{"id":20683,"date":"2019-10-23T18:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=20683"},"modified":"2019-10-23T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:22:22","slug":"chainats-relegation-chiangrais-lifeline-and-suphanburis-late-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/10\/23\/chainats-relegation-chiangrais-lifeline-and-suphanburis-late-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainat’s Relegation, Chiangrai’s Lifeline and Suphanburi’s Late Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit – Singha Chiangrai United Official<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We still don’t have a winner going into the final game of the season, as Chiangrai managed to stay in contention despite Buriram’s 3-1 win over Port. Elsewhere, two of the three relegation spots have been decided as Chainat joined Chiangmai in dropping down to T2 next season. Gian Chansrichawla\u00a0<\/strong>and Obb Deewajin<\/strong> recap the weekend’s action:<\/p>\n

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Chiangrai Did Their Part, But it Wasn’t Enough\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

At the Singha Stadium, Chiangrai United entertained League Cup champions PT Prachuap FC, who don’t have anything left to play for in the league. Ailton Silva\u2019s side started the game blazing but somehow had to wait until first-half stoppage time to go ahead when Suriya Singmui cross found William Henrique at the far post.<\/span><\/p>\n

PT Prachuap FC didn\u2019t put up much of a fight, and the Beetles soon doubled their lead in the 57th minute through Thai international Sivakorn Tiatrakul\u2019s trademark freekick. The 25-year-old struck the ball with power, causing it to swerve in mid-air, misleading goalkeeper Kwanchai Suklom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

William Henrique was almost untouchable when he was on his run and bagged his second of the night, a tidy finish into the far post, to put Chiangrai United three goals up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moments later, big man Siroch Chatthong pulled one back with a set-piece header. That didn\u2019t matter, though, since the momentum was still with the home side who soon made it 4-1 through Ekanit Panya – rounding off an enjoyable final home game of 2019. The boy wonder, who turned 20 years old on Monday (21st October), celebrated early with a cheeky finish through the keeper\u2019s leg – his 9th goals in his debut season in the top tier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chainat\u2019s T1 Journey Comes to an End<\/b><\/p>\n

There will be no final-day drama for Chainat this time around, as the Hornbills’ relegation was confirmed with a defeat against Korat at home last Sunday.<\/p>\n

Dennis Amato’s men, who have performed well above expectations with their limited budget this season, have finally had their reality check and will be returning to the second division next season, quite likely without their manager and a number of the young stars they have brought through during his tenure.<\/p>\n

Nakhon Ratchasima took the lead after just 23 minutes when Leandro Assumpcao’s cross was finally turned in by Methee Thaweekulkarn.<\/p>\n

After a number of missed opportunities for both sides, including a particularly shocking one-on-one from Bernard Henry, the hosts managed to draw level in the 64th minute courtesy of a towering header from Ricardo Santos. They came close to taking the lead just five minutes later, but Somsak Musikaphan managed to sky the ball over an empty net.<\/p>\n

They would come to rue that mistake when Leandro Assumpcao once again showed his class in the 77th minute, skipping past a pair of defenders and squeezing in a rocket of an effort at the near post. Chainat’s relegation was finally confirmed when Amadou Ouattara managed to emerge from a scruffle with essentially the Hornbill’s entire defense, before breaking into the clear and squaring the ball to Leandro Assumpcao to seal the result.<\/p>\n

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Credit – Suphanburi FC Official<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sukhothai, Suphanburi and Korat Brace for Final Day Drama\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Korat’s victory over Chainat would have confirmed their survival one week early, but determined wins for Sukhothai and Suphanburi means that the Swatcats will be looking nervously over their shoulder right up until the day.<\/p>\n

The Fire Bats faced an already safe Trat at home and finally ended their unbeaten run at the eighth time of asking. Talisman John Baggio put them in front after just 24 minutes, and the lead was soon doubled by summer signing Irvin Herrera. A 94th-minute goal for Kriangkrai Pimrat had no bearing on the distribution of points, but the win still wasn’t enough to lift them out of the relegation zone, due to Suphanburi’s dramatic late win.<\/p>\n

The War Elephants travelled to Samut Prakan City with the intention of collecting all three points, and fell behind after 13 minutes when Ibson Melo latched onto the end of Theerapol Yoryoei’s through-ball and had no issues lobbing his effort over the onrushing goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

The visitor’s forced their way back into the game from the penalty spot courtesy of Cleiton Silva, and managed to pull themselves ahead just after the break when Tinnakorn Asurin capitalized on absent-minded defending from a corner-kick.<\/p>\n

Suphanburi still weren’t in the clear, however, as Theerapol Yoryoei managed to level the scoring once again just after the hour mark, setting the stage for the most dramatic of moments in stoppage time. Despite being swarmed by a crowd of defenders, striker Kasidech Wettayawong attempted an audacious effort from the edge of the area which found it’s way into the top corner of the net in the 92nd minute, sending the Suphanburi bench into a frenzy.<\/p>\n

However, the stakes will be incredibly high for the War Elephants on the final day, as they have to face title hopefuls Chiangrai while Sukhothai and Korat face each other. While survival is still in their hands, anything less than a win puts them in danger of being usurped by Sukhothai because of their poor goal difference. Suphanburi will either need to pull off an upset and snatch all three points or hope that the Swatcats beat the Fire Bats.<\/p>\n

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Gama’s Unbeaten Home Run Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n

Muangthong United boss Alexandre Gama’s unbeaten home record in the league since taking over as Kirin boss has finally come to an end after 10 games at the SCG Stadium. Interestingly, the result comes at the hands of Chonburi, the side who also beat Muangthong in Gama’s first game in charge back in June.<\/p>\n

Going into the game, the Brazilian boss departed from his typical 3-5-2 formation, reducing his personnel in midfield to make room for a three-man strike force featuring Heberty, Derley and Teerasil Dangda.<\/p>\n

Chonburi put pressure on their hosts from the off, with Dang Van Lam being forced into an impressive save from a free-kick delivery as early as the sixth minute. Most of Muangthong’s best chances came once again from mercurial Brazilian Heberty, and his countryman Bruno Gallo saw a long-range effort skid just wide of the post as well.<\/p>\n

It took until the second half for the deadlock to be broken, as the Sharks forced themselves ahead from a corner-kick, as towering center-back Junior Lopes arrived at the back post to head the ball home.<\/p>\n

The result was put beyond doubt when midfielder Saharat Sontisawat fired a first-time effort from well outside the box, which found it’s way in courtesy of a deflection from Oh Ban-Suk.<\/p>\n

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With these results, the title is in Buriram’s hands going into the final day, but anything less than a win gives the advantage back to Chiangrai due to their superior head-to-head record. Elsewhere, one of either Suphanburi, Sukhothai or Korat will have to bid farewell to top-flight football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We still don’t have a winner going into the final game of the season, as Chiangrai managed to stay in contention despite Buriram’s 3-1 win over Port. Elsewhere, two of the three relegation spots have been decided as Chainat joined Chiangmai in dropping down to T2 next season. Gian Chansrichawla\u00a0and Obb Deewajin recap the weekend’s action:   Chiangrai Did Their Part, But it Wasn’t Enough\u00a0 At the Singha Stadium, Chiangrai United entertained League Cup champions PT Prachuap FC, who don’t have anything left to play for in the league. Ailton Silva\u2019s side started the game blazing but somehow had to wait until first-half stoppage time to go ahead when Suriya … Continue reading “Chainat’s Relegation, Chiangrai’s Lifeline and Suphanburi’s Late Winner”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":20687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,38],"tags":[1855,1674,843,1872,1873,95,781,200,68],"class_list":["post-20683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-southeast-asia","category-thailand","tag-chainat","tag-chiangrai","tag-chonburi","tag-korat","tag-muangthong","tag-slider","tag-suphanburi","tag-thai-league","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=20683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20688,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683\/revisions\/20688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}