Friendly League

Colcher Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Fairfax United's Chanyut Kantongdee started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Prachuab Maneewat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amar Maillot having to interfere. Frantz Daham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sompol Intamas hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the game, Mehdi Al-Jazairia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Wirak Boonchoo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wirak Boonchoo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frantz Daham, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Djamal Akrour got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Yacine Kouri hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Mouloud Khabatou charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mouloud Khabatou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 35th minute, Mouloud Khabatou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 43rd minute Djamal Akrour shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wirak Boonchoo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 47 minutes, Kamel Boudiaf mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valley Stream and the Fairfax United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 47th minute, Kamel Boudiaf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fairfax United's Chanyut Kantongdee shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 48th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Amar Maillot but with some difficulty. After the first half Valley Stream were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Djamal Akrour stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Amar Maillot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yongyuth Namwang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Valley Stream's Karim Diafat got a free kick in the 54th minute. Wirak Boonchoo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehdi Al-Jazairia in the 57th minute of play. If Yongyuth Namwang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Valley Stream's Amar Maillot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prachuab Maneewat in the 61st minute of play. Jakkavut Boonlong's late challenge caught a Valley Stream's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jakkavut Boonlong helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th minute, Jakkavut Boonlong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karim Diafat received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Wirak Boonchoo came out and tried to block the shot, but Karim Diafat slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 69th minute. Djamal Akrour took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wirak Boonchoo. Wirak Boonchoo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 80thth minute of the game Djamal Akrour who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fairfax United's Wirak Boonchoo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Fairfax United getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Prachuab Maneewat hit a great ball. Wirak Boonchoo made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Karim Diafat sent off a good shot on target. Wirak Boonchoo made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Yacine Kouri sent off a good shot on target. When Prachuab Maneewat came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Fairfax United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Prachuab Maneewat couldn't finish the play. Mouloud Khabatou got his second yellow card in the match during the 95th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 95th match minute, Valley Stream was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mouloud Khabatou to maneuver through the defense. Valley Stream played a much better game than Fairfax United and deserved their victory. The Fairfax United players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.