Featured Match – Angkor Tigers 1 Visakha 2

The weather was great, the match was exciting and finally after almost nine months fans were allowed back into stadiums. In the end though it is results that matter and with the match ending Angkor Tigers 1 Visakha 2, the home teams season is all but over.

First half – Angkor Tigers 1 Visakha 1

Being five points behind leaders Phnom Penh Crown, Visakha knew they needed a victory and for the first 30 minutes dominated the natch to such a degree that it looked like it might be a white wash. They were to take at the lead on the 30th minute when former EPL star Markus Haber scored a classic after a beautiful cross into the box. The goal though far from dampened the home teams spirits and just 3 minutes later Long Phearath fired home a cracker to even things out. The rest of the half was end to end stuff, with the best chance coming in he 43rd minute when an awful mistake by the Tigers left Haber one on one with the keeper, he duly passed the ball to his right only for the number 7 to miss an open goal. At this point it really did not look it would be Visakha’s day.

Second half – Angkor Tigers 1 Visakha 2

The Tigers came out much stronger in the second half and for a period it looked like they had Visakha rattled, so much so that the bench were getting angry at literally every decision that went against them This was to culminate in a very deserved yellow card for the Visakha coach in the 60th minute, one of many cards handed out during this tense affair. In the end though the quality of Viskaha, or rather Markus Haber shone through, with him firing home the winner on the 73rd minute, just 3 minutes after missing an absolute sitter.

Angkor Tigers 1 Visakha 2 – What does it mean?

Visakha FC stay in third place, five points off of the top, but with a game in hand. It might we’ll go down to the wire, but you seriously have to fancy them to be champions this year. Angkor Tiger now sit in 6th place, with their only hope of silverware being the Hun Sen Cup.

And the fans are back! Kinda….

As recently announced in Khmer Nights stadiums are now allowed to let in fans, or at least to 50 percent of capacity. At best the stadium was probably about a quarter full, with a good chunk of the attendance being for the away team. BUT after so long playing “behind closed doors” it was pretty amazing to have an atmosphere in the ground. This resulted in a competition between the Tigers fan club and the Blue Warriors of Visakha fighting it out to see who could be the loudest, although one might argue argue that they both lost out to the constantly complaining Visakha bench……

What’s it like to watch football in Cambodia?

We’ve previously written on this subject, which you can read here. Overall though the standard of football is decent, the matches are exciting and it only costs $3-4 to attend. There are definitely worse ways to spend a few hours.

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