TPL
Chonburi 4-2 Ratchaburi
Sunday 4th August, 2013
Attendance: 5,831
Chonburi Stadium
Match Report
by Tim Banks
WELCOME BACK! Where have you been?
Well what a difference 4 days make.Actually the difference was the two newcomers the Brazilian and the Spanish recent signings and the team getting stuck in,so much so that it appeared at one stage we could be playing seven a side late on and the fact that Ratchaburi did not have it all their way as last Wednesday.
However having conceded yet another goal from a corner in the fourth minute all could have been very different had their foreign import number 24 not rattled the crossbar but scored on the half hour,as a 2-0 deficit could have had major repercussions but tonight is all about positives and we scored late on to go in at half time with all the momentum and the faithful awoken from their slumbers and roaring their approval that the fight back was on and perhaps that their team was back.
A cracking start to the second half with Samuel at last delivering the pace and dribbling skills that we knew he possessed led to him setting up Kushida who fired us in front within five minutes of the restart.
It was all Chonburi from then onwards and Samuel at last fired home himself to the relief of the home fans after a barren run and many near misses and he continued to torment the visitors defence hugely assisted by Leandro who ran himself to a standstill and left to a well deserved standing ovation.
He was ably replaced by Therdsak who again gave a mini master class in the fifteen minutes remaining climaxed by a thunderous strike again set up by Samuel to put us 4-1 up and ensure the three points.
It was left to Ratchaburi s midfield player to score with a wonderful strike from outside the box with three minutes left to wrap up the evening's excellent entertainment and the final score line of 4-2.
Was it all sublime? No, as many of our fundamental problems remain but did we see passion and commitment and teamwork yes we did and was the smile back in the grandstands yes,but please whisper it but a run of five games including tonight through until meeting Suphanburi midweek later in the month all are winnable,Bangkok Utd,Pattaya and TOT and a return of a maximum of fifteen points at least would concentrate the minds of the two leaders before we meet both of them away with MTU in early and Buriram in late September.
Are we back? Not yet, but boy is it great to see the smiling faces as you leave the stadium. The faithful certainly deserve a run of victories to give us some faint hope that we could yet be in the mix and it would be great to meet our two rivals at their home stadiums with all to play for.
Welcome back, Chonburi FC. We missed you.
No comments:
Post a Comment