Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Phnom Penh Crown Qualified for Six Term Finals


By Sok Lak

Cambodia, Phnom Penh Crown football club (FC) qualified for the 2011 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President’s Cup six term Finals.

As the host country for six matches with another three football teams, Donbosco Sports Club (Sri Lankan), Nefchi Kochkor (Kyrgyzstan) and Abahani Limited (Bangladesh) in Phnom Penh at National Stadium on May, 21, 23, 25, Cambodia team win two match continuously at the first two day.

In the first match, Phnom Penh crown defeat Donbosco Sport club in the result of 3-0 which Kingsley Metu Njoku earn a first goal at 25 minute in first half. In the second half, Phnom Phnom Penh crown is full of energy and earn another two goals by Chan Chaya and Kouch Sokumpheak at 66 and 67 minutes.

Go along with second of match, Phnom Penh met Abahani Limited. It is showed that no team is stronger than the others. But at end of the second half, Chan Chaya, Phnom Phnom Crown with fighting spirit to earn a goal at 10 minutes before come to the end of the match and won Balani Limited with final score 1-0.

Come to the third match, Phnom Penh Crown met Nefchi Kochkor. Both of the groups were winner two matches already. The winner for Phnom Penh Crown does not mean for Cambodia’s team, because the team can go to six team finals, but they still try their effort to be winner. Unfortunately, it is a chance for Nefchi earn a goal at 11 minute come to end. As the result, Nefchi won PP Crown by 1-0.

The results of other three matches which play in Cambodia are:

Kyrgyzstan’s team defeat Bangladeshgkladesh’s team with the final score as 2-0.

The Neftchi club downed Sri Lanka’s Don Bosco Sports Club 2-0 in their second Group A fixture.

The Abahani Limited come to power and get over Donbosco Sports Club in the score as 4-1.

With the three days match at National Stadium in Cambodia, Phnom Penh Crown FC and Neftchi joined Yadanarbon (Myanmar), Istiklol (Tajikistan), Taiwan Power Company (Chinese Taipei) and FC Balkan (Turkmenistan) in the six-team finals.

Source: The Southeast Asia Weekly, May 29-June 4, 2011, Vol. 5, Issue 22, Page 10

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