek from getting behind. Huang Xiong received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kittisak Netisophakul came out and tried to block the shot, but Huang Xiong slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 75th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Huang Xiong kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Kittisak Netisophakul. That made the score 0-6 in the 79 minute of play. In the 84th minute, ŦƗǤ€ŘŞ's Huang Xiong dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. A collision led to ŦƗǤ€ŘŞ getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Komjak Sangtip hit a great ball. Tato Valines's late challenge caught a Ban Faek's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tato Valines helped the player get up and apologised. When the final whistle sounded ŦƗǤ€ŘŞ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ban Faek.