TPL
Suphanburi 0-1 Chonburi
Suphanburi Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 16,212
Gate Receipts : B1,204,550
Merchandise : B824,220
Sunday 28th April, 2013
Match Report
PRE MATCH
Just under an hour to kick off. I'll be Tweeting live updates throughout the match.
FIRST HALF
Chonburi starting XI: Sinthaweechai, Jetsadakorn, Suttinun, Diakite, Nattapong, Noppanon, Kushida, Adul, Anucha, Pipob, Thiago
The teams are coming out. Chonburi are in all red and Suphanburi are in all black. I'm not really a fan of that white bit at the bottom of our away shirts. Is it really necessary?
It looks like a decent crowd. Slightly(!!) more than the 500 or so for the last Suphanburi v Chonburi match in the TPL. (September 19th, 2007)
I had a bit of a panic then. I couldn't find the bottle opener!! But it’s turned up now. So, the Changs are open and we're ready for the off.
Chonburi are lining up ready to start. The Suphanburi players are still (STILL!!) huddling. The referee doesn't seem to care. Ho hum.
The match kicks off.
We're playing in red today. So why is our keeper also wearing red? Well it's certainly a shade of red. I don't really think it should be allowed. Strange. Whatever happened to green jerseys for goalkeepers?
10mins: Suphanburi 0-0 Chonburi
15mins: Indirect free kick to Chonburi in the opposing penalty area, after the Suphanburi goalkeeper inexplicably picks up a back pass.
Goal! Oh, no. Wait. What a shocking decision!! Chonburi score but the referee makes us take the kick again because some of the defenders encroached. Scandalous!! We’re supposed to get the advantage. And, as if to try and justify himself, the official is now waving his yellow card in the general direction of the home team’s players. Oh, that makes it alright then. Berk.
We miss (of course) from the retake. Flippin' shocking decision. Disgraceful. Why wasn’t that one retaken? The defenders did exactly the same thing as they did the first time. Double berk.
20mins: I’m still fuming about the disallowed goal. One of the worst decisions I've seen in nearly 50 years of watching football. But now we've got a free kick about 25 yards out and a chance to take the lead.
Wasted.
25mins: Suphanburi 0-0 Chonburi
30mins: Still 0-0. Our passing has been woeful again. What do they do in training all week?
They've just shown another replay of the "goal". This referee should be ashamed of himself.
39mins: Natthapong scores. It’s a screamer from 25 yards out. I've just scared the cats by jumping up off the sofa.
Disallow that one, you twit!
Into two minutes of time added on at the end of the 1st half.
Half Time: The Referee 0-1 Chonburi
Not a great first half performance by any means, but we're one up and have shown a lot of character after having a perfectly good goal disallowed. Let's hope we can keep it up in the second period.
HALF TIME
A summary of the disallowed goal:
We had an indirect free kick on the six yard line. The referee blew his whistle and Pipob rolled the ball to Thiago, who scored. The referee disallowed it because the defenders had encroached on the kick. Absolutely rotten decision. And totally unacceptable All officials make mistakes - I can accept that - but this wasn't a mistake. He shouldn't be allowed to referee again this season. He blew for the infringement after the ball is in the net. An absolute disgrace. Wait until you see the incident. It's unbelievable.
Anyway, upwards and onwards.
SECOND HALF
The players are back out for 2nd half. Once again Chonburi are ready to start and Suphanburi are still huddling.
I'm not sure but I think I saw the referee join in with their huddle ;-)
They've just shown the replay of the "goal" again about ten times and there is at least a two second delay before he blows the whistle to disallow the goal after we score. Our players are already celebrating. The goal should stand. It's as simple as that. He’s messed up.
55mins: Suphanburi 0-1 Chonburi
We used to be such a good passing team. What's happened? We’re relying too much on the (unsuccessful) long ball tactics these days. It's simply not good enough. It's like watching a school team at times. The kind that has a quickish lad up front and the teacher tells all his players to boot it upfield for him to chase at every opportunity.
Sorry for moaning so much. At least we're winning :-)
Prat Samakrat comes on as a substitute for Suphanburi. Therefore, the referee is now no longer the only pratt on the pitch. B'dum. Tsschh!
At this point Danny Baker Tweeted : Look at Reading. Can footballers stop doing that stupid team huddle before games. What's it for? Newcastle did one before yesterdays match! I replied : You should try watching Thai football, Danny. They go into huddle overdrive here!
64mins: Pipob OFF. Samuel ON. Good move. I still don't understand why Sammy isn't starting games. I wonder if that'll change when we play his old team on Sunday?
72mins: A good save by Sinthaweechai to deny Suphanburi an equaliser. He had to dive low to his left to tip a long range shot onto the post. Corner to Suphanburi.
I can still see Suphanburi scoring in this game. The equaliser to come from a late penalty perhaps? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Say no more.
74mins: Thiago has a great chance to put us 2-0 up. But he shoots tamely at the keeper when he really should have scored. A real waste.
77mins: Noppanon shoots into the side netting from a difficult angle after a good run. Unlucky.
78mins: Chonlatit ON. Noppanon OFF. It looks like we're settling for what we already have. Fair enough.
80mins: Suphanburi 0-1 Chonburi
84mins: Still 1-0 up. Therdsak is warming up.
86mins: Therdsak ON. Jetsadakorn OFF
89mins: We're defending a free kick in a dangerous area near the end of the match and Thiago goes off on a stretcher, after lying down with an “injury”. He can be annoying at times. And frustrating at others. There’s clearly nothing wrong with him and he’s left us a man short at the back when we need as many bodies in the box as possible. What is he hoping to achieve?
Thankfully, Suphanburi make a mess of the free kick. Thiago runs straight back. It's a bloomin' miracle!
Into 5 minutes of injury time. FIVE MINUTES!? Where has that come from?
Another good save by Sinthaweechai. Similar to the previous one and again the result is a corner for Suphanburi.
The corner comes to nothing. Phew!
93mins: Thiago with another great chace to wrap it up on the breakaway. However, he blazes over the bar. Maybe if he concentrated more on his football than his histrionics, he'd be the player he thinks he is and we know he could be. Someone needs to have a word with him. Any takers?
We’re in the 96th minute and Chonburi have a corner. Surely that's it?
IT IS!!
Full Time: Suphanburi 0-1 Chonburi (Natthapong Samana)
Again, not a great performance but we defended resolutely and deserved to win. My Man of the Match is Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool. He made a couple of great saves and looked steady and commanding as we faced a second half onslaught. His best game in ages.
Final note. The crowd tonight was 16,212. The last time I was there for a Suphanburi v Chonburi TPL match (in September, 2007) the crowd was about 500!
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