From: akkamon@tlaeng.enet.dec.com ("Akkamon Srihiran, DSS Engineering/Thailand  16-Dec-1992 0817")
Subject: Thai: Mor Vor Kor Cup, 1st round
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Mor Vor Kor Cup
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Dec 13 :  Royal Thai Navy          2         Krung Thai Bank          1
            Somsak Aksorn          38          Chotivit Vongkittichavalit  89
            Boonpop Prapruet       88
          Rajpracha                3         Nakhon Nayok             0
            Pichet Piasai           5
            Prachak Viengsong      44
            Yuthana Polsak         80

Dec 14 :  TOT                      1         Sinthana                 0
            Pongsatorn Tiebtong    55
          Royal Thai Army          0         Port Authority           0

Aiwa Merlion Cup (Singapore)
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Dec 13 :  Thailand                0         Singapore                2
                                              Fandi Ahmad            70
                                              Steve Tan              86



The Nation : Dec 14 ------------------------------------------------------

RTN and Rajpracha advance
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     Royal Thai Navy beat Krung Thai Bank 2-1, after leading 1-0 at
half-time, in the first round of the 5th Mor Vor Kor Cup football
tournament at the National Stadium yesterday.
     Somsak Aksorn netted the opening goal for RTN in the 38th minute of
the first half. Boonpop Prapruet added the second goal in the 88th minute.
     Chotvit Vongkittichavalit blasted the solitary goal for Krung Thai
Bank in the 89th minute.
     Meanwhile, Rajpracha blanked Nakhon Nayok 3-0 in a gruelling match in
which seven yellow cards were shown. Rajpracha lead 2-0 at the
intermission.
     Rajpracha's scorers were Pichet Piasai (5th minute), Prachak Viensong
(44th minute) and Yuthana Polsak (80th).
     Today, Telephone Organization of Thailand will play Sin Thana and
Royal Thai Army faces Port Authority of Thailand. The first match begins at
5.00 pm at the National Stadium.
     Meanwhile, in Singapore, Thailand's national football team failed to
qualify for the semi-final of the Aiwa Merlion Cup when they were beaten
2-0 after a goalless first half by hosts Singapore in their last Group A
first round match here yesterday.
     The Thai team, comprising mostly junior players from the "Dream Team"
preparing for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, drew 0-0 with the
favourites Locomotive Moscow from Russia and defeated Malaysia 1-0 in their
first two matches.
     They needed a win over Singapore in order to secure a slot in the
semi-finals of the tournament. But their hopes were dashed when the
Singaporeans came out strongly in the second half.
     Thailand, however, provided most of the attacking game. But the
forwards squandered several golden opportunities because they lacked
scoring power.
     Singapore's superstar striker Fandi Ahmad netted the first goal for
the home team in the 70th minute and Steven Tan secured the victory by
scoring the second goal in 86th minute.

end the Nation -----------------------------------------------------------


Bangkok Post: Dec 15 -----------------------------------------------------

TOT edge out Sinthana in a dull match
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     Defending champions Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) edged
Sinthana football club 1-0 in a lacklustre first round match at the Bt1.5
million 5th Mor Vor Kor Football tournament at the National Stadium
yesterday evening.
     The first half was a boring affair with neither side taking the
initiative to really threaten each other. TOT, which lost its opening match
to the Royal Thai Army (RTA), the winners of this year's Semi-Pro League,
relied mainly on the left winger Amporn Amphansuwan to create scoring
opportunities in the first few minutes of the game. However, he was
effectively marked by Sinthana's players every time he touched the ball.
     Sinthana, which lost to the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) football
club during their debut in the tournament, could not make any headway in
the first half since it was unable to pass the ball effectively.
     In the 55th minute of the second half, TOT's Saichon Phanfak raced to
the left corner of the goal post where he miraculously chipped the ball
away from the out of bounds line to lanky forward Pongsatorn Tiebtong who
did a 180-degree turn to kick the ball at point blank range into the right
corner of the goal.
     Sinthana's Chakrapong Pochanakoah and Thanit Areesa-ngakul squandered
several chances to score as their team frantically tried to level the score
by putting everyone up front. However, TOT was always there to set the
off-side trap which was successful on several occasions.
     There were a few tough moments as referee Somphop Meepotekit handed
out two yellow cards and one red card in the 73rd minute of the match to
'regular' Somchai Sapperm.
     An uninspired midfield and bad teamwork on the part of Sinthana, which
paraded a number of new faces, contributed to theor loss. There was also a
lack of fluid passing. Chakrapong, Thanit and Siripong Iampornchai, though,
showed theirs occasionally.
     In the other match, the Royal Thai Army (RTA) and the Port Authority
football club fought to a scoreless draw in the second first round match
yesterday.

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