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(KPL) The schedule of the Lao Football League, also known as Lao League, is finalised and the Army is set to play their first leg against City on Feb 27. This year Lao League sees the participation of only eight teams because the Moon the Night and the Customs Department announced their withdrawal from the 2010 competition list last week. All matches will be played at the old Chao Anouvong Stadium at 15:00 hours. Following are the Lao League 2010 match schedules:

27/02/2010: Army Vs City, Ministry of Public Works and Transport vs Ministry of Public Security

28/02/2010: Bank of Laos vs Ezra, Lao American College vs Vientiane Capital

06/03/2010: Ministry of Public Works and Transport vs Vientiane Capital, Bank of Laos Vs Lao American College

07/03/2010: City vs Ezra, Army vs Ministry of Public Security

13/03/2010: Ministry of Public Security vs Vientiane Capital, Army vs Ezra

14/03/2010: City vs Lao American College, Ministry of Public Works and Transport vs Bank of Laos

20/03/2010: Army vs Vientiane Capital, Ezra vs Lao American College

21/03/2010: Ministry of Public Security vs Bank of Laos, City vs Ministry of Public Security

27/03/2010: Ezra vs Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Ministry of Public Security vs City

28/03/2010: Army vs Lao American College, Vientiane Capital vs Bank of Laos

03/04/2010: Ezra vs Ministry of Public Security, Lao American College vs Ministry of Public Works and Transport

04/04/2010: Vientiane Capital vs City, Army vs Bank of Laos

10/04/2010: BANK OF LAOS vs City, Army vs Ministry of Public Works and Transport

11/04/2010: Lao American College vs Ministry of Public Security, Vientiane Capital vs Ezra

VIENTIANE - Eight-time defending champions Thailand crashed out of the Southeast Asian Games football competition Friday after two late goals from Malaysia, who join Vietnam in the semi-finals.

Needing only a draw to qualify for the last four, Thailand were the better side for large parts of the match and made their superiority count when Arthit Sunthornphit struck seven minutes after half-time direct from a free-kick.

But nine minutes from full-time Nasriq Baharom scored at the far post after a fine cross from the left by Azmi Muslim to level the scores and give Malaysia hope.

On 90 minutes, Ahmad Fakri Saarani won the match for Malaysia, firing home a cross from the right by Norshahrul Idlan Talaha to make it 2-1 and spark wild scenes of celebration.

Vietnam topped Group A with 10 points after thumping Cambodia 6-1, with Malaysia on nine points and Thailand, who had won every SEA Games football tournament since 1993, on seven.

Timor Leste finished bottom of the five-team group with no points after four straight defeats.

Host nation Laos and Singapore on Thursday qualified for the semi-finals of the under-23 competition from Group B.

MediaCorp Channel 5 will telecast the semi-final match between Singapore and Laos live on December 14.



- AFP/ir

Malaysia gave a rousing start to their campaign in Group A of the men’s football event when they thrashed Timor Leste 11-0 in the first official competitive match that was played at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex. For Timor Leste, they just can’t seem to pull things together as captain Joao Paulo Da Silva tried hard to push forward but without support, he was not going to get far. The afternoon heat did not seem to bother the Malaysians one bit as they started off strongly by scoring their first goal of the game through Norshahrul Idlan Talaha in the third minute off a long pass from captain Aidil Zafuan Abdul Razak.

They then doubled their lead in the 12th minute when off a Ahmad Fakri Saarani’s cross from the right, the waiting Badrol Bakhtiar blasted it home. The two goals gave the Malaysians the impetus to slow down the game somewhat but it did not in any way hinder their desire for more goals.

Striker Mohd Aidil Zaquan Abdul Razak grabbed the third goal of the game in the 15th minute, as Safiq Rahim then made the score sheet with the fourth in the 28th minute. Two minutes later, Norshahrul then scored his second of the evening as Ahmad Fakri beat the offside trap in the 41st minute for the Malaysians to take a 6-0 lead at the half.

The break step off the gas in the second half with head coach K. Rajagobal making several substitutions.

They only got going with further goals only in the 58th minute when Aidil Zafuan headed in the corner from Safiq before Ahmad Fakri completed his hat-trick with two quick strikes in the 76th and 77th minute to put the Malaysians 9-0 in front.

Substitute Amirulhadi Zainal (80th minute) and Amar Rohidan (90th minute) then got into the scoring act with two goals in the closing stages for the final scoreline.

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