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Nov 20
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     Royal Thai Navy          5 (1)     Peking                   6 (1)
          man of the match : Suksan Kunsud (RTN) : Midfielder
     Royal Thai Air Force     3         Panasonic Gamba          4
          Songserm Maperm     23,38       Edivaldo Fonseca        1
          Prateep Pankhao     87          Luiz Muller            40
                                          Nagashima              46,60
          man of the match : Edivaldo Fonseca (Panasonic) : Midfielder


The Nation : Nov 21 ------------------------------------------------------

Panasonic capture Queen's Cup
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     The Panasonic Gamba team from Osaka, Japan, clinched the 21st Queen's
Cup Football Tournament title after they pipped the Royal Thai Air Force
(RTAF) side 4-3 in the final at the National Stadium yesterday.
     After crowd violence during the semi-final tound when no policemen
showed up for duty at the Stadium, it was hoped that yesterday's final
would see a better security system. However, the dozen or so policemen who
were present yesterday upset football fans when they refused to control
rowdy elements of the crowd.
     After the final, water and whisky bottles were thrown into the field
while fireworks were also lauched onto the field. No one was arrested
except for a pickpocket, who tried to steal a Japanese player's wallet.
     Edivaldo Fonseca, a Brazilian national midfielder and the mastermind
of the Japanese team, was voted the Man of the Match and received Bt15,000
reward. He fired off a brilliant left-foot shot that beat RTAF goalie
Kampanath Angsoongnern only 45 seconds into the game. Fonseca's shot was
setup by teammate Akihiro Nagashima, who stole the ball from erratic RTAF
defender Noppadol Jitkongsong.
     Speedy RTAF winger Songserm Maperm had the crowd of more than 20,000
on their feet after he easily tapped the ball into the net after Japanese
goalie Yuji Keigoshi failed to clear the ball in the 23rd minute.
     Songserm scored his second goal for a 2-1 lead 15 minutes later when
he fired a beautiful long shot from the edge of the penalty box past
Japanese goalid Keigoshi.
     Two minutes later Brazilian player Luiz Muller headed the leveller for
Panasonic off a perfect pass from Nagashima.
     After the goal Muller ran to the edge of the field and did a
somersault in joy, but local fans did not appreciate his jesture and threw
an empty bottle of Mekhong whisky at him. It missed Muller's head by only
an inch.
     Panasonic coach Vittaya Laohakul became very angry and rushed from the
pitch to the organizers' room and demanded to speak to the gan who threw
the bottle, but his request was turned down by the organizers.
     Vittaya complained: "If they want the RTAF to win the match they
should have told me first. This is a very ugly scene for the foreigners."
     Brazilian Macros Lange almost headed the third goal for his team one
minute before the break from a set up by Muller, but RTAF goalie Kampanath
was quick and punched the ball out.
     Only one minute after half time Nagashima headed the third goal for
Panasonic Gamba off a rebound from a Fonseca shot which bounced off the
bar.
     In the second half, the brilliant coordination between the three
Brazilians kept the RTAF at bay and the visitors almost scored several
times, but luck was on the RTAF's side as the ball either hit the posts or
bar.
     Reserve goalie Sanchai Pinitwong, who replaced Kampanath only two
minutes earlier failed to stop the fourth goal, this time from Nagashima in
the 60th minute. chinese national team defender Jia Xiu Quan sent a perfect
long pass to Nagashima, who dribbled the ball past RTAF defender Kritti
Chokekue before beating Sanchai.
     Veteran winger Prateep Pankhao fired the third goal for the Airmen
with three minutes left in the match from a brilliant header by midfielder
Kraipol Soonthornpruek.
     After the match Vittaya said: "Today our players used many strategies.
I told them to mark four of the RTAF players -- Piyapong, Songserm, Prateep
and Kraipol. We were able to keep the Airmen in hand, although Songserm
played exceptionally well today."
     Vittaya did not hesitate to complain about the poor security.
     "In other countries the match would have bee postponed because of
violence. The Thai people are just like the Indonesians, who are the most
barbaric in the region. They do not understand the game of football. They
want only the Thai team to win, no matter what they have to do."
     Vittaya said next year his team will not join the Queen's Cup because
the Japanese Professional League will be inaugurated next year.
     AVM Amarit Chanrayaphan, the RTAF team manager said: "We accept the
result. The Japanese were very good today, especially the three Brazilians
players and the Chinese defender. They play very consistently."
     Panasonic Gamba recieved the prestigious Queen's Cup and Bt400,000 in
prizemoney from Privy Councillor Chao Na Silvanta. They also received
Bt50,00 for the "Fair Play" award.
     The Royal Thai Air Force team received Bt300,000 in prizemoney as
runners-up.
     In the consolation match, the Beijing Club from China pipped the Royal
Thai Navy (RTN) 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in regulation
time.
     Beijing took home Bt150,000, while the RTN received Bt100,000.
     RTN midfielder Suksan Kunsud was voted man of the match.
     The six players who were voted as the "Queen's Stars" and received a
precious diamond-studded pendant each were Fonseca and Muller from
Panasonic Gamba, Suksan of the RTN, Kraipol and Songserm of the RTAF and
Gao Feng of the Beijing Club.
     After the match finished, police officers arrested teenager Wanchai
Kaewviset, who tried to pick the pocket of a Japanese player during the
team's celebration at the National Stadium.

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