{"id":13557,"date":"2018-05-29T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T03:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T03:40:30","slug":"southeast-asia-xi-of-the-week-may-22-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2018\/05\/29\/southeast-asia-xi-of-the-week-may-22-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia XI of the Week (May 22-28)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff from across our network nominated players from their local leagues who excelled last week, which saw several competitions such as the Liga 1, V.League, Thai League T1 and Malaysian FA Cup in action.<\/p>\n

Who made our final list of 11 players? Click through to find out!<\/p>\n

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Here are our picks for this week\u2019s Southeast-Asian XI of the Week (May 22-28)<\/p>\n

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Goalkeeper:\u00a0Michael Falkesgaard (Bangkok United)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Danish\u2013Filipino goalkeeper showed his excellent performance with positioning and a shot-stopper to help Bangkok United defending from Chainat win to win 1-0 and keep his clean sheet in 6 games from 9 winning games in a row.<\/p>\n

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Defender:\u00a0Victor Igbonefo (Persib Bandung)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victor played an incredibly solid game against Bali United. He’s one of the main reason why Persib Bandung could get a cleansheet against Bali.<\/p>\n

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Defender:\u00a0Kunihiro Yamashita (Perseru Serui)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing two matches in this week, Perseru Serui got two cleansheets thanks to the Japanese defender, Kunihiro Yamashita. Kumihiro played brilliantly and nearly scored a goal but his heading struck the bar.<\/p>\n

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Defender: Le Van Phu (Hai Phong FC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The naturalized player has not in good shape this season due to his age (35 years old). But he played a very good game against Khanh Hoa FC this weekend. He stopped foreigner Youssouf Toure to help the team achieve the 3-0 win.<\/p>\n

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Midfielder:\u00a0Liridon Krasniqi (Kedah)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pushed further upfront from his usual defensive midfield position, Liridon was extremely influential in helping Kedah clinch two wins last week. He scored one in their 2-0 win over Pahang, before bagging another one in their 2-1 win over Selangor.<\/p>\n

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Midfielder:\u00a0K. Gurusamy (PKNS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Gurusamy at his best but last weekend, he was absolutely pivotal in helping PKNS clinch a 0-0 draw against Johor Darul Ta’zim. He was composed, assured and disciplined in defensive midfield. Completely ran the show.<\/p>\n

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Midfielder: Do Hung Dung (Hanoi FC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a023-year-old midfielder played a vital role for Hanoi FC in the 4-3 thrilling win over FLC Thanh Hoa. He scored a beautiful goal from a curling shot.<\/p>\n

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Midfielder: Makan Konate\u00a0(Sriwijaya FC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Against PSIS Semarang, the Malian playmaker created 3 assists for his team in a 4-0 victory. His role is very pivotal for his team as a creator.<\/p>\n

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Winger:\u00a0Sarawut Masuk (Nakhon Ratchasima)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last game for Nakhon Ratchasima before returning to Bangkok Glass FC, Sarawut Masuk scored 2 quality goals to help his side get 3 points from Chiang Rai United.<\/p>\n

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Forward: Ha Minh Tuan (Quang Nam FC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a027 year-old striker becomes the first Vietnamese player to\u00a0score a hat-trick this season. His 3 goals in 5-2 win over Nam Dinh FC helped the team end the four-game streak without winning in all competitions.<\/p>\n

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Winger:\u00a0Heberty Fernandes (Muangthong United)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brazilian striker was always there for his team, even Muangthong United had to play with 10 men man after Adisorn Promrak had been send off in just 12 minutes into the game. The former Ratchaburi scored a stunning brace to help his team rage Pattaya United 4-0.<\/p>\n

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Staff from across our network nominated players from their local leagues who excelled last week, which saw several competitions such as the Liga 1, V.League, Thai League T1 and Malaysian FA Cup in action. Who made our final list of 11 players? Click through to find out! Here are our picks for this week\u2019s Southeast-Asian XI of the Week (May 22-28)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1275,26],"tags":[613,1397,315,1448],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}