BANGKOK (Jan 26, 2007) – Datsakorn Thonglao’s fabulous free kick goal against Vietnam was his first in the on-going Asean Football Championship but it has turned out to be a tad too late to catch up with current top scorer Mohd Noh Alam Shah from Singapore.
The Singapore striker is currently at the top of the goal scorers’ list with nine goals to be followed by Thailand’s Sarayoot Chaikamdee with three goals to his credit.
Indonesia’s Atep and Saktiawan Sinaga as well as Hairuddin Omar from Malaysia have all scored two goals each in the competition with the latter having the only real chance of increasing his goal count when Malaysia takes on Singapore in the second leg, semi-finals tomorrow night at the National Stadium.
Inclusive of the two own goals conceded, a total of 34 goals have been scored thus far – which is really a paltry number when compared to two years ago when 113 goals were scored throughout the competition.
But it has to be pointed out however that there are fewer teams taking part this time round with eight teams battling it out when compared to ten in 2004.
It would seem that the decision to have a preliminary qualifying competition which was held in Bacolod City in the Philippines last November has made the Asean Football Championship a lot more competitive.
The top goal scorer in 2004 was Ilham Jaya Kesuma with seven goals while for the current meet; the Indonesian lad could only manage one goal.
CURRENT TOP GOALSCORERS
9 GOALS – Mohd Noh Alam Shah Kamarezaman (SINGAPORE)
3 GOALS – Sarayoot Chaikamdee (THAILAND)
2 GOALS - Atep (INDONESIA), Saktiawan Sinaga (INDONESIA), Hairuddin Omar (MALAYSIA)
http://aseanfootball.org/afc/news_d.asp?id=66
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