Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC put on a power-packed first-half performance to overwhelm Singapore\u2019s Tampines Rovers FC 5-1 in their AFC Champions League Two tie on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fellow Cambodian side Phnom Penh Crown FC struck late to edge Kitchee SC 2-0 in their league tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Svay Rieng, who were four-up before the break, claimed their first Group G win and goals in superb fashion and moved to four points while Tampines Rovers continued to languish at the bottom after their third defeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Svay Rieng\u2019s Silvester van der Water and Martins Junior combined to great effect in the ninth minute when the former\u2019s shot struck the bar and landed at Martins Junior\u2019s feet, who drilled his shot through defender Irfan Fandi\u2019s legs and past a flailing Zharfan Rohaizad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visitors waited just six minutes to double their lead, Thiago Alves, after a lay up by Takaki Ose, finding his way between two defenders and slipping the ball past a flat-footed Zharfan onto the left post and into the net. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin Junior set up the third in the 24th minute with a lob to Alves, who outpaced defender Jacob Mahler and side-footed home into a goalmouth left empty by the Tampines Rovers custodian, who had come off his line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home side did their best to rally but the Cambodian outfit dealt them another blow in the 42nd minute when van de Waters, off a poor clearance by Zharfan, slipped the ball to Kwame Peprah, who trapped it and calmly chipped over the custodian from the edge of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tampines Rovers came out determined after the break to reduce the four-goal deficit but Hide Higashikawa failed to pull one back in the 57th minute by shooting straight at Vireak Dara in a one-on-one encounter after a fine lay-up from Shah Shahiran on the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, Svay Rieng surged further ahead when Nnamdi Ibeh, who came on in the 64th minute, found space on the left four minutes later and finished with a curling shot past a hesitating Zharfan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tampines Rovers had to wait until the dot of regulation time for their consolation, Raoul Suhaimi latching onto a cross from Takeshi Yoshimoto to steer his header into the bottom left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Sa Ty netted in the 89th minute, with Daniel Bares adding the second in added on time as the Crown made it three wins out of three to maintain a five-point lead over Korea Republic\u2019s Gangwon FC with Hong Kong, China\u2019s Kitchee a further two points adrift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game got off to a cagey start with both teams keeping a good compact defensive shape, which limited forays into the box on both ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reduced to efforts from range, Kitchee\u2019s Adrian Revilla rushed his shot from outside the box and sent it high, wide and not pleasing on the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same was replicated by Phnom Penh with Riku Matsuda, Ratana Eam and Moses Dyer trying their luck from distance but not having the accuracy to trouble Kitchee goalkeeper Pong Cheuk Hei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most significant move of the first half came six minutes before the break, Obi Koldo beat the offside trap to collect Everton\u2019s pass but was stopped in his tracks by an alert Um Vichet, who rushed out of his goalmouth to deny the forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game opened up in the second half with Everton going on a rampaging run on the left but his cut-back was scuffed wide by Ruslan Mingazov while Dyer also fluffed his chance from the middle of the box at the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pong was finally called to make a big save in the 53rd minute, getting down to his left to divert Samuel Bong\u2019s strike from distance while Mingazov forced Vichet to make a superb reflex save moments later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dyer had another good chance in the 75th minute but his header was too direct at Pong but there was to be one final opportunity that the home side took with glee 14 minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sa Ty received the ball on the left and set himself up for a spectacular curling effort beyond a full-stretch Pong before Bares added another in stoppage time to keep Phnom Penh\u2019s perfect run going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC (Cam) beat Tampines Rovers FC (Sgp) 5-1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Phnom Penh Crown FC (Cam) beat Kitchee SC (Hkg) 2-0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Machida Zelvia (Jpn) beat Shanghai Shenhua (Chn) 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n BG Pathum United (Tha) beat Tai Po (Hkg) 3-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gangwon (Kor) beat Kuching City (Mas) 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lion City Sailors (Sgp) beat Adelaide United (Aus) 2-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC put on a power-packed first-half performance to overwhelm Singapore\u2019s Tampines Rovers FC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t