Malaysia 1 - Brunei 0. 31st August Olympic Stadium
If an ASEAN Under 16 Championship match takes place and no-one witnesses it does it count?
In contrast to the large crowd the previous night to see Australia (a new addition to ASEAN clearly) beat the young Khmer 4-0 this is witnessed by an empty stadium in the drizzle.
Not-even the vendors disturbing the cries of the youngsters down below on the artificial turf.
The tournament was meant to be held in Indonesia who have been so naughty they have been thrown out of FIFA. Given that FIFA is not particularly synonymous with virtue one wonders what they have done for this treatment? Drowned puppies? Overseen rampant deforestation? Clearly not the latter if hosting is then awarded to Cambodia.
On-the-pitch the yellow-clad Malay are clearly the stronger side dominating Brunei. Chance after chance but some desperate defending, stout goal-keeping and, above all, poor finishing keep the score 1-0. It is the latter that marks the men from the boys - approaching the final 10% of the pitch inside the penalty area poor decision making and execution.
Brunei even have chances to steal in - breaking away into the vast expanses of the stadium overshadowed by the empty concrete bowl. But a lack of stamina, you feel sorry for the tiring players, prevents them succeeding.
The group standings:
Group A w-d-l-PNTS
Laos 2-1-0 = 7
Malaysia 2-0-1 = 6
Thailand 2-0-1 =6
Vietnam 1-1-1 = 4
East Timor 0-1-2 = 1
Brune 0-1-2 = 1
Group B
Australia 1-0-0 = 3
Singapore 1-0-1 = 3
Cambodia 1-0-1 = 3
Myanmar 1-0-0 = 3
Philippines 0-0-2 = 0
Fixtures at:
http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?page_id=20566
If an ASEAN Under 16 Championship match takes place and no-one witnesses it does it count?
In contrast to the large crowd the previous night to see Australia (a new addition to ASEAN clearly) beat the young Khmer 4-0 this is witnessed by an empty stadium in the drizzle.
Not-even the vendors disturbing the cries of the youngsters down below on the artificial turf.
The tournament was meant to be held in Indonesia who have been so naughty they have been thrown out of FIFA. Given that FIFA is not particularly synonymous with virtue one wonders what they have done for this treatment? Drowned puppies? Overseen rampant deforestation? Clearly not the latter if hosting is then awarded to Cambodia.
On-the-pitch the yellow-clad Malay are clearly the stronger side dominating Brunei. Chance after chance but some desperate defending, stout goal-keeping and, above all, poor finishing keep the score 1-0. It is the latter that marks the men from the boys - approaching the final 10% of the pitch inside the penalty area poor decision making and execution.
Brunei even have chances to steal in - breaking away into the vast expanses of the stadium overshadowed by the empty concrete bowl. But a lack of stamina, you feel sorry for the tiring players, prevents them succeeding.
The group standings:
Group A w-d-l-PNTS
Laos 2-1-0 = 7
Malaysia 2-0-1 = 6
Thailand 2-0-1 =6
Vietnam 1-1-1 = 4
East Timor 0-1-2 = 1
Brune 0-1-2 = 1
Group B
Australia 1-0-0 = 3
Singapore 1-0-1 = 3
Cambodia 1-0-1 = 3
Myanmar 1-0-0 = 3
Philippines 0-0-2 = 0
Fixtures at:
http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?page_id=20566
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